本书是软件设计领域中的经典著作,对软件技术的发展起了重要作用。本书结合设计实例从面向对象的设计中精选出23个设计模式,总结了面向对象设计中*有价值的经验,并且用简洁可复用的形式表达出来。本书分类描述了一组设计良好、表达清楚的软件设计模式,这些模式在实用环境下特别有用。本书适合大学计算机专业的学生、研究生及相关人员参考。
本书是引导读者走入软件设计迷宫的指路明灯,凝聚了软件开发界几十年的设计经验。四位**的面向对象领域专家尽心挑选了*具价值的23种设计实践,加以分类整理和命名,并用简洁而易于重用的形式表达出来。这23个模式逐渐成为开发界进行技术交流所**的基本知识和语汇。
本书已经成为广大技术人员的圣经和经典,一直名列Amazon和各大书店销售榜前列。十年来不断重印,销售逾七万册。

Preface
Foreword
Guide to Readers
1 Introduction
1.1 What Is a Design Pattern?
1.2 Design Patterns in Smalltalk MVC
1.3 Describing Design Patterns
1.4 The Catalog of Design Patterns
1.5 Organizing the Catalog
1.6 How Design Patterns Solve Design Problems
1.7 How to Select a Design Pattern
1.8 How to Use a Design Pattern
2 A Case Study: Designing a Document Editor
2.1 Design Problems
2.2 Document Structure
2.3 Formatting
2.4 Embellishing the User Interface
2.5 Supporting Multiple Look-and-Feel Standards
2.6 Supporting Multiple Window Systems
2.7 User Operations
2.8 Spelling Checking and Hyphenation
2.9 Summary
Design Pattern Catalog
3 Creational Patterns
Abstract Factory
Builder
Factory Method
Prototype
Singleton
Discussion of Creational Patterns
4 Structural Patterns
Adapter
Bridge
Composite
Decorator
Facade
Flyweight
Proxy
Discussion of Structural Patterns
5 Behavioral Patterns
Chain of Responsibility
Command
Interpreter
Itcrator
Mediator
Memento
Observer
State
Strategy
Template Method
Visitor
Discussion of Behavioral Patterns
6 Conclusion
6.1 What to Expect from Design Patterns
6.2 A Brief History
6.3 The Pattern Community
6.4 An Invitation
6.5 A Parting Thought
A Glossary
B Guide to Notation
B.1 Class Diagram
B.2 Object Diagram
B.3 Interaction Diagram
C Foundation Classes
C.1 List
C.2 Iterator
C.3 ListIterator
C.4 Point
C.5 Rect
Bibliography
Index

设计模式开山之作,广大技术人员的圣经和经典,Amazon和各大书店销售榜前列,十年来不断重印,销售逾七万册。
作者Erich Gamma,Richard Helm,Ralph Johnson,John Vlissides四人由于**在本书中提出面向对象的23种模式而知名,被广大***昵称为GoF(Gang of Four),本书也因此而被称为GoF Book。