I am writing to get some opinion from all of you folks. I am planning to write a e-book a book which as WROX would put it "student to student"., probably sell it somewhere for $5 , anything that pays for all the
pattern books i have bought.
I have been studying patterns for a while, and although i think books most books are fine , most of them suffer from one or the other problem below,
1. They are not designed for beginners in mind. They are not really "idiot's guide to patterns"
2. They make use of "GUI" examples , when most people working on
servlets, and other core
java stuff, atleast i don't have the nerve to spend a minute trying to understand the "GUI" examples, i need something basic which someone who has never ever programmed in "GUI" can understand.
3. "GOF" i think covers the issue from all angles, after understanding the pattern from all angles when i finally read the pattern in "GOF" i feel that my study is complete, but i can never understand the pattern if i started with "GOF".
4. The examples are really boring, "java workbook" has this rockets examples which goes on and on and on , at one time even suggesting a book about some rockets. although the book is thought provoking, i find that you get lost in the examples and not focus on the pattern.
Now i may be all the while dumb , as i can understand that the publishers have done some more market research than i ever would, and probably have come to the conclusion and printed all these books., but i think there is time for improvement. I can't even claim to have ever used all the patterns fully , but you dont' have to live the story to tell it, i guess i can atleast come up with some idiot guide to patterns which people can use and step to other mature books.
WHAT DO YOU FOLKS THINK ?