Design Patterns

A good break on how to go about the design patterns reading

Design Patterns Navigation

l Factory Method		Session 1
Begin with Factory Method. This pattern is used by a number of patterns in the book and throughout the patterns literature.
u Strategy		Session 2
Strategy is used frequently throughout the book, and an early knowledge of it helps in understanding other patterns.
n Decorator		Session 3
For an early dose of elegance, nothing is better than the Decorator. The discussion of "skin" vs. "guts" is a great way to differentiate Decorator from the previous pattern, Strategy.
n Composite		Session 4
The Composite pattern appears everywhere and is often used with Iterator, Chain of Responsibility, Interpreter, and Visitor patterns.
u Iterator		Session 5
Reenforce the reader's understanding of Composite by studying Iterator.
u Template Method		Session 6
The author's footnote to Iterator explains that a method called "Traverse" in the Iterator example code is an example of a Template Method. This pattern also reenforces Strategy and Factory Method.
l Abstract Factory		Session 7
The reader now returns to the second-easiest creational pattern, the Abstract Factory. This pattern also helps reenforce Factory Method.
l Builder		Session 8
The reader now may compare another creational pattern, the Builder, with the Abstract Factory.
l Singleton		Session 9
Singleton is often used to model Abstract Factories, as the "Related Patterns" section of Singleton describes.
n Proxy		Session 10
The reader now has a chance to learn how Proxy is used to control access to an object. This pattern leads directly into the next pattern, Adapter.
n Adapter		Session 11
The Adapter pattern may be compared with what the reader understands about Decorator, Proxy, and later, Bridge.
n Bridge		Session 12
Finally, the reader learns how the Bridge pattern differs from both the Adapter and Proxy patterns.
u Mediator		Session 13
Now the reader learns the Mediator pattern, in preparation for understanding Observer and the Model-View-Controller design.
u Observer		Session 14
Discover how the Mediator is used by the Observer to implement the classic Model-View-Controller design.
u Chain of Responsibility		Session 15
After exploring how messages are passed using the Observer and Mediator patterns, the reader now may contrast how messages are handled by the Chain of Responsibility pattern.
u Memento		Session 16
The reader now moves on to Memento. This pattern leads directly into a discussion of undo and redo, which is related to the next pattern, Command.
u Command		Session 17
The Command pattern is used in a number of ways, one of which relates to the previous pattern, Mediator.
l Prototype		Session 18
Perhaps the most complex creational pattern, Prototype is often used with the Command pattern.
u State		Session 19
The reader may now study State to understand another way an object's behavior changes.
u Visitor		Session 20
Visitor is often combined with the Composite and/or Iterator patterns.
n Flyweight		Session 21
The Flyweight pattern is one of the more complex patterns. An examples use of this pattern is described in the next pattern, Interpreter.
u Interpreter		Session 22
The Interpreter pattern is complex. It makes reference to and helps reenforce one's understanding of Flyweight and Visitor.
n Facade		Session 23
The final pattern to read is Facade. Facade is relatively straightforward and follows nicely after Interpreter since the example code is similar in theme to example code in the Interpreter.