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| 1. | Developer? Project Manager, In software? BUY THIS BOOK |
| (Durham, NC United States) July 25, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Once you've got a few years of experience under your belt you'll find you
start having general "favorite" ways of doing things. Meaning
laying out you classes in a particular way. You'll find that giving... read full review |
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| 2. | Classic in object-oriented development. |
| (USA) July 26, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| If you have been in the software development for a while you will find that
the patterns described in the book are very familiar. I also found the
structure diagram of the patterns very helpful. Anyone serious about
software... read full review |
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| 3. | One of the Best Books I Continue to Use |
| (San Francisco, CA) August 7, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| In this age of techie books with a shelf life of 6 months, this aged book
is as relevant today as it was the day it was written. Even though I
consider myself a Java programmer (using UML), I still continue to use
this book... read full review |
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| 4. | A must have classic for reference and browsing |
| (Hamburg, Germany) August 17, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Anybody involved in object oriented programming should own this book and
browse once in a while through it. It is the classic in patterns.Too
bad that it is no book for reading from cover to cover though. |
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| 5. | Easy and delightful reading! |
| (CA United States) July 19, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| I love this book! Very easy to understand and very practical. If you have
been in the software development for a while and have practiced/payed
attention to the software design, you will find that the patterns
described... read full review |
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| 6. | Best patterns book ever written |
| (Tampa, FL United States) July 3, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| This is the bible of design patterns. Everyone that understands a little
bit about object oriented design knows this book. It explains what design
patterns are, how they are used and have a small catalog of very useful
DP... read full review |
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| 7. | The original and definitive work on OO design patterns |
| (Spokane, WA United States) May 16, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| Design Patterns, referred to warmly as the "Gang of Four" book by
it's fans, is the book that introduced me to the world of design patterns.
After reading this book, you'll immediately see patterns from... read full review |
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| 8. | One of the best books I own |
| (Santa Cruz, CA United States) June 7, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| If you consider designing applications you oughta get that book. I have
been working with Pascal, C++ and lately with Java. And I had never read
that sort of books before. What a shame! I did miss out on some very
worthy... read full review |
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| 9. | Wonderfully done |
| (Lehigh, PA USA) June 14, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| This is by far one of the finest and most useful books in my library. It is
a rare occasion that I find a book which not only shows you how it should
be done, but also recognizes some of the pitfalls that are possible... read full review |
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| 10. | Not for "Programmers" |
| (Canton, MI USA) June 20, 2001 - 5.0/5 stars |
| This book is for Software Designers or Architects; if you've happy being a
code monkey don't bother buying it.Some of the examples were in
Smalltalk. I had never /seen/ a line of Smalltalk code before, and did
not have... read full review |