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After reading many threads, I believe design pattern book cover all 23 patterns developed by GOF as well as some standard j2ee paterns.?

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J2ee patterns?

I dont think so.


Gof Patterns

Yes.

Hope this helps.
 
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The book covers 14 of the GoF patterns in-depth, and the rest in two page mini-versions in the appendix. We don't cover any J2EE patterns, although we do cover Model-View-Controller.

Remember - this book is not a patterns catalog, nor is it just to simply teach you 14 patterns. The idea is that you will learn how to understand patterns, how to use them, how to relate them to design principles. In other words, we teach you how to fish, we don't just give you 14 fish.

Hopefully once you've learned about these patterns, and how to understand them, you'll be able to take that knowledge, and read a patterns catalog like GoF and have a much better experience.

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Hi author,

Why you're select only 14 GOF Pattern to describe in-depth ?

thank you.
 
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We selected the 14 most used GoF patterns one, because they are the most used, and two, because purposefully did NOT want to write another catalog. We wanted to write a learning book. The idea is that if you can learn how to understand and use patterns, and see the relationship of patterns to principles, then you will be able to pick up a design patterns catalog and understand it.

It's like building the foundation for going forward with patterns. First you learn how to fish, then you can go out and catch a bunch of fish!

Elisabeth
 
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Hi author,

How did you decide the most used pattern?

thanks
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the rest in two page mini-versions in the appendix


The rest 9 patterns are packed in only 2 pages?

If so, there will be only a short or very breif discussions on them.

Nick
 
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That's right, the patterns in the appendix have 2 page mini-descriptions.

Keep in mind, this book is NOT a patterns catalog. It really is a learning book, and the idea is that you will learn how to understand and apply patterns.

Based on several discussions on this forum, I'm convinced we picked the right 14 to cover - they really are the most used. And once you've learned those and the OO principles, hopefully you'll have no problem understanding the others based on the other resources out there, if you find you need them.

Plus, we wanted to keep the book light enough that you could actually pick it up without straining your back

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Nicholas -

Just to clarify...

The appendix covers 9 patterns, EACH pattern gets 2 pages, for a total of 18 pages
 
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Thanks Bert, I just re-read Nicholas' post and realized that he probably thought we did *all* 9 patterns in 2 pages.

Hopefully that's clear now

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Will that book available in India?
If yes provide me the URL- I will order now.

-Jignesh
 
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Originally posted by Jignesh Patel:
Will that book available in India?
If yes provide me the URL- I will order now.

-Jignesh



Yes it will be available soon as Bert had mentioned in some other thread.

URL here www.shroffpublishers.com
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