Getting started with design patterns

Elfman · 23-06-2008 10:00AM #1

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good book to serve as an introduction to design patterns. I really have no idea about them other than a vague idea about what they are.

Cheers

lynchie · 23-06-2008 10:52AM

Try this one. Pretty much one of the best out there.

rmacm · 23-06-2008 11:46AM

I second the book above....used it myself during college and found it excellent.

NeverSayDie · 23-06-2008 02:48PM

Yep, the book linked to above is the classic text on design patterns - you'll often hear it referred to as the "gang of four" book btw; a reference to the four authors.

Another one that's supposed to be very accessible (haven't read it myself) is Head First Design Patterns:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596007124

For a more applied approach - use of various patterns for larger business applications/systems, I found this book pretty interesting (it's not as bad as the dodgy title suggests):
http://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Application-Architecture-Addison-Wesley-Signature/dp/0321127420

Elfman · 23-06-2008 03:13PM

Cheers guys good stuff

Hobbes · 24-06-2008 06:24AM

NeverSayDie wrote: »

Another one that's supposed to be very accessible (haven't read it myself) is Head First Design Patterns:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596007124

Have that one. If you have been coding in Java for any long period of time you are probably going to find that book a bit of a snooze as nearly every pattern in there is what is in Java by default.

Still a good book.

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