Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
Design Patterns is a modern classic in the literature of object-oriented development, offering timeless and elegant solutions to common problems in software design. It describes patterns for managing object creation, composing objects into larger structures, and coordinating control flow between objects. The book provides numerous examples where using composition rather than inheritance can improve the reusability and flexibility of code. Note, though, that it's not a tutorial but a catalog that you can use to find an object-oriented design pattern that's appropriate for the needs of your particular application--a selection for virtuoso programmers who appreciate (or require) consistent, well-engineered object-oriented designs.
- 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.
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482 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Good Book
Overall a good book. In my opinion it is better suited to be a textbook for a software engineering course than a 'self help' kind of book. Can be a bit too theoretical for my taste, but it is an interesting read.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
The Absolute Classic Reference to Software Design Patterns
This book doesn't contain any Java hacks or UML 2.0 up to date notations, it contains the core concepts of software design patterns. The 23 GoF Patterns are described by their four inventors. A must have for software engineers.
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
very attractive cover
unlike the last pattern book i reviewed (see my other reviews), this one has an attractive cover. i like blue.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
A missing link in learning to program
Most of the books I have read about object oriented programming were about some specific language and failed to provide a more general way to think about solving problems without writing a lot of code. This book was a missing link for me and I...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great Tools
This is a great book on design patterns. Not only does it cover the theory of what each pattern is and it's respective use. It also gives very concrete examples of the proper use of each pattern in C++. I highly reccomend this to any serious...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great Tools
This is a great book on design patterns. Not only does it cover the theory of what each pattern is and it's respective use. It also gives very concrete examples of the proper use of each pattern in C++. I highly reccomend this to any serious...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 25, 2007 Type: User Review |
Fundamentals of software design
Contents of Disign Patterns are more and more classical in software engineering. The work is unaguable the basis which lead to a growth of design patterns. This particular issue is a high-quaulity hardcover on heavy paper, and good print. Its an...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 25, 2007 Type: User Review |
Fundamentals of software design
Contents of Disign Patterns are more and more classical in software engineering. The work is unaguable the basis which lead to a growth of design patterns. This particular issue is a high-quaulity hardcover on heavy paper, and good print. Its an...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
a disappointing read for software engineer
I got this book expecting there to be some new and interesting material inside, however I was sadly mistaken on that count. This is a repackaging of some pretty standard concepts, into new wordier jargon. Introducing new jargon for existing jargon...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Dec 08, 2007 Type: User Review |
a disappointing read for software engineer
I got this book expecting there to be some new and interesting material inside, however I was sadly mistaken on that count. This is a repackaging of some pretty standard concepts, into new wordier jargon. Introducing new jargon for existing jargon...
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1.00/5 |
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