stevex's review against another edition
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To be accurate, I read the first 100+ pages, and skimmed the rest. Contrary to the authors' assertion in the introduction, I don't think this is a book to read from cover to cover - well, not one you would want to, any way.
As a thorough introduction to patterns, it's pretty good - covers a lot of them in depth. But, it's verbose, and in most cases would work better as a reference book - read the Problem / Solution / Consequence / Benefits / Liabilities of each pattern, then if delve deeper into that pattern if it seems relevant.
Caveat: the version I read was not Volume 1, it was the original single volume from c1996 - it's now a 5-volume set.
As a thorough introduction to patterns, it's pretty good - covers a lot of them in depth. But, it's verbose, and in most cases would work better as a reference book - read the Problem / Solution / Consequence / Benefits / Liabilities of each pattern, then if delve deeper into that pattern if it seems relevant.
Caveat: the version I read was not Volume 1, it was the original single volume from c1996 - it's now a 5-volume set.
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