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Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Shalloway, Alan (Author), Trott, James R. (Author)
ISBN: 0321247140     ISBN-13: 9780321247148
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2004
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Annotation: Leverage the quality and productivity benefits of patterns--"without" the complexity! "Design Patterns Explained, Second Edition" is the field's simplest, clearest, most "practical" introduction to patterns. Using dozens of new C# and updated Java examples, it shows programmers and architects exactly how to use patterns to design, develop, and deliver software far more effectively.

You'll start with a complete overview of the fundamental principles of patterns, and the role of object-oriented analysis and design in contemporary software development. Then, using easy-to-understand sample code, Alan Shalloway and James Trott illuminate dozens of today's most useful patterns: their underlying concepts, advantages, tradeoffs, implementation techniques, and pitfalls to avoid. Many patterns are accompanied by UML diagrams.

Building on their best-selling First Edition, Shalloway and Trott have thoroughly updated this book to reflect new software design trends, patterns, and implementation techniques. Reflecting extensive reader feedback, they have deepened and clarified coverage throughout, and reorganized content for even greater ease of understanding. New and revamped coverage in this edition includes:

    Better ways to start "thinking in patterns" How design patterns can facilitate agile development using eXtreme Programming and other methods How to use commonality and variability analysis to design application architectures The key role of testing into a patterns-driven development process How to use factories to instantiate and manage objects more effectively The Object-Pool Pattern--a new pattern not identified by the "Gang of Four" Newstudy/practice questions at the end of every chapter

Gentle yet thorough, this book assumes no patterns experience whatsoever. It's the ideal "first book" on patterns, and a perfect complement to Gamma's classic "Design Patterns," If you're a programmer or architect who wants the clearest possible understanding of design patterns--or if you've struggled to make them work for you--"read this book."
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Computers | Programming - Object Oriented
- Computers | Operating Systems - General
Dewey: 005.11
LCCN: 2004108740
Series: Software Patterns
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7" W x 9.2" (1.65 lbs) 480 pages
 
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In the approximately ten years since the publication of the seminal work in thefield of design patterns (Gamma et al's Design Patterns), this practice hasmoved from being an esoteric part of computer science research to themainstream of software engineering. Yet despite their widespread acceptance, design patterns are frequently misunderstood. These authors learned patternsthe hard way, and their original aim in writing this book (providing the readerwith a gentle yet thorough introduction to design patterns) continues in thesecond edition. This book is the perfect book to read before the reader tries totackle Gamma's famous work, and has been updated to reflect recent trendsand developments in software design.