Field Guides (cont.)

The Design Patterns Smalltalk Companion

Alpert, Brown, and Woolf

Addison Wesley, 1998

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture

Buschmann, Meunier, Rohnert, Sommerlad, and Stahl

Wiley, 1996

The Pattern Languages of Program Design Series

Volumes 1-4

Addison Wesley, 1995-2000

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Notes:

The GOF was a team of three C++’ers and a Smalltalker. Some of the C++’ers have come to their senses. Indeed, even C++ has started to consider opposable thumbs.

DPSC is an extremely interesting, underrated volume. It’s not a knock off or me too book. It is full of valuable commentary and more recent insight into the GOF patterns, while interpreting them in a Smalltalk setting.

For Smalltalkers, its just the thing. I can’t quite say don’t bother with the GOF book, but…

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