C# Design Patterns: A Tutorial [With CDROM]

Personally, I found this book very easy to read - and I actually appreciate the fact that some time is spent on C# fundamentals prior to diving into the patterns. If you're already a C# master, skip the intro and go right to the patterns. But just about everyone can use a refresher on language fundamentals so even though I'm pretty familiar with C#, I still found it a valuable part of the book.

It's a good introduction book to the use of 23 major design patterns in C#. As someone new to this area, I found the book very easy to follow aided by the very practical examples. The author did a good job explaining these patterns in very plain language. The first part of the book covers the mere basics of Visual Studio .NET, the C# language, object programming concepts and UML diagrams. I feel this section is not necessary since there are abundant books available. I'd also like to see in future editions a heavy-duty application designed throughout the book using most, if not all of the 23 patterns. -- Review by Timothy D.

Firstly, this book has a good introduction to the c# language, I am already quite comfortable with c# but I enjoyed skimming through this anyway.As well as the introduction to c# the book provides a good introduction to design patterns and has explanations + examples for 23 different design patterns.This is the first book I have read on design patterns and I am already using these patterns in my work.I do feel that the author is more comfortable with coding in java because none of the code examples seem to use properties, instead the author uses getters and setters which I think not good practice in c#.I recommend this book to any c# developers that don't know about design patterns yet. I obviously wouldn't recommend this book to java or c++ developers because the examples are in c#.The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because the formatting of the code examples is a bit messy, and the author hasn't stuck to c# best practices (using properties).

Just as the title promises, an application of the design patterns described in _Design Patterns_ (Gamma et al) to a C#/.NET programming environment. Generous use of examples, and some good bits of insight regarding the C#/.NET environment where appropriate.Paired with a good detailed C# book, _C# Design Patterns_ is a good aid in migrating Design Patterns believers to C#/.NET. Alternatively, this book is also a good introduction to Design Patterns for beginning/intermediate C# folks.