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I personally do not recommend GoF to someone without a CS background looking
to learn patterns. Design Patterns in C# or heads first design patterns are
probably better choices.

Booch I would highly recommend (and it is very inexpensive used). To add to
Booch, Object Oriented Software Engineering by Jacobson is also a good read.

I mentioned earlier a good SOA book that covers alot of the fundamentals for
you.

P of EAA [Fowler] is also worth a read for you (probably close to everything
here http://martinfowler.com/books.html). I would also recommend the POSA
(Pattern Oriented Software Architecture)series (especially volume 2 which
covers many networked patterns).

MS PnP also has many materials avialable for download/purchase which are
worth looking at.

Stal


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"Ginny" <technical@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Greg,
Thanks for your reply. I am not a computer science graduate thus may be
missing out on some of these concepts. Can you provide me with some links
so
that I can learn what I missed, not being a CS graduate :)

Here's what I'd recommend:

Go to Amazon (or your favorite book vendor) and get a copy of "Writing
Solid Code" by Steve Maguire. It's possibly the most concentrated
collection of software construction wisdom ever collected into a single
book.

I'd also suggest getting a good OO design book - my favorite has always
been "Object Oriented Analysis and Design" by Grady Booch. It's a bit
dated now, but still a great read.

Finally, I'd recommend getting "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable
Object-Oriented Design" by Erich Gamma, et al (know as the "Gang of Four"
book, or GoF because of the 4 authors).

Work your way through those 3 books and you'll be well on your way. Keep
an eye on the Microsoft Patterns & Practices web site for new papers -
they'll be a lot more meaningful to you with a solid background in the
fundamentals.

-cd




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