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Java Enterprise Design Patterns: Patterns in Java Volume 3 (With CD-ROM) Review by anonymous
There is more than just one patterns book
I think there is room on the shelf for more than one book on patterns. Gamma and the rest of the GoF didn't invent patterns, and I bet if you talked to them, they would say the same thing. Their book is one way to look at them. A LOT of other people do books on patterns, from different points of view, and they (for the most part and to differing degrees) are valuable contributions to the literature. Some good ones include Pattern Oriented Software Architecture (or POSA) in 2 volumes, and Core J2EE Patterns. I think this book is a great disection of patterns methodology in Java. It's not GoF, but I don't think it has to be. Judged on it's own merits, it's really a good book, and I get very tired of people saying it has to be GoF.