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Design Patterns

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (1994) is a software engineering book describing software design patterns. The book was written by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides, with a foreword by Grady Booch. The book is divided into two parts, with the first two chapters exploring the capabilities and…

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Creational patternsAbstract factoryBuilderFactory methodPrototype
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Author
Erich Gamma · Richard Helm · Ralph Johnson · John Vlissides
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Dewey Decimal
005.1/2 20
LC Class
QA76.64 .D47 1995
Pages
395

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related to Behavioral · 12
Design Patterns → Chain, Command, Interpreter, Iterator, Mediator, Memento, Most, Observer, State, Strategy, Template, Visitor
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Design Patterns → ACM SIGPLAN, Criticism, In, Paul Graham, Programming Languages Achievement Award
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Design Patterns → Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Ralph Johnson, Richard Helm
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Design Patterns → 005.1/2 20
ISBN · 1
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Design Patterns → QA76.64 .D47 1995
OCLC · 1
Design Patterns → 31171684
Pages · 1
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Publication date · 1
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Publication place · 1
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Design PatternsAuthorRichard Helm1.00infobox
Design PatternsAuthorRalph Johnson1.00infobox
Design PatternsAuthorJohn Vlissides1.00infobox
Design PatternsDewey Decimal005.1/2 201.00infobox
Design PatternsISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
Design PatternsLC ClassQA76.64 .D47 19951.00infobox
Design PatternsOCLC311716841.00infobox
Design PatternsPages3951.00infobox
Design PatternsPublication date19941.00infobox
Design PatternsPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
Design PatternsPublisherAddison-Wesley1.00infobox
Design PatternsSubjectDesign patterns, software engineering, object-oriented programming1.00infobox

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