Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.11 EAN: 9781558514126 ISBN: 1558514120 Label: M&T Books, MIS: Press, Henry Holt and Company Manufacturer: M&T Books, MIS: Press, Henry Holt and Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 252 Publication Date: 1995-02 Publisher: M&T Books, MIS: Press, Henry Holt and Company Sales Rank: 1370865 Studio: M&T Books, MIS: Press, Henry Holt and Company
Product DescriptionObject-oriented programming is revolutionizing the world of software development. This revised and updated roadmap is designed to guide the many who are attracted to the power and versatility of OOP, but unfamiliar with its core logic and confusing terminology. Includes practical code examples in popular languages--C++ and Turbo Pascal.
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Rating: - Good on ideas, bad on implementation
Basically, one can easily break this book down into two main parts: a discussion of object-orientedness and an introductory how-to on OO programming techniques. Within the first area, this book is pretty good. All the basics of OO are covered: objects, methods, encapsulation, polymorphism, late-binding, etc. However, there are some/several assertions one could argue with - mostly boiling down to what REALLY constitutes an OO language. Perhaps part of the problem here is that the book focuses ... Read More
Rating: - Mostly misses the point
This is a terrible introduction to Object-Oriented programming. As mentioned, many of the examples won't even compile. But worse is that the examples show bad design decisions, confuse inheritance and composition, and aren't developed enough. The author spends so much time on polymorphism (deservedly) but so little on how to use it well. If you used this book to improve your C structures and modules, then you also miss the point of OO (and polymorphism).
Rating: - Best Used as a Bad Example
I keep this one in my library as an example of how bad programming books can be. I felt like I got taken halfway through it. When I read it, I was learning object oriented programming with Delphi and C++. Although "examples" were given in both languages, many of them were so full of errors that they would not compile. Amazon's rating system requires that I award at least one star, but this book deserves none. NOT RECOMMENDED.
Rating: - Excellent introduction to OOPL for anyone.
This is an excellent book for anyone just starting out in programming, but as programmer who started out in the late 70's, I found it particularly useful to make the mind-shift towards object orientation. I regularly lend the book to colleagues needing to travel the same path, but intend to reclaim it soon so my 11yo can read it. It's written in a laid-back style reminiscent of "Zen and art of motor-cycle maintenance" and so is quite approachable. There are plenty of worked examples, with each ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent book on Object Oriented theory
I learned Object Oriented programing theory from this book when I was 17. I had been reading every book I could on C programming and this book made me realize what I could do with simple structures.
Today, almost 7 years later, I'm still impressed with this book. It's a must own for OO programmers. I would recommend this book even to non-OO programmers; It has helped me make my C programming style much more modular and easy to document and understand.
- Good on ideas, bad on implementation
- Mostly misses the point
- Excellent introduction to OOPL for anyone.
