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Design Patterns For Dummies

By Steve Holzner Ph.D.

Book information

Publisher
For Dummies
Year
2006
ISBN
9780471798545, 0471798541
LCC
QA76.9.O35 H65 2006
Open Library ID
OL17890270M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2053704 bytes)
Pages
321\321
Topic
Education
Library
For Dummies
Time added
2010-06-26 00:49:36

Description

Like many other programmers, after reading the seminal Design Patterns by the GoF, I was under the charm, while at the same time quite confused by some of the patterns. I had to get an other book to polish the rough edges. I got this book, and quite frankly I only read one chapter, the one about Flyweights. Now if like me you work in the video game industry, you know full well how important Flyweights are in game dev, and one of the patterns you probably know, like me, in depth. I couldn't believe what I was reading. This chapter is not merely misleading, it is dead wrong. The code example doesn't show at all what a Flyweight is. Now the damage was done: how can I learn from patterns I have difficulties with, if that one I know full well is so wrong? I returned the book, did some research and got the one from Christopher Lasater instead. If you want to understand the most cryptic parts of the GoF book, avoid that dummy book and go straight to the Lasater one.

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