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| Head First Design Patterns (Head First) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 631
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 676
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 8 x 1.7
ISBN: 0596007124
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.1
EAN: 9780596007126
ASIN: 0596007124
Publication Date: October 25, 2004
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Fantastic August 8, 2008
A very good book. Its been written to be read from cover to cover and its a joy to do so. There are a lot of practice questions and task to do, which means you have to put the effort in but you will learn a lot.
Not just for JAVA June 12, 2008
I am an ASP.NET developer and write in VB and C#. If you program in any OO language the fact that this book is written in Java will not be a problem in the slightest.
This book impressed me by the way it took you through implementations of the design patterns in order to help break the learning curve down into more manageable segments. After reading each chapter I knew exactly how the pattern was applied and understood it fully.
Something that was a real eye opener for me was that from reading this book I could see that design patterns exist EVERYWHERE in the .NET framework. User controls implements the composite pattern, the whole event driven model is based around the observer pattern and I don't know how many times I've been unknowingly using the template pattern!
There really shouldn't be any reason an OO programmer doesn't read this book (even if they are already clued up on their design patterns). It's an easy, fun and enlightening read.
A really enjoyable read May 13, 2008
This has got to be the most enjoyable programming book I have ever read. Every spare minute I have is spent wanting to see what happens next. I have only ever felt this with novels before.
As to the content, I could relate many of the design patterns shown to what I have done or seen in the past, but they also show reasoning and extra detail and insight than what I have noticed myself.
A great read, I'm learning lots. I'm interested to see what the other Head First books are like now.
Very clear March 27, 2008
Excellent book - very clear in putting the concepts across. Gradually builds towards understanding. Some repetition - but it works by re-enforcing the concepts. It's not often I read a technical book cover-to-cover.
from fog to crystal January 16, 2008
no pretentious use of jargon
clear and precise clarifications of OO as well as of patterns.
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