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Rating  - Patterns Demystified
GoF presents everything you need to start with patterns. This one tells how to identify a pattern when it's cooking. It explains in actuality what patterns can and cannot do, what patterns are and are not, how does a pattern come to existence and stuff related to the concept of patterns and not a list of patterns as in GoF.
GoF is if you need to dive into patterns. This one if you need to swim in patterns. Don't expect a list of patterns as in GoF. This is more on how to identify a pattern, how to chose among a set of patterns, when to use, when to invent and etc.
This book will serve best after the pattern hype has washed over you atleast once.
Rating - An essential companion to the GoF book
A succint and lucid explanation of how patterns can be actually applied. Chapter 2 is a must read where John develops a file system application - he dwells in great detail about which patterns suit best the needs of the application and which do not. He starts with the Composite pattern, then refines the model gradually with Proxy, Visitor, Template method, Abstract Factory, Singleton and Mediator patterns. The 3rd chapter introduces a new pattern called 'Generation Gap' while the 4th chapter is an extremely entertaining read containg numerous excerpts of correspondences between GoF authors where they debate whether the MultiCast pattern is just a refinement of Observer or a pattern in its own right.
IMHO - read the basic patterns in the GoF book first, read chapter 2 of Pattern Hatching, go back and read the GoF book again. Do this a number of times and you'll probably have a much better insight than by just reading the GoF book.
A word of warning for Java developers - it would help to have a decent knowledge of C++ (templates included ;-) ) to understand the code samples.
Rating - It's a pattern on writing !
Your search has ended if you: -you loved Gof4's "Design Patterns" and you want to go beyond -you want to understand how do a group can achieve to a pattern even with different perspectives (programming language background, professional experience, etc) -you're looking for good examples on writing style
Rating - A Necessary Book
This slender volume should be required reading for anyone working on an object oriented system (and if you're using C++, you ought to read it three or four times). This book won't so much tell you how to solve particular problems as much as it will help to develop a way of thinking about programming problems that leads to well-design solutions.
The GoF book's second chapter example is unfortunate: virtually every programmer I've recommended Design Patterns to has expressed frustration over the inaccessibility of the primary example of applying patterns in a system.
The file system example in Vlissides, on the other hand, is a lucid and enaging narrative that everyone relates to and seems to gain immediate insight from. I now recommend this book as a requirement for really understanding the GoF book. It's worth the price many times over.
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