> I recently finished reading Head First Design Patterns. I thought it was > great, especially for someone like me who had never heard of design patters > before. Previously, I tried reading the GoF book but it was a bit over my > head at the time. > > So now, I am trying to figure out what to read next. Someone suggested > Martin Fowler's Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. Does anyone > know if this is worth while if I have the other two books above?
I definitely believe it's worth reading, especially since it cover lot of database and web related patterns. It's less of a dry reading compared to the GoF book, but still follow along the same lines and often refer back to the GoF... > I am also skimming, trying to figure out if I want to buy Shalloway's Design > Patterns Explained. It looks good but I sometimes fear it too close to what > I have already read. But then again, only skimmed the first 80 pages. I agree. It's a fine book, but it would be pretty much redundant after Head First Design Patterns > Ideally, I would *LOVE* a book that not only talks about design patterns, > but maybe walks through the building of an application from the ground up - > the application being the focal point, the design patterns and > implementations, the learned goodies. Cause I see a lot of great examples > of patterns and great programming ideas, but they are many times in small, > manageable examples and I don't necessarily see the jump to large apps > (which I am sure comes with time and experience). > > So, any suggestions??? Try this: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131489062/ Don't be scared by the title, there isn't much UML there :-) I can definitely say it's a very good book, I have the feeling it may be the right choice for you at this stage, but if you manage to look at it in a bookstore first, you will be able to see by yourself. ---------------------------- Massimo Foti Tools for ColdFusion and Dreamweaver developers: http://www.massimocorner.com ---------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
