Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design

"One of the great things about the book is the way the authors explain concepts very simply using analogies rather than programming examples - this has been very inspiring for a product I'm working on: an audio - only introduction to OOP and software development." Bruce Eckel. "...I would expect that readers with a basic understanding of object-oriented programming and design would find this book useful, before approaching design patterns completely. Design Patterns Explained complements the existing design patterns texts and may perform a very useful role, fitting between introductory texts such as UML Distilled and the more advanced patterns books." James Noble. 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 updated Java examples, it shows programmers and...