Design patterns have evolved to solve problems often encountered in software applications. The factory method design pattern and the abstract factory design pattern are both creational patterns.

public interface Trace { // turn on and off debugging public void setDebug( boolean debug ); // write out a debug message public void debug( String message ...

When President Barack Obama declared historic Pullman a national monument in February, the focus was on the past: the company town of railroad carmaker George Pullman, the violent labor strike of 1894 ...

Method Soap recently launched a new brand campaign, “There’s Good Inside,” to celebrate the environmental and community-related benefits of its LEED-Platinum certified Chicago factory, nicknamed "the ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Method's Soapbox is the first LEED Platinum certified factory in the industry. Okay, great, but what does that even mean? Short answer, the factory is ...

Method’s state-of-the-art soap factory on the Far South Side celebrated its opening Tuesday and offers glimpses into the future of Chicago’s economy. As corporations increasingly calculate that wind ...