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Title: Not Recommended - Summary of Elementary Programming Concepts
Review: I will be returning this book tomorrow. If I compare my expectations (ie. a "design patterns" book) with what the book contains, it is one of the worst books I've ever seen. Things like "grey out not available menu items" and "use switch statements instead of nested if/elseif" are simply good programming techniques that we all learn; they are not what we come to know as "patterns". It isn't so bad to have a book like this, but it should not be called a patterns book, because this is highly misleading. One who buys a patterns book isn't expecting this kind of elementary information. To be fair to the author, it is the type of material that makes it not acceptable, not how it is written. It presents good programming standards and guidelines, but a 20 page book could accomplish that with simple examples, without repetitive and unnecessary information. If you want a patterns book, don't even consider this.
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