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Head First Design Patterns
Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra
Reviewed by: Ben Gomez Farrell
This book was recommended to me by an RDAUG member, and I'm quite thankful I bought it. I've never picked up a "Head First" book, but they're written in a very unique way, with funny examples, comics, illustrations, and repetition to beat the concepts they are trying to get across into your head. Anyway, it was an excellent read, and being a programmer, Design Patterns are VERY useful to know. Some of the patterns I've been practicing for years and never knew the name for what it was, and others were great for ideas on how to approach a problem. The only downside to this book is if you're programming in Actionscript like me, since the book is written for Java. The examples are very readable to someone who knows Actionscript, but there's a few concepts that simply can't be used in Actionscript, so be careful!