You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel, so you look to design patters--the lessons learned by those who've faced the same software design 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, more complex, or more fun.
"Head First Design Patterns" by Eric Freeman and Elisabeth Freeman, with Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates, will load patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. A way that makes you better at solving software design problems and speaking the language of patterns with others in your team. This book will teach you: -The patterns that matter -When to use them and why -How to apply them to your own designs--right now -When not to use them (how to avoid pattern fever) -OO design principles on which patterns are based "This book is close to perfect, because of the way it combines expertise and readability. It speaks with authority and reads beautifully." --David Gelernter, Professor of Computer Science, Yale University "One of the funniest and smartest books on software design I've ever read." --Aaron LaBerge, VP Technology, ESPN.com To order your copy or for more information, see: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfdesignpat/ or call 1-800-998-9938 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Head First Design Patterns Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman With Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates Publisher: O'Reilly ISBN: 0-596-00712-4, 676 pages, $44.95 US, $65.95 CA http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfdesignpat/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to cancel a subscription to this newsletter, or add subscriptions to other topics, go to http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/home For non-automated human help email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------
