Head First Design Patterns
Building Extensible and Maintainable ObjectOriented Software
by Eric Freeman
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming, and Software Engineering.
You know you don't want to reinvent the wheel, so you look to design patternsthe lessons learned by those who've faced the same software design problems. With design patterns, you get to take advantage of the best practices and experience of others so that you can spend your time on something more challenging. Something more fun. This book shows ...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming, and Software Engineering.
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