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| Head First Design Patterns
Illustrated
Edition: 1
Author: Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Release Date: 2004-10-25
ISBN-10: 0596007124
ISBN-13: 9780596007126
List Price: $44.95
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Code Complete, Second Edition
ISBN-10: 0735619670
ISBN-13: 0790145196705
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
ISBN-10: 0201633612
ISBN-13: 0785342633610
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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
ISBN-10: 0735619670
ISBN-13: 9780735619678
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Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
ISBN-10: 0201633612
ISBN-13: 9780201633610
List Price:$59.99
Head First Java, 2nd Edition
ISBN-10: 0596009208
ISBN-13: 9780596009205
List Price:$44.95
Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the Sun Certified Web Component Developer Exam (Brain-Friendly Guides)
ISBN-10: 0596516681
ISBN-13: 9780596516680
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Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Head First)
ISBN-10: 0596008678
ISBN-13: 9780596008673
List Price:$49.99
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You're not alone. At any given moment, somewhere in the world someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a flat tire), so you look to Design Patterns--the lessons learned by those who've faced the same problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others, so that you can spend your time on...something else. Something more challenging. Something more complex. Something more fun. You want to learn about the patterns that matter--why to use them, when to use them, how to use them (and when NOT to use them). But you don't just want to see how patterns look in a book, you want to know how they look "in the wild". In their native environment. In other words, in real world applications. You also want to learn how patterns are used in the Java API, and how to exploit Java's built-in pattern support in your own code. You want to learn the real OO design principles and why everything your boss told you about inheritance might be wrong (and what to do instead). You want to learn how those principles will help the next time you're up a creek without a design paddle pattern. Most importantly, you want to learn the "secret language" of Design Patterns so that you can hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests) when he casually mentions his stunningly clever use of Command, Facade, Proxy, and Factory in between sips of a martini. You'll easily counter with your deep understanding of why Singleton isn't as simple as it sounds, how the Factory is so often misunderstood, or on the real relationship between Decorator, Facade and Adapter. With Head First Design Patterns, you'll avoid the embarrassment of thinking Decorator is something from the "Trading Spaces" show. Best of all, in a way that won't put you to sleep! We think your time is too important (and too short) to spend it struggling with academic texts. If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect--a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, Head First Design Patterns will load patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. In a way that lets you put them to work immediately. In a way that makes you better at solving software design problems, and better at speaking the language of patterns with others on your team.
The BEST of the BEST ever book of Design Patterns
| Customer Rating: | | This is awesome! All developers MUST have this book. You can apply to not only Java but other programming language, Ruby, PHP, C# etc. But you have to have basic knowledge of Java to read this book though. Anyway, you should get it one now. |
Head First Design Patterns
| Customer Rating:  | | Very good book with a very good concept. It takes your hand and follow you in understanding some important programming patterns which will make your life easier. |
Great Book!
| Customer Rating: | | This was my first book from Head First, and i love it! The book uses an easy approach (besides the schema in each chapter) to make you understand the different patterns. I think the book is good for junior and mid senior people. |
Head First Design Patterns (Head First)
| Customer Rating: | | This book is like eating icecream. You expend Zero effort in learning valuable information about design patterns for oo development. |
This is how learning should be
| Customer Rating: | First, a little background: I have been programming since 1998 and my primary programming language is C#. My main area of development is ASP.NET websites.
For years I have been trying to get my head around software design patterns, but I kept running into road blocks. I tried learning about them from a combination of websites and books, but none of them seemed to communicate the practical reasons for learning design patterns. I decided to give up on learning them.
Several years went by and the gnawing question about the usefulness of software design patterns resurfaced in my head. I came across Head First Design Patterns, saw the great reviews and decided to take a chance. I am sure glad I did.
Not only is this easily the best design patterns book I have read, this may be one of the best books, teaching a complicated technology topic, I have ever read. This book was created with me in mind. The book is educational, entertaining, and does a good job of showing the practical side of the topic. The examples are all in Java, but I was able to easily translate them into C#.
If you want to learn object oriented design patterns, buy this book. I will definitely be checking out other Head First titles. |
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