Design Patterns discussion

[David Rosenstrauch <darose AT darose.net>]

A. Rick Anderson wrote:
> Justin Daubenmire wrote:
>
> > Thanks Emilio for the advice.
> >  Yeah, I can see your and Ray's point of patterns not being needed but 
> > only when a problem surfaces that merits it.
> >  I'll need to keep this in mind as I try to learn/apply them.
> >  Also, thanks for the book suggestion - I will have to read that book.
> >  Does anyone have any other book suggestions?
>
> When JUnit first came out, they published a "cookbook" on the design and 
> implementation.  It may have mutated since into something different, 
> IMHO, the original JUnit cookbook is one of the best, most succinct 
> examples of using and applying patterns.


Found here, I think:

http://junit.sourceforge.net/doc/cookstour/cookstour.htm


The Java HotDraw project is also a good patterns tutorial:

http://www.jhotdraw.org/


HTH,

DR