Design Patterns

/prog/,

I'm now reading ``Head First Design Patterns."^[1]
When I'm finished, can I expect to be an EXPERT SOFTWARE DESIGNER???

Notes                                 
1. http://books.google.com/books?id=LjJcCnNf92kC

>>77
That's not always a good thing. In my experience, I've seen way too many programmers abuse that philosophy to write code in their cryptic and non-standard (to the current project) manner. It is very rare that I see a hack that is truly worth breaking the guide of consistency. In a vast majority of cases, it is better to be consistant*.

* Yes, I do bracket my {
single_statement;
} code in C-style code in the name of consistency