Customer Review: I thinks this is a great book for anyone wanting to learn or have a reference on design patterns. It does expect the user to know OO C++. It is definetly a book for software engineers to have on their collection.
Customer Review: This book is a must read for .Net developers. I highly recommend it. I'm sure everyone will be able expand on something they didn't know with this book. I would have liked to have seen a electronic copy of the Coding Style Conventions and a summary of all the Do, Consider, Do Not for each chapter to... more info
Customer Review: Very well organized, and good content.
Id like to see more diagrams or so, so we can se how they decide to build the things... but it still is great.
Customer Review: This is Martin Fowler's first book, published in 1997. The book is divided into two large sections. The first section details analysis patterns that Fowler has encountered across industries. These chapters cover several common domain patterns including representing organizational hierarchies,... more info
Customer Review: The examples are pretty good but it is really hard to follow if you are using FlexBuilder as I am. There are no instructions on how to use them in FlexBuilder, though it is not very hard to figure out. The really bad part is that the examples tend to do the UI's last. This makes it VERY hard to... more info
Customer Review: The approach that the book takes really caters to my learning style i.e. learning by doing. Normally the programs you write in IT books are useless but to my delight, most programs in this book (8 in total) have potential for immediate usage at home and at work, which makes it that much more... more info
Customer Review: I purchased this book through Amazon on October 16 2006 11:05 PDT. I finally killed the order this morning because they still can't seem to get it in stock. Don't get me wrong, this is a great book with many good examples. However, if you want it this century, go check your local computer... more info
Customer Review: In my opinion this is the most detailed and systematic treatments of reuse from business and development process strategy points of view.
Among the things I especially like about this book are: (1) the book addresses only blackbox reuse (assets that are used without modification) and defines the... more info
Customer Review: This is an excellent book for developers, architects, project managers, and development managers. It clearly explains how to adjust your development practices to achieve reuse at all levels. I found it particularly helpful in diagnosing common management issues that hinder reuse practices. This book... more info