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 e.g. @martinfowler’s “Refactoring” is still one of my favourite pattern catalogues to teach both patterns and good design thinking.
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@stilkov Fowler, West, Evans, Feathers, Pryce & Freeman, Hohpe & Woolf, ... see verraes.net/2015/12/reading-…
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@stilkov the head first book on design patterns has a terrible design but it's much more accessible and better structured.
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.@blockloop @tastapod @stilkov GoF explicitly state "the solution doesn't describe a particular concrete design or implementation" 1/2
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.@blockloop @tastapod @stilkov so those insisting on conformance to GoF are non-conformant to the authors intent 2/2
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@blockloop @tastapod @stilkov If ever there was a book that fast-tracked people to being an expert beginner, it was GoF.
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@stilkov Head First Design Patterns
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