The Joy of Patterns: Using Patterns for Enterprise Development

By Brandon Goldfedder

Intended for software practitioners unfamiliar with design patterns, this text allows the reader to learn design by presenting the trade-offs and heuristics of design patterns through the use of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201657597
• ISBN13: 9780201657593
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.5" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Good book for internalizing patterns

Came across this book while searching our library, for design help, in the middle of a design review cycle. I have read many books on Design Patterns. The issue is that most of them do not help you internalize the patterns you learned. Most of them just explain the patterns. By internalizing being able to "trace back" from an object design problem to a pattern. The only three books that helped me internalize the more complex design patterns are Head First Design Patterns, Patterns in Java and this book. I liked the author's writing style and presentation. The drawbacks of this book ? It does not cover all the design patterns. This books brings out the core concept of Design Patterns, which is "Protected Variations". Would I recommend this book to a novice in Object Oriented Technology ? No. One has to be familiar with OOA and OOD to appreciate and internalize the value of Design patterns.

It made me laugh, it made me cry...

Although quite a departure from his previous works, "The Joy of Cooking" and "The Joy of Sex", I found this book, the third in the series, oddly compelling and a real page-turner. Brandon's effective use of foreshadowing only adds to the shock value of the surprise ending.

Good Reminder

Goldfedder's book provides a good reminder that patterns are important to design and should be applied in real-world situations, not just in theory. The book is not an overview of the common patterns that have already been documented and taught in Computer Science programs for some years now. It is merely a reminder that patterns are out there for us to use and should be considered a part of everyday design thinking.The book is an enjoyable read. Goldfedder's style keeps you reading and helps you to understand the motivation and application of a few important patterns.