Head First Design Patterns (Head First)

This is awesome! All developers MUST have this book. You can apply to not only Java but other programming language, Ruby, PHP, C# etc. But you have to have basic knowledge of Java to read this book though. Anyway, you should get it one now.

Very good book with a very good concept. It takes your hand and follow you in understanding some important programming patterns which will make your life easier.

This was my first book from Head First, and i love it! The book uses an easy approach (besides the schema in each chapter) to make you understand the different patterns. I think the book is good for junior and mid senior people.

This book is like eating icecream. You expend Zero effort in learning valuable information about design patterns for oo development.

First, a little background: I have been programming since 1998 and my primary programming language is C#. My main area of development is ASP.NET websites.

For years I have been trying to get my head around software design patterns, but I kept running into road blocks. I tried learning about them from a combination of websites and books, but none of them seemed to communicate the practical reasons for learning design patterns. I decided to give up on learning them.

Several years went by and the gnawing question about the usefulness of software design patterns resurfaced in my head. I came across Head First Design Patterns, saw the great reviews and decided to take a chance. I am sure glad I did.

Not only is this easily the best design patterns book I have read, this may be one of the best books, teaching a complicated technology topic, I have ever read. This book was created with me in mind. The book is educational, entertaining, and does a good job of showing the practical side of the topic. The examples are all in Java, but I was able to easily translate them into C#.

If you want to learn object oriented design patterns, buy this book. I will definitely be checking out other Head First titles.