Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

*Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these 23 patterns allow designers to create more flexible, elegant, and ultimately reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves. *The authors begin by describing what patterns are and how they can help you design object-oriented software. They then go on to systematically name, explain, evaluate, and catalog recurring designs in object-oriented systems. With Design Patterns as your guide, you will learn how these important patterns fit into the software development process, and how you can leverage them to solve your own design problems most efficiently. more

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Posted: Sep-17-2009

Great if you live in the 90's

This book reminds me why I hated school so much, despite my innate love for programming. It is bland, boring and outdated. If it had pictures in it, I would have drawn mustaches on all the people. There is nothing about the way this book is written that engages the reader and makes them want...

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Posted: Sep-10-2009

A little over my head

This book is just "OK" for me but that's only due to the fact that I don't know SmallTalk or C++. I was able to follow the descriptions of how the design patterns work, but that's because I already read the Head First Design Patterns book, which for me was a much better instruction on Design...

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Posted: Jun-03-2009

Great book, but JAVA programmers beware

First let me start with the good points about this book.This book absolutely rocks in terms of ways in which you can write a beautiful piece of code. The authors have picked up the best recipes which are time tested to create a book which should help everyone from a beginner to an expert. The...

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Posted: Apr-09-2009

"Head First Design Patterns" is a much better introduction

Nobody is going to take away GoF's mantle, but is the 1995 book still the best available reference on, or introduction to, the subject? Tentative "yes" on the former, emphatic "no" on the latter. One will be better off by consulting "Head First Design Patterns", and not lose that much by stopping...

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Posted: Feb-18-2009

Very good book

This is a very good book by the famous GOF. I feel that this volume is a must have for the experienced application programmer.On the way to become a more matured programmer, one begins to realize the relationship between machine and man. For system programming, the code should tip towards...

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Posted: Jan-17-2009

Great Reference Book

I bought this book since it was required for a computer science course. This book is great as a reference. If you want to learn about the different design patterns, go with the Head First design patterns book. That was really useful with great examples, even if it was repetitive.Don't pick up...

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Posted: Jan-05-2009

The Classic Catalog

This is THE dictionary of design pattern! Do we comment on dictionaries?The structure is neat and searchable, I wouldn't recommend it as an introduction though for those who get bored quickly

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Posted: Dec-11-2008

Gang of Four Rocks - Use it in undergrad bought it again for Grad

I don't know if there is a better book on Design Pattern than this book written by the Gang of Four. I used this book in my Undergraduate life and after that I sold it, but Last year I bought it back again. Since its written long time ago the examples are written in C++ but I use Java for almost...

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Posted: Dec-08-2008

Scientific book, not a course

dry reading, I didn't read it cover to cover, but that's not the intent of the book anyway. If you're into Design Patterns you ofcourse must-have this book for reference. To learn Design Patterns, start with another book then come back to this one

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Posted: Oct-19-2008

Design Patterns

I thinks this is a great book for anyone wanting to learn or have a reference on design patterns. It does expect the user to know OO C++. It is definetly a book for software engineers to have on their collection.

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