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A Little Java, a Few Patterns
Matthias Felleisen and Daniel Friedman use a small subset of Java to introduce pattern-directed program design. With their usual clarity and flair, they gently guide readers through the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and pattern-based design. Readers new to programming, as well as those with some background, will enjoy their learning experience as they work th
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Paperback, 194 pages
Published
December 24th 1997
by Mit Press
(first published December 19th 1997)
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I liked The Little Schemer, so I decided to give this a try. It was not worth it. It is fine that the book has nothing to do with real world Java, but it does a poor job of explaining too few patterns in a awkward style. While it was extremely cute in the Scheme books of the series, but it just does not work here.
Furthermore the code shown is so far removed from what Java code looks like, that it will take you a while to get it.
Probably the only thing worth it is list of recommended books at the ...more
Furthermore the code shown is so far removed from what Java code looks like, that it will take you a while to get it.
Probably the only thing worth it is list of recommended books at the ...more
First a bit on the Kindle version:
One star is subtracted for the electronic conversion. I fully understand that they needed a fixed layout and font-size in order to keep the original two-column layout work with the code examples without overflowing, but this comes at the cost of losing all the benefits of the layout that Kindle provides. The font also looks a bit weird - possibly a pdf->mobi conversion with OCR. Reading on my regular Kindle is taxing, but it is ok. The screen size of the Kind ...more
One star is subtracted for the electronic conversion. I fully understand that they needed a fixed layout and font-size in order to keep the original two-column layout work with the code examples without overflowing, but this comes at the cost of losing all the benefits of the layout that Kindle provides. The font also looks a bit weird - possibly a pdf->mobi conversion with OCR. Reading on my regular Kindle is taxing, but it is ok. The screen size of the Kind ...more
It's good for learning java/oop concepts.
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