Object-Oriented Design & Patterns

by Cay S. Horstmann

* Introduces object-oriented fundamentals critical to designing software and shows how to implement design techniques
* Horstmann's clear, hands-on presentation and outstanding writing style help readers to better understand the material
* Useful sidebars cover relevant data structures
* C++ notes throughout the book illustrate object-oriented programming concepts that are not available with Java
* An online UML editor (designed by the author) allows readers to create and test UML code
* Also available from Cay Horstmann, the highly successful Computing Concepts with Java Essentials, Third Edition (0-471-24371-X); Computing Concepts with C++ Essentials, Third Edition (0-471-16437-2), and Big Java (0-471-40248-6)

Genres: Programming, Technical, Computer Science, Reference, School

464 pages, Paperback

First published April 4, 2003

Reviews

[Tom Quast · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of different patterns in the context of object oriented programming. It starts out with some basic programming knowledge but quickly moves on to the subjects at hand. It has a good pace and manages to make abstract concepts easy to understand by providing concrete examples.

The Good
- Covers the most important patterns and concepts
- Companion code to show concepts mentioned
- Exercises are easy to understand and follow

The Bad
- Code sections can be hard to read visually
- Sometimes too much focus on examples and their code

Conclusion
A good book for getting a better understanding of design patterns. It comes with plenty concrete implementations and exercises to internalize the knowledge. It can be a bit hard to read because of all the printed source code, but overall a worthwhile book.

[Andrew Obrigewitsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book really helped with my computer graphics course.

[Matteo Tomasulo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some important patterns are not present. Anyway a good book on the argument and helps to understand how the design patterns are used on the Java Core Standard Library.

[Matthew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Seems to get away from the point when using the examples. tries too hard to make it interesting using sample code and does not cover enough theory