Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design by Alan Shalloway
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The book covers the basics of UML and object oriented design, some common patterns, and commonality and variability analysis.

While I was reading it, I didn't think the authors chose a very apt title for the book; after finishing it, I realized that the authors are trying to explain how patterns are derived. In fact, at one point in the book the authors point out that it is much more important that you understand the basic principles of design patterns than it is to memorize patterns and diagrams.

The material is presented clearly with plenty of examples and is easy to read.

If you're looking for a book on patterns, you'd be better off with something like Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, in fact I think this book would make a good segue to that one.

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