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The Head First Design Patterns model is hot

If there is one thing Kathy Sierra and crew know how to do, its how to market their books. I guarantee their covers get a ton more attention then this, for instance. They are getting plenty of free advertising from bloggers, like me and Robert Watkins, for instance.

Anyways, I bought it for the content (really), and I’m about halfway through. So far it maintains the high quality all the Head First books have. A few of the chapters could’ve gone more into the potential downsides of using the patterns (ex: Template Method), but the description and diagrams are great even for developers who “know” all the patterns. I’ve read the GoF book and consider myself to know most of the patterns to some degree, and I still am learning things from the Head First book. Recommended.

Just bought this book so I hope you’re right.

Amusingly enough, exactly the same photo of that girl is featured here: http://www.vagisil.com/teencenter.shtml

Hey, thanks for the comments on the book Rob. Glad you liked the cover ; )

Charles: yeah, for a Java programmer, she does get around. You should see some of the OTHER places we’ve seen her… but I’m keeping that a secret for now.

I have a feeling someone is going to find the “OTHER” places, but may not want to admit it publicly. =)

MyEclipse Taken to the Cleaners…

I stumbled across an amusing graphics usage. It reminded me of the the embarrassment O’Reilly had with the cover art it used for “Head First Design Patterns”. You can read about that on: cardboard.nu, Panasonic Youth, and The Fishbowl. Back…