List of software anti-patterns

Anti-patterns are commonly used ways of doing software engineering that are not useful or cause more issues than they solve. See design patterns for the opposite. There are many diverse types of software anti-patterns. Some relate to software design, object-oriented programming, computer programming, methodological, configuration management, DevOps, and other aspects of software engineering. Several books have popularized the idea and teaching of anti-patterns.^[1]^[2]

Anti-patterns can be found in anything that has organization, from project management to cultures,^[3] but this list focuses solely on software and computer science anti-patterns.

List of generic software design anti-patterns

List of object-oriented anti-patterns

List of programming anti-patterns

List of methodological anti-patterns

Copy and paste programming
Golden hammer
Invented here
Not invented here or (NIH) syndrome
Premature optimization
Programming by permutation (or "programming by accident", or "programming by coincidence")
Reinventing the square wheel
Silver bullet
Tester-driven development

List of configuration management anti-patterns

References

^ Jimenez, Edward (2006-04-24). Anti-Patterns.
^ Neill, Colin J.; Laplante, Philip A. (2005-12-15). Antipatterns: Identification, Refactoring, and Management. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8493-2994-4.
^ Neill, Colin J.; Laplante, Philip A.; DeFranco, Joanna F. (2011). Antipatterns: Managing Software Organizations and People. Applied Software Engineering Series (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 9781439862162.

[1] Jimenez, Edward (2006-04-24). Anti-Patterns.

[2] Neill, Colin J.; Laplante, Philip A. (2005-12-15). Antipatterns: Identification, Refactoring, and Management. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8493-2994-4.

[3] Neill, Colin J.; Laplante, Philip A.; DeFranco, Joanna F. (2011). Antipatterns: Managing Software Organizations and People. Applied Software Engineering Series (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 9781439862162.

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