Book Review
I’ve been reading “Head First
Design Patterns” for about a month now. I’d heard that design
patterns are kind of a dry subject, and thats completely true. This book
is definitely the best one I’ve seen as far as presenting the material
in a way that keeps you interested, but I still can’t seem to read it
for an extended period of time. It is interesting to recognize
some of the patterns they describe in the .Net framework, so I’m gonna
keep plugging away at it, the nice thing is that you can pick one
pattern to learn at a time so you can read a chapter and re-read it
until you’ve got it. I like the way the book is organized very
discretely (not discreetly).
Anonymous said,
Wrote on April 7, 2005 @ 10:33 pm
I’d suggest joining a study group of some sort. Joshua Kerievsky started one here in New York City and the collaborative study helped me learn the patterns in great depth. If there isn’t a study group in your area, perhaps setup one where you work.
breichelt said,
Wrote on April 8, 2005 @ 7:54 am
Thats a good idea, I dont know of one in the Minneapolis area, but I’ll look around.
shebert said,
Wrote on April 8, 2005 @ 10:03 am
Hi Ben,
I haven’t heard of one either around Minneapolis. I used to run a class at a consulting firm I worked for a few years back. It’s pretty dry stuff, but when you use the tools associated with the original Gamma, et. al. book they become more reference material than front-to-back reading. Have you picked up Fowlers book yet (Patterns of Enterprise App Architecture)? Good stuff there.
I was looking at that Head First Design Patterns book last week at a bookstore. The cover made me go ‘huh?’ and I put it back. I’ll be interested to hear more about the book if you blog about it.
breichelt said,
Wrote on April 8, 2005 @ 11:19 am
Steve, the cover definitely throws you off, and even if you flip through the book, it has the appearance of a grade school book, something like a “Fun with Mathematics” feel, but the content is actually very good and the examples are simplified, but real world nonetheless.
shebert said,
Wrote on April 8, 2005 @ 12:29 pm
Thanks, Ben, I’ll check it out next time I’m at the bookstore.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on May 23, 2005 @ 9:42 pm
Still working my way through “Head First Design Patterns”, slowly but surely
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