Design Patterns- Basic Book with examples

[Karen Gomes]

Hello,
Is there any good book on Java Design Patterns for begginers...
I have studied most of the patterns (not STruts) theoritically in College.
I tried reading a few but they only explain patterns and due to a lack of examples, either I am dozing off ina few hrs...or more lost and confused.
Pls suggest books/online tutorials that have good examples/implemenations along with each Pattern.
Thanks
Karen

[Lasse Koskela]

The definitive classic in the field of design patterns is the GoF book. However, it's not too easy to approach and all examples are C++. You might find Design Patterns Explained (and its workbook) a nice alternative.
If you're interested in more specific areas, there are books for J2EE design patterns and anti-patterns, books for architectural patterns, web services patterns, and even concurrency patterns.
By the way, how is Struts related to design patterns?

[Rufus BugleWeed]

IIRC they call struts an application framework. The new core j2ee patterns book makes many references to struts in the presentation tier section of the book.

[Lasse Koskela]

Yes, Struts is a common implementation of the MVC architectural pattern. But Struts itself is not a pattern...

[Karen Gomes]

Yes I too have come across many consultants who consider Struts a pattern .... I only read abt it yesterday only to know it was nothing but an implementation of MVC framework.
Thanks Lasse ... "Design Patterns Explained" has good reviews ... I'll try to get hold of one asap.
Cheers
Karen

[Tomchi Tang]

Check out "Thinking in Patterns" from Bruce Eckel http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPatterns/
Tomchi

[Lasse Koskela]

I almost forgot completely about Applied Java Patterns, which explains all the GoF patterns from a Java perspective.