Design Patterns: Simplified and In-depth ()

Author: (USA) Freeman
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book won the Jolt Award for General Books in 2005, the 15th edition. "I received this book yesterday and started reading—it’s simply irresistible. Awesome! The content is highly engaging, covers a broad scope, and gets straight to the point. This book left a deep impression on me." —Erich Gamma, Top Engineer at IBM and Co-author of "Design Patterns" "Reading this book had the same effect as reading a thousand-pound book on the same topic." —Ward Cunningham, Inventor of Wiki and Founder of the Hillside Group "This book is nearly perfect because it combines professional expertise with high readability. The narration is authoritative and beautifully written." —David Gelernter, Professor of Computer Science at Yale University "This is one of the most interesting and intelligent software design books I’ve ever read." —Aaron LaBerge, Vice President of Technology at ESPN.com
You don’t want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a wheel without pneumatic tires), so you turn to design patterns for help—design patterns are the collective experience people have gained when facing the same software design problems in the past. With design patterns, you can leverage the essence of others’ practical experience, saving time that can be used for more challenging, complex, and interesting tasks.
You want to learn:
· Important patterns;
· When and why to use a particular pattern;
· How to immediately apply these patterns in your own designs;
· When not to use a pattern (how to avoid overusing patterns);
· The object-oriented design principles behind each pattern.
More importantly, you want to avoid feeling bored while learning design patterns. If you’ve ever read any book in the Head First series, you’ll know what to expect from this one: your brain will be fully engaged through rich visual effects.
This book is based on extensive research, including neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, which helps deeply embed these design patterns in your memory and makes them harder to forget. You’ll become more skilled at solving software design problems and better able to communicate with your team using the language of patterns.