The Patterns Handbook: Techniques, Strategies, and Applications (SIGS Reference Library) [Paperback]

Linda Rising (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521648181 | ISBN-13: 978-0521648189 | Publication Date: June 28, 1998 | Edition: 1

In The Patterns Handbook, Rising has selected a large number of seminal articles and essays that illustrate the growing importance of patterns in application development. A partial list of well published experts includes James Coplien, Kent Beck, Grady Booch, Ralph Johnson, Robert Martin, Andrew Koenig, and John Vlissides. This reference contains an overview, examples and experience, resources, an annotated bibliography, and contact information. In this important collection, you will find articles on pattern writing, pattern templates, system test patterns, frameworks and design patterns, how patterns work in teams, patterns and antipatterns, and patterns of thought.The use of patterns leads to successful solutions to recurring problems. This book will show you how to use patterns to improve productivity and quality and to become a better software designer.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Some of the ideas reflected in the book are subtle and profound, but there is not a single article that is difficult to read. If the patterns movement has the ambition of making software development 'more human', then this book gives a true reflection of that aim. For hard-pressed software engineers, the book's organization is excellent-- you can dip into its rich collection and just read what you need. It's a powerful resource and a delightful read--an important, must-buy book." Application Development Advisor

"The Patterns Handbook: Techniques, Strategies and Applications can attract pattern enthusiasts and pattern writers." www.deux.com

"I think this is one of the more useful books about Patterns that I have come across. Its utility spans a wide range from those curious about the ideas (but perhaps daunted by the GoF's Design Patterns) to those who are already regular users of Pattern concepts. Definitely one for your bookshelf." Francis Glassborow, AG Communication Systems

"An excellent discussion of pattern templates..." Software Development

Book Description

In The Patterns Handbook, Rising has selected a large number of seminal articles and essays that illustrate the growing importance of patterns in application development. A partial list of well published experts includes James Coplien, Kent Beck, Grady Booch, Ralph Johnson, Robert Martin, Andrew Koenig, and John Vlissides. This reference contains an overview, examples and experience, resources, an annotated bibliography, and contact information. In this important collection, you will find articles on pattern writing, pattern templates, system test patterns, frameworks and design patterns, how patterns work in teams, patterns and antipatterns, and patterns of thought. This book will show you how to use patterns to improve productivity and quality and to become a better software designer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 570 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (June 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521648181
• ISBN-13: 978-0521648189
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,263,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a useful overview and introduction, December 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Patterns Handbook: Techniques, Strategies, and Applications (SIGS Reference Library) (Paperback)

This was the first patterns book I read, and I found it a very useful overview of a wide range of topics from many different perspectives. It isn't meant to be a catalogue of patterns.

The quality of the chapters is not consistent, as would be expected from such a wide range of authors. But the material is generally very accessible and useful.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A little dated, January 18, 2007

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This review is from: The Patterns Handbook: Techniques, Strategies, and Applications (SIGS Reference Library) (Paperback)

There are many more informative books out there on design patterns now. This is a little dated, and the study of design patterns seems to have matured quite a bit since it was released. Interesting none the less. It is not a catalogue or reference for design patterns.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for serious pattern users, August 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Patterns Handbook: Techniques, Strategies, and Applications (SIGS Reference Library) (Paperback)

If the 20-some patterns of object-oriented programming in the GOF book have whetted your appetite, and you either are ready to move beyond those or have already moved into the patterns that capture the expertise of other domains, you'll want this book. The book is a simple yet powerfully useful tool for finding patterns suitable to a wide range of problems. Though the book was intended to be used primarily as a well-annotated index to patterns that have appeared elsewhere, the annotated entries in this book themselves are often enough to get you off top dead center. Even for its use as an index to the sea of patterns out there, this book is an excellent investment. The book is a treasure of good ideas useful to most software designers, and it might be just enough to give you that edge the next time you do design. I use it to find related patterns when I write patterns -- something that convinces me that this book should be on every pattern writer's bookshelf.