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Hi,

I would like to know more about design patterns and specifically using C#.

Can any one recommend a good book?

Thanks

Uh.

C# Design Patterns (A Tutorial)
James W Cooper

Its sitting here on my desk, btw.

Most examples are good. I find its example of the Abstract Factory Pattern
a little confusing for non-swimmers.




"mavrick_101" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I would like to know more about design patterns and specifically using C#.
>
> Can any one recommend a good book?
>
> Thanks

There is a good web site too:

http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx

Thanks for your responses.

I would go for the website first and then think about the book.

Looking at amazon.com I get the following order of book (sorted by people
recommendations...)

Head First Design Patterns (Head First) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
by Elisabeth Freeman (Author), Eric Freeman (Author), Bert Bates (Author),
Kathy Sierra (Author)
191 4.5

Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
by Martin Fowler (Author)
53 4.5

Design Patterns C# (Hardcover)
by Steven John Metsker (Author)
27 3.5

Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Robert C. Martin Series)
11 4.5

Thanks again.

"Doogie" wrote:

> There is a good web site too:
>
> http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx
>
>

Good free resource:
www.dofactory.com

Look at the Developer resources section.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

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"mavrick_101" <> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I would like to know more about design patterns and specifically using C#.
>
> Can any one recommend a good book?
>
> Thanks

Head First is not C# specific, but it is a great resource. Very easy read.
Great book to start.

The Gang of Four book is also great, but very dry. I would look at
www.dofactory.com first, as it breaks down patterns. I recently wrote a blog
entry on patterns (specifically a pattern someone munged and why you should
not do this).

Microsoft Patterns and Practices (http://msdn.microsoft.com/patterns) has
some good free, downloadable docs. Most deal with Enterprise Patterns and
not language design patterns.

Design Patterns in C# is a good book for those focusing on C#. I am not as
fond of the book as some, but it is a good resource for understanding in C#
what patterns are, so I will not diss the book either.

Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# - Great book. It is perhaps
a bit too UML focused for one using Team System, but it is a great book on
both Agile methods and Patterns (and includes patterns beyond the simple
design patterns).

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com

*********************************************
Think outside the box!
*********************************************
"mavrick_101" <> wrote in message
news:F87CC0BD-F86C-4F77-8520-...
> Thanks for your responses.
>
> I would go for the website first and then think about the book.
>
> Looking at amazon.com I get the following order of book (sorted by people
> recommendations...)
>
> Head First Design Patterns (Head First) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
> by Elisabeth Freeman (Author), Eric Freeman (Author), Bert Bates (Author),
> Kathy Sierra (Author)
> 191 4.5
>
> Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
> by Martin Fowler (Author)
> 53 4.5
>
> Design Patterns C# (Hardcover)
> by Steven John Metsker (Author)
> 27 3.5
>
> Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Robert C. Martin Series)
> 11 4.5
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "Doogie" wrote:
>
>> There is a good web site too:
>>
>> http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx
>>
>>

HeadFirst is a great book (as already said).

If you get the HeadFirst book, you can get code samples (<$100 I think) from
dofactory.com
which mimick the HeadFirst examples in C# (or vb.net).

The HeadFirst examples are in Java, but minus the Observer Pattern (because
dotnet has a "built in" observer pattern with delegates/events), you can
easily understand the basic syntax java code.

...


"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <> wrote in
message news:3991DE9C-798A-4E30-9616-...
> Head First is not C# specific, but it is a great resource. Very easy read.
> Great book to start.
>
> The Gang of Four book is also great, but very dry. I would look at
> www.dofactory.com first, as it breaks down patterns. I recently wrote a
blog
> entry on patterns (specifically a pattern someone munged and why you
should
> not do this).
>
> Microsoft Patterns and Practices (http://msdn.microsoft.com/patterns) has
> some good free, downloadable docs. Most deal with Enterprise Patterns and
> not language design patterns.
>
> Design Patterns in C# is a good book for those focusing on C#. I am not as
> fond of the book as some, but it is a good resource for understanding in
C#
> what patterns are, so I will not diss the book either.
>
> Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# - Great book. It is
perhaps
> a bit too UML focused for one using Team System, but it is a great book on
> both Agile methods and Patterns (and includes patterns beyond the simple
> design patterns).
>
> --
> Gregory A. Beamer
> MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
> http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com
>
> *********************************************
> Think outside the box!
> *********************************************
> "mavrick_101" <> wrote in message
> news:F87CC0BD-F86C-4F77-8520-...
> > Thanks for your responses.
> >
> > I would go for the website first and then think about the book.
> >
> > Looking at amazon.com I get the following order of book (sorted by
people
> > recommendations...)
> >
> > Head First Design Patterns (Head First) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
> > by Elisabeth Freeman (Author), Eric Freeman (Author), Bert Bates
(Author),
> > Kathy Sierra (Author)
> > 191 4.5
> >
> > Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
> > by Martin Fowler (Author)
> > 53 4.5
> >
> > Design Patterns C# (Hardcover)
> > by Steven John Metsker (Author)
> > 27 3.5
> >
> > Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Robert C. Martin
Series)
> > 11 4.5
> >
> > Thanks again.
> >
> > "Doogie" wrote:
> >
> >> There is a good web site too:
> >>
> >> http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx
> >>
> >>
>

I'd get the Head First (first), and then see what you think.

I have about 8 design pattern books. 1 in java, most c#, some vb.net.

No single one does it for me. The java book I have does a great job on the
Abstract Factory Pattern.

Check ebay also. I picked up 2 from there, pretty dirt cheap.

This one I got had a chinese cover, and english pages. It was marked as
such. I think it was a manufacture error.
But I picked up some tidbits from it.




"mavrick_101" <> wrote in message
news:F87CC0BD-F86C-4F77-8520-...
> Thanks for your responses.
>
> I would go for the website first and then think about the book.
>
> Looking at amazon.com I get the following order of book (sorted by people
> recommendations...)
>
> Head First Design Patterns (Head First) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)
> by Elisabeth Freeman (Author), Eric Freeman (Author), Bert Bates (Author),
> Kathy Sierra (Author)
> 191 4.5
>
> Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (Hardcover)
> by Martin Fowler (Author)
> 53 4.5
>
> Design Patterns C# (Hardcover)
> by Steven John Metsker (Author)
> 27 3.5
>
> Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Robert C. Martin Series)
> 11 4.5
>
> Thanks again.
>
> "Doogie" wrote:
>
> > There is a good web site too:
> >
> > http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/Patterns.aspx
> >
> >