Assuming you consider the GoF design patterns still worthy of teaching today, what resource do recommend for students? The original book?

Mar 24, 2016 · 10:43 AM UTC

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@stilkov Head First Design Patterns because of the examples, the q&a sections and moving code towards patterns
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@blockloop @tastapod @stilkov the problem is that whilst patterns are often found in good code applying patterns does not make code good
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@stilkov would first start with "Practical Object Oriented Design in Ruby" - great book about OO fundamentals
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@stilkov gameprogrammingpatterns.com/… is pretty good on design patterns with a practical view on games programming
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@stilkov @majcon /Head First Design Patterns/
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@stilkov as a student, I actually enjoyed reading the original GoF and would recommend it
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@stilkov I actually enjoyed the Java version "Head first design patterns". But I guess not everybody does. shop.oreilly.com/product/978…
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@stilkov some would prefer to learn from the original with the build-up and examples, some would prefer the head-first version. Depends...
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@stilkov head first. Shows practical use in an easy to grasp way.
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@frzng @stilkov I'm not sure that I'd say that all of the GoF patterns fade away in langs like Ruby. Many of them do. Some of them morph...
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