Book Review: Design Patterns in C#

Design Patterns in C#

Covering all the classic Gang of Four software design patterns in one straighforward book, Steven Metsker gives some decent concrete examples of their application with the corresponding UML.

Design patterns help developers leverage the wisdom of the entire software community to build more robust higher-quality software. Now, for the first time, there is a complete patterns guide specifically for C# and .NET programmers.

What's good about the book is the writing style and the exercises. The author obviously has done a good job of applying design patterns to the .NET framework, utilising events, delegates and reflection. On the downside, what would be additionally useful would be more discussion about applying design patterns in non-standard situations.

All in all, this book would be an excellent addition to the stack of books you keep next to your workstation. My copy is almost always open at the pattern I'm using at the moment.

You can get a sample chapter of the book from the publishers Addison Wesley
Sample chapter