Comments on: Head First Learning Theory

By: tag-strategia.com » Goals for 2006

tag-strategia.com » Goals for 2006 — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:00:53 +0000

[...] I agree with other who suggest many computer science graduates are ill-prepared to design software. As I’ve mentioned before, I enjoyed reading Head First Design Patterns, and am looking forward to The Best Software Writing I, collected by Joel Spolsky from joelonsoftware.com, and a handful of other books on the subject. [...]

By: tom

tom — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:42:05 +0000

Design Patterns is about object-oriented design, and successful patterns proven to improve code reuse and maintainability. It includes discussions about when each pattern is appropriate, inheritance versus composition, and subclasses versus interfaces. It’s a wonderful programming design/theory book.

However, I initially bought the book to see how this information was presented. Because I was looking to see how learning theory was applied, (with the help of a good preface explaining the teaching methods used) I was able to recognize it, and learn from it–even though that wasn’t the topic of the book.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:54:30 +0000

Hey Tom,

I’m a wee bit on the confused side. Is the book about the theories behind effective computer programming (making code that can be reused, meaningful variable names, small functions and subs requiring minimal documentation?)

Or is it more about how people learn in terms of how they absorb information and retain it?