From the course: Programming Foundations: Design Patterns

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Where to go from here

Where to go from here

- [Elisabeth] Here are a couple of resources for taking your study further. Starting with the definitive book by the gang of four. This is a catalog of the 23 original design patterns. You'll find each pattern outlined in the catalog including each pattern's historical examples in C++ and Smalltalk. As we've said, this book is very much a catalog and not particularly focused on learning patterns and principles. To remedy that, we'd also like to suggest our book, Head First Design Patterns, published by O'Reilly Media. Our book is a learners guide to design patterns and design principles. The book has become the go-to book for learning about design patterns. You'll get a deep introduction to the gang of four patterns and many related design principles. Of course, you'll also find many online resources for patterns with a good internet search. In this course, we've just scratched the surface of design patterns and to…

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