Shalloway and Trott 2002

Title: Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design

Author: Alan Shalloway, James R. Trott

Year: 2005

Publisher: Addison-Wesley: Pearson Education, Inc.

Note: Second Edition

Quote About the Text

"One of the great things about the book is the way the authors explain concepts very simply using analogies rather than programming examples -this has been very inspiring for a product I'm working on: an audio-only introduction to OOP and software development." - Bruce Eckel

Summary

• Better ways to start "thinking in patterns"
• How design patterns can facilitate agile development using eXtreme Progmramming and other methods
• How to use commonality and variability analysis to design application architectures
• The key role of testing into a patterns-driven development process
• How to use factories to instantiate and manage objects more efficiently
• The Object pool Pattern - a new pattern not identified by the "Gang of Four"
• New study/practice questions at the end of every chapter