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Design Patterns — Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Format: Book
Title: Design Patterns — Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Author: Erich Gamma, John Vlissides, Ralph Johnson, Richard Helm
Publisher: Addison Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-63361-2
Category: Design Patterns, Favorites
Comments: The GOF (Gang of Four) book. A “must have” book for the serious OO developer!

Enterprise Integeration Patterns

Format: Book
Title: Enterprise Integeration Patterns
Author: Bobby Woolf, Gregor Hohpe
Publisher: Addison Wesley
ISBN: 0-321-20068-3
Category: Design Patterns, Favorites
Comments: A “required” book for any work with MQ Series or MSMQ Messaging applications.

Framework Design Guidelines — Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries

Format

Book

Title

Framework Design Guidelines — Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries

Author

Brad Abrams, Krzysztof Cwalina

Publisher

Addison Wesley

ISBN

0-321-24675-6

Category

Favorites, Framework, Standards

Comments

This is the book version of the Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers updated for .NET 2.0.

Includes annotations from the framework designers & developers themselves providing insite into some of the choices made.

Object Thinking

Refactoring — Improving the Design of Existing Code

Refactoring To Patterns

Test-Driven Development — By Example

The Pragmatic Programmer

Format: Book
Title: The Pragmatic Programmer
Author: Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Publisher: Addison Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-61622-X
Category: Favorites, OO
Comments: An excellent book for any serious developer. I found it interesting & refreshing to find a number of things I strive to do to be reaffirmed.

T.S. Bradley .NET