I second this. Both the book and the website are amazing resources.
I would like to add just one more thing, reading is not enough, try to implement some (if not all) patterns in your language of choice.
Try coming up with your own ideas, implement them as instructed by the pattern and then try extending them a bit with extra functionalities so that you get a sense of the scalability and ease of modification provided by the pattern.
I second this. Both the book and the website are amazing resources.
I would like to add just one more thing, reading is not enough, try to implement some (if not all) patterns in your language of choice.
Try coming up with your own ideas, implement them as instructed by the pattern and then try extending them a bit with extra functionalities so that you get a sense of the scalability and ease of modification provided by the pattern.
Yeahh i absolutely aggree with you!