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The Object-Oriented Thought Process
Third Edition
Matt Weisfeld
An introduction to object-oriented concepts for developers looking to master modern application practices.
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is the foundation of modern programming languages, including C++, Java, C#, and Visual Basic .NET. By designing with objects rather than treating the code and data as separate entities, OOP allows objects to fully utilize other objects’ services as well as inherit their functionality. OOP promotes code portability and reuse, but requires a shift in thinking to be fully understood. Before jumping into the world of object-oriented programming languages, you must first master The Object-Oriented Thought Process.
Written by a developer for developers who want to make the leap to object-oriented technologies as well as managers who simply want to understand what they are managing, The Object-Oriented Thought Process provides a solution-oriented approach to object-oriented programming. Readers will learn to understand object-oriented design with inheritance or composition, object aggregation and association, and the difference between interfaces and implementations. Readers will also become more efficient and better thinkers in terms of object-oriented development.
This revised edition focuses on interoperability across various technologies, primarily using XML as the communication mechanism. A more detailed focus is placed on how business objects operate over networks, including client/server architectures and web services.
“Programmers who aim to create high quality software–as all programmers should–must learn the varied subtleties of the familiar yet not so familiar beasts called objects and classes. Doing so entails careful study of books such as Matt Weisfeld’s The Object-Oriented Thought Process.”
–Bill McCarty, author of Java Distributed Objects, and Object-Oriented Design in Java
Matt Weisfeld is an associate professor in business and technology at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. He has more than 20 years of experience as a professional software developer, project manager, and corporate trainer using C++, Smalltalk, .NET, and Java. He holds a BS in systems analysis, an MS in computer science, and an MBA in project management. Weisfeld has published many articles in major computer trade magazines and professional journals.
From the Publisher
The Object-Oriented Thought Process is a concise and readable primer.
Matt Weisfeld's years of programming, teaching, and writing have given him a flair for presenting highly technical topics in a clear and interesting manner. He is able to blend abstract concepts with ingenious examples and clear illustrations to quickly teach powerful OOP techniques.
The code examples are written in Java and UML but are designed in such a way that a reader with no previous experience will still understand them.
The Object-Oriented Thought Process is a clear and accessible alternative to the often dry and overly dense books available on the market today.
Matt Weisfeld has 18 years of software development and project management experience in COBOL, Pascal, C, C++, Smalltalk, and Java. He has taught programming classes for more than 10 years and has been published extensively in leading industry magazines, including Dr. Dobb's and Java Report including many more!
A concise but complete introduction to object-oriented concepts with code examples in Java and UML.
Excellent primer for professional developers moving to object-oriented languages, as well as CS students. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Object Oriented Thought Process: An Object Lesson Plan stears as far from specific languages as is possible instead focussing on the underlying concepts. Since reading this book I have now revisited my object oriented developments and found that thinking in terms of objects is now a simple process.
This should be the starting point for any budding object oriented developer, particularly if they have been previously developing proceedural programs. Learn the essential concepts before jumping in at the deep end.
It is a bit odd though when it keeps referring to other books all the time.
Apart from that, for a cheap book this is pretty good to get you on your way.
All in all, I think this is a good book - given its scope. It seeks to explain simply and in plain English the essential concepts - mostly basic, but touching on the more advanced ideas - underpinning the basis of Object Oriented Programming (OOP).
As such, it succeeds admirably. The author is experienced as a programmer and writes well. He does not try to burden the reader with difficult concepts and gets the absolute essentials well. Where he doesn't go into detail he refers the reader on to other books which do.
Note, however, that this title doesn't aim to examine OOP in depth. This was never the author's intention and so he can hardly be faulted for that. Rather, what Weisfeld is trying to do (and, I think, he succeeds about 90% of the way) is to get people unused to thinking in an object oriented way into the necessary mindset. As a result, I was fairly pleased with this book. A careful (and easy) read confirmed what I knew and cleared up most of what I didn't of the basics.
Where I would criticise the book - and why it only gets 4 stars rather than 5 - is in its execution. As the first reader hints, this title could perhaps have been 10-20% longer and explained some key extensions of OO thinking in greater depth (i.e. UML and the implementation process are both covered in a very cursory way) . And while I'm happy to go to other books after having read this, I felt it would have been better to have these "extensions" more tightly integrated into this title.
After all, the purpose of reading this title is to explain the conceptual "Why" of Object Orientation, and that includes the implementation issues as well as a (clear) description of the concepts.
Overall, a good book and useful for those who don't know much about object orientation.
* This book can be read very quickly
* This book has pictures in it which helps break up the text
* A lot of the explanations of concepts are... Read more
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