Re: good books for design patterns?

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The GOF book is definitely not useful for a quick read. Reality check: it
was originally Erich Gamma's Doctoral Dissertation. That should explain the
terseness of the language.

I've found that the only way to understand the GoF book is to join a design
patterns study group in your area. Then, you get what you are looking for.

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"Javaman59" <Javaman59@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Thanks John for asking this question. I've owned the GOF "Design Patterns"
> book for four years now, and I find it utterly confusing. IMHO it's
> written
> as if the reader is already knowledgable in design patterns, and just
> wants a
> reference. I've used a few design patterns in my code (namely Singleton,
> Observer, and Mediator), and what I've learnt about them I got (mostly)
> from
> other sources. I think I'll purchase "Design Patterns Explained", as
> recommended by Mark.
>
> - Javaman
>
> "John Salerno" wrote:
>
>> Mark R. Dawson wrote:
>> > Hi John,
>> > I have a copy of the first book "Design Patterns Explained" -
>> > although I
>> > cannot compare it against the other books you mentioned because I
>> > haven't
>> > read them, I really recommend this book.
>> >
>> > It's code examples are in Java, but all examples are fairly basic and
>> > do
>> > not use Java Specific classes, so easily translated into C#, plus the
>> > examples in code are not the heart of the book, they just help detail
>> > the
>> > concepts.
>> >
>> > The book oultlines all the major design patterns really thoroughly,
>> > but it
>> > also does an excellent job of talking about what design patterns are
>> > from the
>> > ground up and after reading this book you really get a good
>> > understanding of
>> > the ideals behind design patterns and how they relate to OOP. The
>> > examples
>> > used to emphasise each design pattern are well thought out and clear.
>> >
>> > I definitely learnt a lot from reading this book - definitely worth
>> > buying
>> > in my opinion. Infact I bought it twice, once for myself and then as a
>> > present for one of my friends :-)
>>
>> Thanks. I've been leaning toward this one simply because it does seem to
>> be a good book for explaining the basics and isn't necessarily aimed at
>> professionals. "Head First" is another one that fits this category, so I
>> might check these out.
>>


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