The Object-Oriented Thought Process, Second Edition will lay the foundation in object-oriented concepts and then explain how various object technologies are used. Author Matt Weisfeld introduces object-oriented concepts, then covers abstraction, public and private classes, reusing code, and devloping frameworks. Later chapters cover building objects that work with XML, databases, and distributed systems (including EJBs, .NET, Web Services and more).Throughout the book Matt uses UML, the standard language for modeling objects, to provide illustration and examples of each concept.
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Rating: - I finally get it!
This book is wonderful for someone is is thinking about OO. I code in PHP and have struggled through different coding books on how to implement OO in my designs. Those books showed me how, but never showed me the why. This is the first book that I've found that takes a step back and looks at OO for an abstract view that lets you better appreciate the practical view. For those starting in OO design, this book should be prerequisite reading before any specific lines of code are written. I would ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent!
Many books on programming include chapters on OOP, this book is different.
It's not a programming book - but a book on thinking in OO and in my opinion, does a great job of it. There's some code (generally java) used to illustrate concepts - although the subtext on the cover mentions Java and .NET - neither are needed to understand the book.
The book starts with the big picture and then drills down into specifics. I'm not always a fan of a spiral approach but in this case it really works. ... Read More
Rating: - Just great!
This book is the OOP concepts starting point with clear definitions of oop terms and practices. Just don't try to get into oop without getting the idea first.
Rating: - Only explanation of OOP that made sense to me
I am a relative newcomer to object-oriented programming (OOP), though I am an experienced programmer in non-OOP languages (Fortran 90, IDL). I've had several people try to explain to me what OOP is and isn't, but thier explanations never made sense. I picked this book up and read it and everything clicked the first time through. The author does a great job of explaining OOP and why it is important.
I highly recommend reading this book cover-to-cover BEFORE learning an OOP language. And, ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent Book
This is an excellent book. Its perfect for anybody looking for a book to get a little further insight into how object oriented concepts are used. I have read a few reference books that describe object oriented concepts such as classes, interfaces, objects, ect. And although they explain the concepts and how to code them they do not go to far in regards to the underlining meaning of the concepts and how they all fit together or how to use them. This is what the books about.
- I finally get it!
