Pattern Languages of Program Design 3

By David C. Hay

The third book in a series, Pattern Languages of Program Design 3 discusses how to catalog software patterns, which are reusable, higher-order designs. This volume presents over two dozen white papers on newly "discovered" patterns within a wide variety of contexts. The editors have grouped these patterns by topic so you can choose what interests you. Each pattern profile features a short introduction to show you what each pattern might be good for. "General purpose" design patterns include the Null Object, the Manager, and the Product Trader patterns, and another section improves on the Visitor pattern. These patterns allow classes to borrow the methods of other classes without using inheritance. Some of the most challenging patterns in this book are good for distributed processing, including Acceptor and Connector and Object Recovery. Basic research in object-oriented design (OOD) is apparent in the Serializer pattern, which implements persistence for objects, another unusually difficult aspect of object design to get right. Another useful section introduces "domain specific" patterns--or patterns that solve particular real-world problems--with several patterns for transportation systems and fire alarms. The book closes with more esoteric explorations of patterns for developers, including patterns for effectively designing in teams and using software testing patterns. Judging from the rich selection of the ordinary and the bizarre, there seems to be no end in sight for the business of discovering patterns. For those interested in expanding their collection of patterns, this volume offers a fascinating array of new specimens. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201310112
• ISBN13: 9780201310115
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Many nuggets of software development knowledge, however you need some knowledge of design patterns t

While patterns are an inherent part of the human experience, using them in software development is a recent phenomenon. The seminal event was the publication of the book, "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software", by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. A Group so well-known that they are commonly referred to as the "Gang of Four," or GoF for short. A design pattern is a metamodel...

Enjoyable book for the friends of software patterns

This book has quite some prerequisites for its potential readers. You should have a working knowledge of the patterns of the too basic books ("Design Patterns" by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides and "Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture" by Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, Michael Stal). It is helpful to have the too previous conference books as a reference nearby...

A Lot of good stuff

When looking at the PLOPD serie, it become obvious that material become more and more mature. We'll find in this book good design patterns we can directly apply in our everyday work. Yo will probably found that all patterns are not usefull, but only a subset, but it's however an enough reason to buy this book.