Design Patterns
There are 4 entries for the tag Design Patterns
Head First Design Patterns Undoubtedly opinions change over time, and seeing as I’ve waited quite a while to review this book from when I began reading it I’ve had time for the book and its concepts to percolate. My final opinion is that this book does offer a good entry level look into design patterns, and for those who take the time to read through this book you will benefit greatly to continue onto its inspiration, the original Gang of Four read, or also onto Fowler’s Patterns of Enterprise Application...
For those of you looking to get started with design patterns but reluctant because of language barriers, I started a project on CodePlex for the Head First Design Patterns book. The original code examples are in Java, and they have been made available in C# and C++ as well, which are all available on the book’s online page, http://www.headfirstlabs.co... Currently the project is only Chapters 1-8, but pending the big game on Sunday I will be finished up sometime next week. This is one...
After talking more and more with my classmates at University of Phoenix, it has become clear that many of them do not know the first thing about programming, but they are eager to learn more. When I was asked what’s a good book for beginners, I really do not have the answer. Personally, programming didn’t make sense to me until I had my first course in C. I had tried to learn from books prior to that point, but I was never successful. The books always made ridiculous assumptions about the individual’s...
So I’m looking to make a purchase to learn more about design patterns. In Code Complete, Steve McConnell makes mention of design patterns very briefly, and I think it would be beneficial for me to go into more depth of my understanding. Currently I’m considering either Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by the GOF or Head First Design Patterns. Amazingly both books have 249 reviews and 4.5 stars on Amazon. Personally, I think that I might benefit more from the in depth...