# Book about design pattern **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 30, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693 "2007-10-30T05:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/1 "2007-10-30T05:06:57Z")
Dear all, I have some base knowledge about ruby on rails. Is there some perfect book about design pattern? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/2 "2007-10-30T05:29:10Z")
coolgeng coolgeng wrote: > Dear all, > I have some base knowledge about ruby on rails. Is there some perfect > book about design pattern? Thanks Well … I don’t know if it’s _perfect_, but I highly recommend Martin Fowler’s “Refactoring”. ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/3 "2007-10-30T05:30:20Z")
coolgeng coolgeng wrote: > Dear all, > I have some base knowledge about ruby on rails. Is there some perfect > book about design pattern? No. > Thanks Hey, no problem. 🙂 Seriously, patterns are often language-specific. the GoF book is typically cited, but patterns for Java/C++ do not always apply in Ruby. There is (to my knowledge) no Patterns for Ruby book (though it would not surprise me if someone is signing a publishing contract at this very moment), but a Smalltalk patterns book might help. – James B. “Simplicity of the language is not what matters, but simplicity of use.” - Richard A. O’Keefe in squeak-dev mailing list ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/4 "2007-10-30T10:41:54Z")
> There is (to my knowledge) no Patterns for Ruby book Russ Olsen’s “Design Patterns in Ruby” is on it’s way : > **[Amazon.com: Design Patterns in Ruby: 9780321490452: Olsen, Russ: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Ruby-Russ-Olsen/dp/0321490452)** > > Amazon.com: Design Patterns in Ruby: 9780321490452: Olsen, Russ: Books Regards, Chris ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 10:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/5 "2007-10-30T10:29:04Z")
Hello – On 30/10/2007, James B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Seriously, patterns are often language-specific. the GoF book is > typically cited, but patterns for Java/C++ do not always apply in Ruby. I can’t say I agree here. Patterns are just that; patterns. How they manifest themselves within different languages might differ, but the intent is still the same. Take the AbstractFactory pattern for example – you get that one for free in Ruby. There’s already the Observer pattern in the core, too. > There is (to my knowledge) no Patterns for Ruby book (though it would > not surprise me if someone is signing a publishing contract at this very > moment), but a Smalltalk patterns book might help. IMO, the GOF book is all you need, although note: > **[WebMD - Better information. Better health.](https://www.webmd.com/)** > > The leading source for trustworthy and timely health and medical news and information. Providing credible health information, supportive community, and educational services by blending award-winning expertise in content, community services, expert... As well as numerous (sporadic, more like) references to do with patterns on the C2 wiki: [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki) – Thomas A. ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/6 "2007-10-30T13:58:09Z")
On 10/30/07, Chris L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > There is (to my knowledge) no Patterns for Ruby book > > Russ Olsen’s “Design Patterns in Ruby” is on it’s way : > > [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Ruby-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0321490452) I’m really looking forward to this one. In addition, there are two pdf’s (also from AW) that might be interesting: Rails Refactoring to Resources Rubyisms in Rails both of these are available either as a pdf or in their Professional Ruby Collection [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Professional-Ruby-Collection-Refactoring-Addison-Wesley/dp/0132417995) ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/7 "2007-11-06T02:40:43Z")
Actually, I got the book named “GOF patterns in ruby”. It may be the answer of my question. On Oct 30, 2007 9:03 PM, John J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coolgeng\_coolgeng](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/coolgeng_coolgeng)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/book-about-design-pattern/118693/8 "2007-10-30T14:05:55Z")
On Oct 30, 2007, at 4:41 AM, Chris L. wrote: > Regards, > > ## Chris > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). Interesting. Veeeery, interesting.