This post was published 9 months 6 days ago and as such, probably does not reflect my current opinion or ability.I’ve mentioned SourceMaking in the past for the site’s clear, concise descriptions of design patterns. As well as sections on refactoring and antipatterns, there is now a fantastic UML reference. Given how many horrific tutorials and examples I attempted to follow when I was first looking at UML, this is great news and I’d encourage you to take a look.
As with other content on the site, a premium course with ebooks and videos is also available – if you’ve paid for this, please let me know if it was worth checking out.
If my Software Engineering course has taught me anything, it’s that design patterns and refactoring are critical to any development project to not only clean up your code for readability, but also to improve efficiency. Although refactoring shouldn’t specifically do this, utilizing some of the design patterns can have this effect. Before anyone considers themselves a developer they should be familiar with with these.
I agree completely. Have you looked at Sourcemaking, and do you have any other resources you’d recommend?
I like the Net Objectives Pattern Repository, it contains a lot of good information. You can find them here: http://www.netobjectives.com/PatternRepository/index.php?title=Main_Page. Also it helps a lot to have the design patterns cheat sheet hanging somewhere around your desk: http://www.scribd.com/doc/7534738/Design-Patterns-Quick-Reference-Card.
Hope those help, I’ve found both of them to be invaluable resources.
Thanks Bryan, those look ace. The cheat sheet in particular is far nicer than O’Reilly’s patterns poster.