GoF Design Patterns
10 Mar
As a programmer and all around nerd dating back to my teen years I have covered a fair bit of computing terrain. However, at a recent job interview requiring Java skills I completely floundered when asked, “Talk to us about design patterns and illustrate some instances where you have applied them?” Baffled and not one to beat around the bush I admitted my naivety immediatley. In a gesture of kindness the interview panel threw a few classic design patterns at me like singleton and abstract factory both of which I was aware of, but only had a vague grasp of. One guy on the panel suggested I read up on a famous engineering design pattern book by a group referred to as the Gang of Four. I took him up on that offer a few days later and ordered a used copy of Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software from Amazon.
Design Patterns Front Cover
The book arrived two days ago and I have been busy poring over it in my spare time. I am using a study guide that groups the patterns by difficulty ranging from easy to advanced. Can’t wait to finish reading and possibly start applying these new nuggets of knowledge to my current AJAX charting application project.
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