Gang of Four

[John Malkovich]

Preparing to take my 70-306 test and saw a reference to Design
patterns. How important is this topic to taking the test? Most of
the study material jumps back and forth from VB.net and C++, but
Design Patterns doesn't say much about VB.net. Are these patterns
universal or just for C++?

Thanks,

 

[Arne Janning]

Hi John!

Preparing to take my 70-306 test and saw a reference to Design
patterns. How important is this topic to taking the test? Most of
the study material jumps back and forth from VB.net and C++, but
Design Patterns doesn't say much about VB.net. Are these patterns
universal or just for C++?

These Patterns are universal. For .NET-Implementations see:

Illustrated GOF Design Patterns in C#
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdespat_1.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdespat_2.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdespat_3.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdespat_4.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdespat_5.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csdespat_6.asp

You may also have a look at

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/

a great resource for patterns in .NET.

Cheers

Arne Janning

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

John,
In addition to the other comments next month's MSDN magazine has an article
on common GOF design patterns, plus how they've been implemented in the
Framework itself.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/07/default.aspx

Unfortunately the article is not available on-line yet.

Hope this helps
Jay

| Preparing to take my 70-306 test and saw a reference to Design
| patterns. How important is this topic to taking the test? Most of
| the study material jumps back and forth from VB.net and C++, but
| Design Patterns doesn't say much about VB.net. Are these patterns
| universal or just for C++?
|
| Thanks,

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

One of the outstanding things about design patterns are their language
agnostic principles.

A good understanding of them is of paramount importance for any programmer
who want's to understand and create better architectures.

--
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Visual C#, System.Drawing

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[stand__sure]

it wasn't on the exam when I took it and if you look at the exam topics
(http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-306.asp) you will not find
it -- nonetheless, learn it -- it is invaluable