Hello Dave, Thanks for pointing me to the Cookbook website.
Tony Ha. "Dave Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 2004-11-29, Tony Ha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder, can any Python guru out there translate the Java examples in the > > Should be a good exercise, and not just for gurus ;}. > > > book into Python examples, or write a similar book in Python, perhaps > > I've also wished for a design patterns book aimed at Python, or at least > dynamic languages with first class functions and modules. There's a paper > Python book with "Patterns" in the title, but it has precious little content > in it related to design patterns, at least not the GOF variety. > > This web book has the word "Patterns" in it, too: > > http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus7/ > > But looks like it's mainly data structures. > > If you do a google search, and also search the Python Cookbook > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/ > > you can find examples of: > > Singleton > Borg > Null > Factory > Observer (including a Publish/Subscribe recipe) > Memento > State > Decorator > Masquerading and Adaptation patterns (Alex Martelli paper) > Template (another Alex Martelli paper) > Chain of Responsibility > Proxy > Prototype > > There must be good examples in actual source code out there, too. > > > called "Head First Design Patterns in Python". I think, this will be a > > great addition to Python books, and a great benefit to Python community. > > I just bought this book as well. I must have adult ADD, because I do enjoy > the Head First format, though I disdained it at first. > > > P.S. I am not sure is this the right news group to post this request. > > Yup, this is the place. > > Dave Cook -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list