My 0.02:
GoF makes me very sleepy - I find it very dry and the chapters very long
winded. (Sorry GoF'rs)
Wait's for lightning bolt from on high...
I have read it through once and understood some of it, but I have found
snippets of information about patterns online which seem much clearer
and less sleep inducing.
I liked Colin Moock's chapters on patterns from the Essential
ActionScript 2 books because they taught by tutorials which work towards
a finished example rather than by printing snippets of code.
I have learnt some C++, but don't code in it so I can sort of understand
what is going on in GoF. My AS is better and I find that doing the
Moock examples helped me more.
I would be interested to know if Head First Design Patterns follows the
same process as Moock - "learn by doing". I can handle that, although I
will keep delving into GoF, keeping an oven timer handy to bring me back
from the brink.
:)
Erik Bianchi wrote:
I think GoF is a great reference book but the writers aren't very gentle
about how they present information. It is very blunt and straight to the
point. Reminds me a bit of an old calculus book.
The first time I read the GoF book I thought my head was going to explode. A
few years later though when I'm referencing a pattern it's a lot more clear
now for some reason.
Also, It be nice if they revised using java or C# rather then C++.
-erik
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ham
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flair Pattern bad mixins good (?)
Been a while since I've posted here, a few years I think. I miss
the geek
tangents / debates. =)
Good man! Seriously, the world affords precious few opportunities to
truly geek out on design patterns and such. Internet mailing lists
excepted of course.
I have the Head First Design Patterns book, and I have to say I like
it, in spite of its profusion of clip art and cheesy humor. Despite
these stylistic affronts, it presents the material in a way that is
easy to learn.
What's the consensus on the GoF book? I know it's a classic, but so
is Ulysses and dog if I can read that. I don't have a CS background--
Flash is about as far as my programming expertise extends--so the
Head First style works for me. Is GoF accessible for people who don't
program in C++?
OK
DAH
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