Hi Erik,
If the Lott/Patterson is not causing you sparks of understanding, the
GoF book is probably not worth your money yet. It is good and thorough,
but it's also dense, written like a university level text book, and
focused on SmallTalk. I'd recommend re-reading the Lott/Patterson, as
you suggested, and working through the examples instead. I found that I
didn't really "get it" until I built some of their examples in Flash.
Then it began to sink in.
The Head First book is also very good and a bit more user-friendly, but
you'll have to turn many extra pages to get through all the cute
graphics and other filler to get to the really useful information.
I haven't read the Sanders/Cumaranatunge yet so I can't comment on it.
Good luck,
Bob
Mattheis, Erik (MIN - WSW) wrote:
The information in the Lott/Patterson AS3 w/ Design Patterns is having
trouble sinking into my head. I understand the patterns as they describe
them, but I'm not getting much take-away. I don't put the book down
thinking "gee, I should use the iterator pattern in this app!"
Reading reviews, I'm thinking of getting the Sanders/Cumaranatunge AS 3
Design Patterns book as it appears to be much more thorough in
introducing OOP concepts. I've also read reviews that suggest the
HeadStart DesignPatterns for Java is the best design patterns book.
Which makes me wonder why not get the original GoF book. Then again,
maybe I should re-read the front material in the Lott/Patterson book.
Suggestions?
Erik J Mattheis
Sr. Web Programmer
Weber Shandwick
Minneapolis, MN
T: (952) 346 6610 | M: (612) 377 2272
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