Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.117 EAN: 9780471798545 ISBN: 0471798541 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 308 Publication Date: May 08, 2006 Publisher: For Dummies Sales Rank: 140731 Studio: For Dummies
Product DescriptionThere's a pattern here, and here's how to use it!
Find out how the 23 leading design patterns can save you time and trouble
Ever feel as if you've solved this programming problem before? You -- or someone -- probably did, and that's why there's a design pattern to help this time around. This book shows you how (and when) to use the famous patterns developed by the 'Gang of Four,' plus some new ones, all designed to make your programming life easier.
Discover how to: * Simplify the programming process with design patterns * Make the most of the Decorator, Factory, and Adapter patterns * Identify which pattern applies * Reduce the amount of code needed for a task * Create your own patterns
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Rating: - Ideal for the beginner
Design Patterns are by nature an advanced topic. This book is perfect to start out with. The GoF and a few extra patterns are thoroughly explained with text and graphics and an example is written in Java code for each.
Rating: - SuperLite intro
Design patterns having been demystified already by the head first book there was little need for another funny patterns title.. and this book wasted the only chance he had to be competitive, that is treating in decent length and details patterns that go neglected in the Head First book like Visitor and Bridge.I am also very disappointed by how the Command pattern is introduced. It is introduced only in terms of MacroCommands useful to simplify a set of complex operations, a scenario much fitter for ... Read More
Rating: - You have to start somewhere
The original book by the Go4 is a great book, but like one reviewer stated, "requires a bit of sophistication". And also it was in C++. However, as time rolled on, more pattern books have come out in the more mainstream languages of today to fill the gap.
This book uses Java which is an excellent choice because C# programmers and even VB.NET programmers can understand with relative ease the premise of these patterns from Java.
This book is very easy to understand and probably ... Read More
Rating: - Great book
This is a terrific book on design patterns. Each pattern is well explained with numerous examples, including examples where the patterns are already implemented in the Java language. The style is easy-going, making each pattern easier to understand and more palatable. The formal design pattern books may give you trouble, but this one won't--and all the information in the formal books is packed into this one as well.
Rating: - Simply Junk
After reading those books that says "That's it..." every ten lines put out by Mr. Holzner during the 90's (c, c++, XMl, advanced c++, java,....) I was not suprised to see he is going at it again. This time, the Design Patterns.
What I found out from this book:
Mr. Holzner doesn't know Design Patterns at all (but he can B.S. about it, just like he doesn't know C,C++ but B.Sed about them) None of the design patterns are explained well. The worst case is the flyweight pattern. It ... Read More
- Ideal for the beginner
- SuperLite intro 
- Simply Junk
