Editorial Review:
There's a pattern here, and here's how to use it!
Find out how the 23 leading design patterns can save you time and trouble
Ever feel as if you've solved this programming problem before? You -- or someone -- probably did, and that's why there's a design pattern to help this time around. This book shows you how (and when) to use the famous patterns developed by the "Gang of Four," plus some new ones, all designed to make your programming life easier.
Discover how to:
* Simplify the programming process with design patterns
* Make the most of the Decorator, Factory, and Adapter patterns
* Identify which pattern applies
* Reduce the amount of code needed for a task
* Create your own patterns
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Customer Reviews
Average Customer Rating: 
Ideal for the beginner  2008-02-28
Design Patterns are by nature an advanced topic. This book is perfect to start out with. The GoF and a few extra patterns are thoroughly explained with text and graphics and an example is written in Java code for each.
SuperLite intro  2007-04-07
Design patterns having been demystified already by the head first book there was little need for another funny patterns title.. and this book wasted the only chance he had to be competitive, that is treating in decent length and details patterns that go neglected in the Head First book like Visitor and Bridge.I am also very disappointed by how the Command pattern is introduced. It is introduced only in terms of MacroCommands useful to simplify a set of complex operations, a scenario much fitter for Facade. Try hard as I can, I cannot find a single reason while you would want to read this book instead of Head First Design Patterns.
You have to start somewhere 2007-01-22
The original book by the Go4 is a great book, but like one reviewer stated, "requires a bit of sophistication". And also it was in C++. However, as time rolled on, more pattern books have come out in the more mainstream languages of today to fill the gap.
This book uses Java which is an excellent choice because C# programmers and even VB.NET programmers can understand with relative ease the premise of these patterns from Java.
This book is very easy to understand and probably should be the starting point for those just learning patterns. (Or "Head First Design Patterns", which is also excellent and very entertaining). The writing style of the author is very encouraging and I think beginners to patterns will find it a great starting point.
You have to start somewhere and this book fills the gap for beginners in learning the terminology, methodology and practical use of patterns.
Great book 2006-08-23
This is a terrific book on design patterns. Each pattern is well explained with numerous examples, including examples where the patterns are already implemented in the Java language. The style is easy-going, making each pattern easier to understand and more palatable. The formal design pattern books may give you trouble, but this one won't--and all the information in the formal books is packed into this one as well.
Simply Junk  2006-08-17
After reading those books that says "That's it..." every ten lines put out by Mr. Holzner during the 90's (c, c++, XMl, advanced c++, java,....) I was not suprised to see he is going at it again. This time, the Design Patterns.
What I found out from this book:
Mr. Holzner doesn't know Design Patterns at all (but he can B.S. about it, just like he doesn't know C,C++ but B.Sed about them) None of the design patterns are explained well. The worst case is the flyweight pattern. It is so poorly done that I start wondering what Mr. Holzner was smoking at the time of typing. Another example is the Visitor pattern. It seems that Mr. Holzner has heard the name of this pattern but never borther to know what it really is.
My recommandation:
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! If you did, return it immediately!
My advise to Mr. Holzner:
Please stick to physics and stop writing things you do not know.
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