AJAX goes mainstream

It seems that AJAX is finally making it to mainstream (in the sense that traditional IT is starting to see its potential). Integration product vendors are starting to provide tools - see, for instance, the TIBCO General Interface - and even Microsoft are getting into the act with the Atlas project.

Design Pattern Books

After a long hiatus due to project and personal commitments, I thought I should start posting here again.

I was asked today, do I know any good books on patterns. So, for future reference, here is my list, stating off with the classic:

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
by Martin Fowler

Enterprise Integration Patterns : Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions
by Gregor Hohpe, Bobby Woolf

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 1: A System of Patterns
by Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, Michael Stal, Peter Sommerlad, Michael Stal

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Volume 2, Patterns for Concurrent and Networked Objects
by Douglas Schmidt, Michael Stal, Hans Rohnert, Frank Buschmann

Analysis Patterns : Reusable Object Models (Addison-Wesley Object Technology: Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
by Martin Fowler