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Currently there are 1949 reviews in the database and more every month.
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Title:
Cognitive PatternsAuthor:
Karen Gardner et al.ISBN:
0 521 64998 6Publisher:
SIGS booksPages:
231Price:
£22-95Reviewer:
Francis GlassborowSubject:
patternsAppeared in:
10-6Except that the back-cover of this book talks about
object-orientation I would have been quite happy
with this title and would not have
expected anything about analysis and design. As far as I can ascertain this
book is trying to relate the concepts patterns of knowledge and
understanding to software development. I think I can say that any
relationship to what the rest of us understand by patterns of design is
tenuous at best.
Please note that the following is purely a personal opinion and I would be happy to pass the review copy on to someone else to offer a second opinion. I think this book is a bundle of pretentious nonsense whose only purpose is to pull the wool over a number of managers eyes. I cannot believe that reading this book will further anyone's understanding. On the other hand, maybe I am just stupid.