[Tutor] Help with Object Oriented Programming
Tino Dai
oberoc at gmail.com
Tue Aug 31 15:43:57 CEST 2010
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> "Tino Dai" <oberoc at gmail.com> wrote
>
>> I'm beefing up my Object-Oriented Analysis and Design - getting
>> the gaps in my
>> knowledge filled in through the Head First OOAD book
>
> I don't know it although I've seen a couple of others in the series.
>
> My recommendations for general OOAD books are:
>
> Timothy Budd - OOP. It's not Python but covers the basic principles well.
>
> Grady Booch - OOAD - The second edition is all in C++, The first edition, if
> you can find one,
> is in 5 different langiages and IMHO much better for it. It stops you
> focusing on the
> language and helps focus on the OO principles.
>
> Bruce Eckel - Thinking in Java - One of the very few books on Java that does
> a good
> job of teaching OO. He was going to do a Thinking in Python but I think it
> died :-(
>
> And finally the original Design Patterns book by the Gang of Four. Its a bit
> heavy
> but the information is excellent.
>
I have Design Patterns on my desk. And I will check out the Timothy Budd and
Grady Booch book. I think we might even have the first edition of that
book - a benefit
of working at a library. Thanks Alan!
-Tino
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