Design patterns exercises

[zi...@mailinator.com]

Hi group,

Possibly OT, but comp.software.patterns seems to be just a spam NG and
am exclusively interested in c++ at this time, so here goes

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I wonder if you could recommend some books or some online resources
where I would find exercises for each of the specific design patterns.
i'm thinking like the typical "exercises" section at the end of each
chapter in books oriented to university courses or programming, etc.,
where you're given "school" style of problems to solve.

I'm thinking I need some "do it myself" time with this to understand
the subtleties, but am not sure that I can make the ideas fit in the
real problems I have in mind that I want to implement. some "silly"
exercises first could help. all of the books i've seen lack this
section with exercises. any pointers appreciated.

Regards,
-Zico


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[DeMarcus]

> I wonder if you could recommend some books or some online resources
> where I would find exercises for each of the specific design
> patterns. i'm thinking like the typical "exercises" section at the
> end of each chapter in books oriented to university courses or
> programming, etc., where you're given "school" style of problems to
> solve.
>
> I'm thinking I need some "do it myself" time with this to understand
> the subtleties, but am not sure that I can make the ideas fit in the
> real problems I have in mind that I want to implement. some "silly"
> exercises first could help. all of the books i've seen lack this
> section with exercises. any pointers appreciated.

I don't remember if this book has a lot of exercises but I do remember
that it taught the patterns from a pizza-making-perspective, i.e. a
fun and comprehensive way. Even if it does have exercises I'm almost
sure it doesn't have the answers for them.

Most of it is Java but it's written so you should understand the
patterns no matter the language.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0596007124


Also, if you're interested in patterns I can highly recommend you
another book that discusses /tactics/. Tactics is what patterns was in
the nineties.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321815734


Hope this helps,
Daniel