Comments on: Favorite Software Patterns Books http://72miles.com/blog/favorite-software-patterns-books/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonas http://72miles.com/blog/favorite-software-patterns-books/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Jonas Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:39:14 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=214#comment-140 I think the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26rs%3D5%26ref%255F%3Dsr%255Fnr%255Fn%255F0%26keywords%3DHead%2520First%26bbn%3D3839%26qid%3D1226852453%26rnid%3D5%26rh%3Di%253Aaps%252Ck%253AHead%2520First%252Ci%253Astripbooks%252Cn%253A5%252Cn%253A3839&tag=72mile-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" rel="nofollow">"Head First..." series</a> are very good books for learning, but they are no reference books. To people who are learning for a certification I always suggest first to look if there is a "Head First..." title around. But you don't want a "Head First..." book on your shelf to quickly look something up. ... just my opinion...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('140','Jonas'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('140','Jonas','I think the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26rs%3D5%26ref%255F%3Dsr%255Fnr%255Fn%255F0%26keywords%3DHead%2520First%26bbn%3D3839%26qid%3D1226852453%26rnid%3D5%26rh%3Di%253Aaps%252Ck%253AHead%2520First%252Ci%253Astripbooks%252Cn%253A5%252Cn%253A3839&tag=72mile-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Head First...\" series<\/a> are very good books for learning, but they are no reference books.\r\nTo people who are learning for a certification I always suggest first to look if there is a \"Head First...\" title around.\r\nBut you don\'t want a \"Head First...\" book on your shelf to quickly look something up. \r\n\r\n... just my opinion...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think the “Head First…” series are very good books for learning, but they are no reference books.
To people who are learning for a certification I always suggest first to look if there is a “Head First…” title around.
But you don’t want a “Head First…” book on your shelf to quickly look something up.

… just my opinion…

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]]> By: Mike http://72miles.com/blog/favorite-software-patterns-books/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Mike Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:09:12 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=214#comment-139 <a href='#comment-137' rel="nofollow">@Jonas</a> - Thanks Jonas. The catalog on Fowler's page is a great resource. <a href='#comment-138' rel="nofollow">@Javier</a> - Yes. I had a copy of that in my office a few years ago. We got it along with about 20 other books. A lot of the other books were more interesting to me at the time, so I never quite got around to head first. I think I flipped through and and didn't like it for some reason. Thanks for the comments, fellas.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('139','Mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('139','Mike','<a href=\'#comment-137\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Jonas<\/a> - Thanks Jonas. The catalog on Fowler\'s page is a great resource.\r\n\r\n<a href=\'#comment-138\' rel=\"nofollow\">@Javier<\/a> - Yes. I had a copy of that in my office a few years ago. We got it along with about 20 other books. A lot of the other books were more interesting to me at the time, so I never quite got around to head first. I think I flipped through and and didn\'t like it for some reason. \r\n\r\nThanks for the comments, fellas.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> @Jonas – Thanks Jonas. The catalog on Fowler’s page is a great resource.

@Javier – Yes. I had a copy of that in my office a few years ago. We got it along with about 20 other books. A lot of the other books were more interesting to me at the time, so I never quite got around to head first. I think I flipped through and and didn’t like it for some reason.

Thanks for the comments, fellas.

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]]> By: Javier http://72miles.com/blog/favorite-software-patterns-books/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Javier Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:24:31 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=214#comment-138 Hi Mike, what about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596007124?ie=UTF8&tag=72mile-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596007124" rel="nofollow">head first design patterns</a>?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('138','Javier'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('138','Javier','Hi Mike, what about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0596007124?ie=UTF8&tag=72mile-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596007124\" rel=\"nofollow\">head first design patterns<\/a>?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hi Mike, what about head first design patterns?
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]]> By: Jonas http://72miles.com/blog/favorite-software-patterns-books/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Jonas Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:08:33 +0000 http://72miles.com/blog/?p=214#comment-137 Interesting! Some books of those books I have never heard of. For enterprise development Martin Fowlers "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321127420?ie=UTF8&tag=72mile-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0321127420" rel="nofollow">Pattern of Enterprise Application Architecture</a>" is a MUST! The Pattern Catalog can also be found on Fowlers homepage: http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('137','Jonas'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('137','Jonas','Interesting! Some books of those books I have never heard of.\r\n\r\nFor enterprise development Martin Fowlers \"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321127420?ie=UTF8&tag=72mile-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0321127420\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pattern of Enterprise Application Architecture<\/a>\" is a MUST!\r\n\r\nThe Pattern Catalog can also be found on Fowlers homepage:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.martinfowler.com\/eaaCatalog\/'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Interesting! Some books of those books I have never heard of.

For enterprise development Martin Fowlers “Pattern of Enterprise Application Architecture” is a MUST!

The Pattern Catalog can also be found on Fowlers homepage:
http://www.martinfowler.com/eaaCatalog/

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