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What eBook formats do Packt support?

Our eBooks are currently available in a variety of formats such as PDF and ePubs. In the future, this may well change with trends and development in technology, but please note that our PDFs are not Adobe eBook Reader format, which has greater restrictions on security.

You will need to use Adobe Reader v9 or later in order to read Packt's PDF eBooks.

What are the benefits of eBooks?

You can get the information you need immediately
You can easily take them with you on a laptop
You can download them an unlimited number of times
You can print them out
They are copy-paste enabled
They are searchable
There is no password protection
They are lower price than print
They save resources and space

What is an eBook?

Packt eBooks are a complete electronic version of the print edition, available in PDF and ePub formats. Every piece of content down to the page numbering is the same. Because we save the costs of printing and shipping the book to you, we are able to offer eBooks at a lower cost than print editions.

When you have purchased an eBook, simply login to your account and click on the link in Your Download Area. We recommend you saving the file to your hard drive before opening it.

For optimal viewing of our eBooks, we recommend you download and install the free Adobe Reader version 9.

Viby Abraham Jul 07, 2017

Window to the broad world of patterns!

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DocTRex Jan 21, 2018

This book is quite informative, and I did enjoy it, however, it feels dumbed down and of lesser quality when compared to other publishers. Firstly, it follows no code style and C# naming convention (camel case method names and such). Additionally, I discovered small inconsistencies in code, which make me feel like no attention was given (ex. "{get;set;}," "{ get; set;}," and "{ get; set; }" all in the same example). Regardless, I'm happy I bought it, and I don't want to give a poor review for minor errors.

stathis Feb 01, 2019

Perfect book

Sreeraj N R Sep 06, 2018

Difficult to follow for a medium level user and the book is little expensive compared to available books for the same topics in the market

Mr M Hill Feb 28, 2017

This book starts out by regurgitating multiple pages of acronyms and pattern names without actually explaining anything. There was no point to these pages. The same lack of care is found throughout the book; code is poorly formatted, variables unclearly named, and comments chewing up all the whitespace. Add to this the atrocious grammar and you've got yourself a book that struggles to convey meaning. The exact opposite of what you need when dealing with the complexities of design.

.NET Design Patterns: Learn to Apply Patterns in daily development tasks under .NET Platform to take your productivity to new heights.

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