Book Review - Head First Design Patterns

I finished reading this book this week, and I have to say that it is very good. This book is not my first experience with design patterns as I already own and have read the Gang of Four design patterns book. But that book I found very hard going in that it is very long winded. Although I'm not saying the Gang of Four is bad, because it is very good. But the head first book takes a unique approach into learning design patterns which makes it actually fun. Head First Design Patterns is very visual, and lots of pictures and diagrams are used to describe what is going on. It is also quite humorous both in the examples and the explanations, and because of this a lot of the principles stuck in my mind better. I personally recommend you buy Head First Design Patterns along side the Gang of Four book. Read the Head First first though. This book is ideal for students starting out with design patterns on a software engineering course.

You can buy the book from Amazon.co.uk