{"id":455,"date":"2010-03-01T08:43:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T15:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/?p=455"},"modified":"2018-02-23T15:42:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:42:53","slug":"book-review-implementation-patterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/book-review-implementation-patterns\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Implementation Patterns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/implementationpatterns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-456\" title=\"implementationpatterns\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/implementationpatterns.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/implementationpatterns.jpg 240w, https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/implementationpatterns-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finally finished &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321413091\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0321413091&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=makithecompsi-20\" target=\"_blank\">Implementation Patterns<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kent-Beck\/e\/B000APC0EY\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;tag=makithecompsi-20\" target=\"_blank\">Kent Beck<\/a> and I have to be honest. \u00a0I am a little\u00a0disappointed. \u00a0Let me preface this by saying my review of this book is not a reflection of my view of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kent_Beck\">Kent Beck<\/a>. \u00a0Kent Beck is a programming hero. \u00a0He pioneered the adoption of Test Driven Development, invented Extreme Programming and was one of the creators of JUnit. \u00a0With that said, I will be honest about the book.<\/p>\n<p>This book is about the low level construction of software and algorithms. \u00a0Implementation Patterns looks at the patterns which are applied to programming when creating even the simplest of designs.<\/p>\n<p>The book covers patterns relating to classes, state, behavior, methods and collections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Excellent introduction on implementation patterns<\/li>\n<li>Good reference for knowing how to call the thing you know is right, but can&#8217;t explain.<\/li>\n<li>Section on collections is very good for understanding trade-offs between collection types.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doesn&#8217;t read much like a book. \u00a0It is a bunch of little pieces on each topic, but they don&#8217;t really tie together smoothly.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the patterns I disagree with, especially the ones involving using inheritance over a different solution. \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/simpleprogrammer.com\/2010\/01\/15\/inheritance-is-inherently-evil\/\">I am not a fan of concrete inheritance.<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The book feels like it was not fun to write, like it was a labor of filling up pages.<\/li>\n<li>The treatment of collections perhaps belongs in a different book. \u00a0The appendix which talks about performance measurement definitely does. \u00a0A large amount of the book are these two topics.<\/li>\n<li>The framework section seemed a little strange in this book and it didn&#8217;t really have enough information to be useful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What I learned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is always something still to learn, and I did learn one very important concept from this book. \u00a0Kent talks about Values and Principles in the 3rd chapter of the book. \u00a0This concept has been something that I haven&#8217;t been able to put into words, but I have known it is there. \u00a0Kent very clearly describes the differences between values of programming and principles, and how principles are built on top of values. \u00a0Often, I have a hard time in my mind accepting the need for making trade-offs between one or more principles. \u00a0He very clearly addresses this issue, leading back to the values for ultimately making the decision.<\/p>\n<p>I learned many names for things I was doing, but without knowing what to call them.<\/p>\n<p>I also learned quite a bit about Java collections which I did not know before. \u00a0I found out some good considerations when writing code to determine performance, which I would probably have not considered until reading this book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I finally finished &#8220;Implementation Patterns&#8221; 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