Design Patterns CD: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Gamma, Erich; Helm, Richard; Johnson, Ralph; Vlissides, John

ISBN 10: 0201634988 ISBN 13: 9780201634983

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1998

Synopsis

Published in 1995, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software has elicited a great deal of praise from the press and readers. The 23 patterns contained in the book have become an essential resource for anyone developing reusable software designs. In response to a great number of requests from readers of the book and from the object-oriented community as a whole, these designs patterns, along with the entire text of the book, are being made available on CD. This electronic version will enable students to install the patterns directly onto a computer and create an architecture for using and building reusable components. Produced in HTML format, the CD is heavily cross-referenced with numerous links to the online text.

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Design Patterns CD Containing 23 patterns for those developing reusable object-oriented software, this CD on object-oriented software design presents a catalog of simple solutions to common design problems. It also systematically names, explains, evaluates, and catalogs recurring designs in object-oriented systems. Full description

Review

Design Patterns is based on the idea that there are only so many design problems in computer programming. This book identifies some common program-design problems--such as adapting the interface of one object to that of another object or notifying an object of a change in another object's state--and explains the best ways (not always the obvious ways) that the authors know to solve them. The idea is that you can use the authors' sophisticated design ideas to solve problems that you often waste time solving over and over again in your own programming.

The authors have come up with some ingenious ways to solve some common vexations among object-oriented programmers. Want to build a page-layout program that embeds inline images among characters of various sizes? How about building a program that converts files of one format to another? Chances are, some programmer already has thought of a better solution than you will and the recipes you need are here. Solutions are presented in generalised diagrams of data and logic structures. The idea is that you can take the concepts presented here and adapt them--in whatever language you use--to your individual situation. You may have to read some of the chapters several times before you fully understand them, but when you find a solution in this book, it will make your job easier and your results more elegant. --Jake Bond

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0201634988
• ISBN 13: 9780201634983
• Binding: CD-ROM
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 2