Re: Database Design Patterns?

On Apr 2, 8:12 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Doug Morse wrote:
> > hi bob,
>
> > as an academic in both computer science and cognitive psychology, i
> > couldn't agree with you more re: the importance of a thorough training
> > on the fundamentals. and certainly "half-baked" recipies are of
> > little value, if not outright damaging.
>
> > that said, though, pattern recognition tied to appropriate actions is
> > without question one of the core aspects of expert functioning and
> > behavior. "patterns" books in any field that accurately capture and
> > represent how experts "organize their world" and "see things" and then
> > take action on what they see will always be of great value.
>
> With all due respect, that's what the fundamentals teach. I am reminded
> of the educational propaganda my sister showed me when she was studying
> to become a teacher. Observing that expert readers pay more attention to
> consonants than vowels etc. is no excuse for not teaching phonics when
> that is exactly how all of those exper readers learned to read.
>
> > of course, as with anything else, there are good ways and bad or
> > "half-baked" ways of going about something. i guess my point is
> > simply to caution against "throwing out the baby with the bath water":
> > patterns, done right, are an invaluable type of knowledge
> > representation and knowledge sharing.
>
> The GoF style patterns are bath water not baby.

The trick is to teach how "patterns" emerge naturally from lateral thinking. That's just too much work for most people. Here's a book of patterns. Received on Sat Apr 14 2007 - 22:16:53 CEST