Drawing on their extensive experience as Java instructors and programmers, Steve Metsker and Bill Wake illuminate each pattern with real Java programs, clear UML diagrams, and compelling exercises. You'll move quickly from theory to application–learning how to improve new code and refactor existing code for simplicity, manageability, and performance.
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If you're a Java programmer wanting to save time while writing better code, this book's techniques, tips, and clear explanations and examples will help you harness the power of patterns to improve every program you write, design, or maintain.
All source code is available for download at http://www.oozinoz.com.
Steven John Metsker, passed away in 2008 and was a Managing Consultant with Dominion Digital, an information technology and business process reengineering company. Steve specialized in object-oriented techniques for creating clean, powerful software, and he is the author of Building Parsers with JavaTM, Design Patterns JavaTM Workbook, and Design Patterns in C# (all from Addison-Wesley).
William C. Wake, http://www.xp123.com , is an independent software consultant, coach, and trainer with more than twenty years of programming experience. Bill previously held positions with Capital One Financial, DMR Trecom, and VTLS, Inc. He is the author of the Refactoring Workbook and Extreme Programming Explored (both from Addison-Wesley).