Programming Books

The Best Design Patterns Books

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   10 Rankings

   Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

   by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides

   Often referred to as the GoF, or Gang-Of-Four (because of the four authors who wrote it), Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (ISBN 0-201-63361-2) is a software engineering book describing recurring solutions to common problems in software design. The book's authors are Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John...
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   7 Rankings

   Head First Design Patterns

   by Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra

   You're not alone. At any given moment, somewhere in the world someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel (or worse, a flat tire), so you look to Design Patterns--the lessons learned by those who've faced the same problems. With Design Patterns, you get to take advantage of the...
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   2 Rankings

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

   by Alan Shalloway, James Trott
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   2 Rankings

   Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development

   by Craig Larman

   The first edition of “Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design” quickly emerged as the leading OOA/D introduction; translated to many languages and adopted in universities and businesses worldwide. In this second edition, well-known object technology and iterative methods leader Craig Larman refines and...
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   2 Rankings

   Refactoring to Patterns

   by Joshua Kerievsky
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   1 Ranking

   Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture

   by Martin Fowler