If it's Head First Design Patterns, then yes. :P In all seriousness, I highly recommend the Head First series of books. They read so much smoother than other l

If it's Head First Design Patterns, then yes. :P In all seriousness, I highly recommend the Head First series of books. They read so much smoother than other large reference/learning books. As for Design Patterns, the value in that was not that I learned any specific patterns, but rather that it got me to analyze software design in a systematic way rather than a "I like this" way.