- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: APRESS ACADEMIC (1 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 159059388X
- ISBN-13: 978-1590593882
- Product Dimensions: 24.5 x 18.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 650,780 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The existing books on design patterns take a catalog approach, where they show the individual design patterns in isolation. This approach is fundamentally flawed, because you can't see how the design patterns actually function in the real world. Most programmers learn by looking at computer programs.
Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns by Looking at Code teaches you design patterns in exactly this way: by looking at computer programs and analyzing them in terms of the patterns that they use. Consequently, you learn how the patterns actually occur in the real world and how to apply the patterns to solve real problems.
This book also looks at the broader context of object-oriented (OO) design and how patterns solve commonplace OO design problems. It covers many of the principles of OO design—principles not covered by most books on Java—and shows you how to apply these principles to make your code easier to maintain and debug.
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Refreshingly opinionated,
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This review is from: Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns By Looking at Code (Hardcover)
I enjoyed the original columns on JavaWorld, and this book is more of the same. Holub doesn't spare the punches when referencing so-called O-O frameworks that are riddled with procedural code. Demolishes the "familiarity is correct" thinking that so much software is filled with. Will set right next to Jeff Langr's Essential Java Style on my bookshelf.
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Object orientation bible,
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This review is from: Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns By Looking at Code (Hardcover)
This book is a real eye-opener. It changed the way I do programming. In any case, it offers a great insight into proper software design and best practices. Design patterns are not described in void, but shown in practice as an obvious and natural way to write programs. Can't go wrong with this one.
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An excellent book for any programmer,
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This review is from: Holub on Patterns: Learning Design Patterns By Looking at Code (Hardcover)
I'm actually a PHP programmer but purchased this book after reading Allen's articles on Javaworld. This book is opinionated; and this is no bad thing. It is 100% better than many programming books that concentrate on churning out the popular line of the day. This book actually makes you think.
It can be a bit hard going in places (especially for a PHP developer!), but it is worth it. I often find myself dipping into the design pattern overviews at the end of the book. Highly recommended. A very interesting discussion of OO, especially, as other reviewers have commented, in a world where most "OO" programmers use OO constructs to create procedural programs.
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