I have never worked on formal projects that make use of Software Engineering. My code to date has been solo work or complements to existing free code. I am getting started and will learn a lot from the experience. I might also use the expereince to learn EJB.

I am now reading on refactoringand its related tools and techniques. In the book in progress about Refactoring to Patterns, there are many references to the Martin Fowler paper book. From the reviews, it seems to be something important enough to spend on.