Design patterns

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This article is about the book by Gamma et al. For other meanings, see design pattern.

"GoF" redirects here. GoF is also used as an acronym for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (ISBN 0201633612) is a software engineering book proposing standard solutions and naming conventions to common problems in software design. The book's authors are Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides, known as the "Gang of Four" or simply "GoF". The book is divided into two parts, with the first giving the definition of software design patterns and the second giving a list of practical reusable design patterns. It is accompanied by examples in C++ and Smalltalk.

Contents

1 Creational patterns
2 Structural patterns
3 Behavioral patterns
4 External links

Creational patterns

Structural patterns

Behavioral patterns

External links

[Design Patterns CD: Elements of Re-usable Object-Oriented Software] The entire book online, updated by the authors for CD.
[Formal And Precise Software Pattern Representation Languages] A bibliography
[Pattern Hatching]
[LePUS] A formal language for describing and reasoning about design patterns
[Microsoft patterns & practices Home]

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