The Pattern Almanac 2000 by by Linda Rising (Addison-Wesley )

Patterns. The current vocabulary of the high end designers and software architects. There are very few universities offering the M.S. courses on this subject; the future language of the software industry. Eric Gamma et al. started this revolution in 1995. It seems that there is no end to it. The author herself has significant experience in the area of Patterns. The book, as its name suggests, is indeed a very good almanac of patterns.
The author has taken truly a lot of pains to collect patterns from varous industries & put them in book form. Many of the patterns I have not heard of. That is one of the greatest strengths of the book; it gives you a bird's eye view of all the patterns used in various industries. Another thing I liked about the book, the author mentions relationships with other patterns, though not with details.
The layout of the book was not as appealing & the index takes many pages. The patterns should have been accompained by urls. Some url's are given. But, not all. But the effort is really herculean & the author has done a great job to put it in book form.

Please note that the book is not for beginners. It is for users who know & use patterns & want to know more about other patterns. I hope the author will come up with more patterns in the near future. (Shailesh Sonavadekar - Bartender, October 2001)
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