# Design patterns **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [16 March 2008 12:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218 "2008-03-16T12:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daniel\_Mendler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Daniel\_Mendler](https://rubytalk.org/u/Daniel_Mendler)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2008 12:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/1 "2008-03-16T12:25:12Z")
Hi, are there some good tutorials or references about design patterns in ruby, which talk about mixins etc? I would really appreciate one because ruby is quite different from other languages (and more flexible) concerning oop. I found a lot of modules using nested submodules like ClassMethods and InstanceMethods. Is there a kind of ruby standard for such things? Daniel ---
**Author:** ![James\_Edward\_Gray\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@James\_Edward\_Gray\_II](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Edward_Gray_II)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2008 15:57 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/2 "2008-03-16T15:57:19Z")
I really enjoyed this book on the subject: > **[Gray Soft / Not Found](http://graysoftinc.com/articles/design_patterns_in_ruby)** > > Something has gone wrong. James Edward Gray II > **···** > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Daniel Mendler wrote: > > > are there some good tutorials or references about design patterns in ruby, which talk about mixins etc? ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel\_Bruun1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Mikkel\_Bruun1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Mikkel_Bruun1)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2008 18:51 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/3 "2008-03-16T18:51:19Z")
James Gray wrote: > **···** > > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Daniel Mendler wrote: > > > > > are there some good tutorials or references about design patterns in > > > ruby, which talk about mixins etc? > > > > I really enjoyed this book on the subject: > > > > [Gray Soft / Not Found](http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/design_patterns_in_ruby) > > > > James Edward Gray II > > did you enjoy writing or reading it??? 🙂 > > Mikkel > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). ---
**Author:** ![Jari\_Williamsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c4cdca/32.png) [@Jari\_Williamsson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Jari_Williamsson)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2008 19:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/4 "2008-03-16T19:24:06Z")
James Gray wrote: > **···** > > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Daniel Mendler wrote: > > > > > are there some good tutorials or references about design patterns in ruby, which talk about mixins etc? > > > > I really enjoyed this book on the subject: > > > > [Gray Soft / Not Found](http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/design_patterns_in_ruby) > > +1 for this book (and I agree with the blog review). A great read and quite different approach to most other books on Ruby. > > The only time I found myself disagreeing with the book's author was regarding the suggested solution on to how to test the Singleton pattern. > > Best regards, > > Jari Williamsson ---
**Author:** ![Julian\_Leviston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Julian\_Leviston](https://rubytalk.org/u/Julian_Leviston)\ **Post date:** [31 March 2008 01:18 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/5 "2008-03-31T01:18:44Z")
Yeah, the book is okay, but it doesn't have all the patterns of the GOF book, and some of the Ruby is really irksome... and sometimes it's just wrong! Julian. > **···** > > On 17/03/2008, at 2:57 AM, James Gray wrote: > > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Daniel Mendler wrote: > > > > > are there some good tutorials or references about design patterns in ruby, which talk about mixins etc? > > > > I really enjoyed this book on the subject: > > > > [Gray Soft / Not Found](http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/design_patterns_in_ruby) > > > > James Edward Gray II ---
**Author:** ![Rolando\_Abarca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@Rolando\_Abarca](https://rubytalk.org/u/Rolando_Abarca)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2008 19:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/6 "2008-03-16T19:24:49Z")
the writer of the book is Russ Oslen, James is the writer of the review 🙂 > **···** > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Mikkel Bruun wrote: > > > did you enjoy writing or reading it??? 🙂 > > > > Mikkel > > -- Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). > > -- > Rolando Abarca M. ---
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Wieczorek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@Thomas\_Wieczorek](https://rubytalk.org/u/Thomas_Wieczorek)\ **Post date:** [17 March 2008 00:51 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/7 "2008-03-17T00:51:00Z")
It's a great book. I bought it and read it in about two days. > **···** > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Mikkel Bruun \ wrote: > > > did you enjoy writing or reading it??? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shin\_guey\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Shin\_guey\_Wong](https://rubytalk.org/u/Shin_guey_Wong)\ **Post date:** [31 March 2008 16:46 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/8 "2008-03-31T16:46:06Z")
Julian Leviston wrote: > Yeah, the book is okay, but it doesn't have all the patterns of the > GOF book, and some of the Ruby is really irksome... and sometimes it's > just wrong! > > Julian. Can you point out which pattern in the book is wrong with Ruby? I never read the GOF book. This is the first Design Pattern book I read, I really want to know which pattern seems wrong. For me, everything look nice and it is a good book for me. > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). ---
**Author:** ![James\_Edward\_Gray\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea5d25/32.png) [@James\_Edward\_Gray\_II](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Edward_Gray_II)\ **Post date:** [16 March 2008 23:08 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/9 "2008-03-16T23:08:28Z")
Sorry if I didn't make that clear. I linked to my review in the hope that it would provide more detail about what was in the book. James Edward Gray II > **···** > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Rolando Abarca wrote: > > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Mikkel Bruun wrote: > > > > > did you enjoy writing or reading it??? 🙂 > > > > > > Mikkel > > > -- Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). > > > > the writer of the book is Russ Oslen, James is the writer of the review 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Todd\_Benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@Todd\_Benson](https://rubytalk.org/u/Todd_Benson)\ **Post date:** [31 March 2008 17:01 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/10 "2008-03-31T17:01:03Z")
From the horse's mouth... > **[Russ Olsen Interview](http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2008/01/russ-olsen-interview.html)** > > Welcome InformIT readers!  You might also like to see my review of Eloquent Ruby .  Enjoy! With the popularity of my recent review of De... I'm going out to buy it today, so I hope it isn't as bad as Julian suggests. I don't have a problem if some of the code doesn't work perfectly, since I distrust most of the code I look at anyway 🙂 Todd > **···** > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Shin guey Wong \ wrote: > > > Julian Leviston wrote: > > \> Yeah, the book is okay, but it doesn't have all the patterns of the > > \> GOF book, and some of the Ruby is really irksome... and sometimes it's > > \> just wrong! > > \> > > \> Julian. > > > > Can you point out which pattern in the book is wrong with Ruby? I never > > read the GOF book. This is the first Design Pattern book I read, I > > really want to know which pattern seems wrong. For me, everything look > > nice and it is a good book for me. ---
**Author:** ![Chuck\_Remes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Chuck\_Remes](https://rubytalk.org/u/Chuck_Remes)\ **Post date:** [31 March 2008 21:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/11 "2008-03-31T21:26:04Z")
I bought this book about a week ago and absolutely love it. I have the original GoF book, but this is a fantastic companion to it. Russ' writing style is very informal which I like. I have found it very easy to understand his text and examples. I haven't found any obvious design problems with his code. I would point out that his example of the Strategy Pattern is a bit lacking. Oftentimes the strategy will either get a large set of parameters handed to it in the initializer/constructor OR it will pass a copy of :self. (Obviously passing :self leads to a lot of tight coupling between the objects; that detail is also left out of the discussion too.) He only covered the former case where parameters are passed to the strategy. This is a minor oversight in my opinion. I recommend this book. cr > **···** > > On Mar 31, 2008, at 11:46 AM, Shin guey Wong wrote: > > > Julian Leviston wrote: > > > > > Yeah, the book is okay, but it doesn't have all the patterns of the > > > GOF book, and some of the Ruby is really irksome... and sometimes it's > > > just wrong! > > > > > > Julian. > > > > Can you point out which pattern in the book is wrong with Ruby? I never > > read the GOF book. This is the first Design Pattern book I read, I > > really want to know which pattern seems wrong. For me, everything look > > nice and it is a good book for me. ---
**Author:** ![Guest15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@Guest15](https://rubytalk.org/u/Guest15)\ **Post date:** [17 March 2008 05:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/design-patterns/45218/12 "2008-03-17T05:43:34Z")
> \> > \>\>\> > \>\> did you enjoy writing or reading it??? 🙂 > \>\> > \>\> Mikkel > \>\> -- Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/\](http://www.ruby-forum.com/%5C). > \> > \> > \> the writer of the book is Russ Oslen, James is the writer of the > \> review 🙂 > > Sorry if I didn't make that clear. I linked to my review in the hope > that it would provide more detail about what was in the book. I also enjoyed the book, I've reviewed it too, I also interviewed Russ and talked a bit about it:    [On Ruby: Russ Olsen Interview](http://on-ruby.blogspot.com/2008/01/russ-olsen-interview.html) > **···** > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:08 PM, James Gray \ wrote: > > > On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Rolando Abarca wrote: > > \> On Mar 16, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Mikkel Bruun wrote: > > > James Edward Gray II > > -- > thanks, > -pate > ------------------------- > Duty makes us do things, Love make us do things well. > [http://on-ruby.blogspot.com](http://on-ruby.blogspot.com) [http://on-erlang.blogspot.com](http://on-erlang.blogspot.com) > [http://on-soccer.blogspot.com](http://on-soccer.blogspot.com)