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Paperback: 1296 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (21 Mar 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0136291554
ISBN-13: 978-0136291558
Product Dimensions: 23 x 18 x 5 cm

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The developer of the acclaimed Eiffel programming language comes through with one of the clearest and most informative books about computers ever committed to paper. Object-Oriented Software Construction is the gospel of object-oriented technology and it deserves to be spread everywhere. Meyer opens with coverage of the need for an object-oriented approach to software development, citing improved quality and development speed as key advantages of the approach. He then explains all the key criteria that define an object-oriented approach to a problem. Meyer pays attention to techniques, such as classes, objects, memory management, and more, returning to each technique and polishing his readers' knowledge of it as he explains how to employ it "well". In a section on advanced topics, Meyer explores interesting and relevant topics, such as persistent objects stored in a database. He also offers a sort of "Do and Don't" section in which he enumerates common mistakes and ways to avoid them. Management information isn't the main point of Object-Oriented Software Construction, but you'll find some in its pages. Meyer concludes his tour de force with comparisons of all the key object-oriented languages, including Java. He also covers the potential of simulating object technology in non-object-oriented languages, such as Pascal and Fortran. The companion CD-ROM includes the full text of this book in hypertext form, as well as some tools for designing object-oriented systems. If you program computers, you need to read this book. --Jake Bond

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For any software engineer, developer or programmer interested in O-O software and programming.

This long-awaited revision retains the clarity, practicality and innovations that helped the first edition sell over 75,000 copies since 1988. Now over 1200 pages with a CD ROM full of object tools, this edition is fully revised and considerably expanded, making it THE definitive reference on the most promising software development in 30 years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The New Testament of software development., 13 Sep 2002

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Get this book and get one up on those alleged 'OO Designers' who've never even heard of it! Bertrand Meyer is sometimes criticised for his strong opinions, but here they are all backed up with solid reasoning, lucid arguments and more than enough brevity to stop the whole lot being dull as dishwater.

You can have all the ISO's, CMM's, TickIts and whatever else is todays quality-control-red-tape flavour of the month, but none of these address the fundamental quality of the software design. Hence the quality of the software will always struggle. This book is a brilliant step in the right direction to developing good quality, manageable software.

Meyer describes, very clearly, practices and techniques that will get your basic class design up to scratch, as well as pointing out common pitfalls, again with logical, convincing arguments. There's none of this "Never do this unless you have to" approach that too many other software gurus get away with.

My only problem with the book is that it does lean towards Eiffel language. But after a brief look at Eiffel I think it's an excellent language that has been out-hyped by the Java and C++ despite being superior.

I wouldn't say it's a cover-to-cover read, it is a huge book, but I find that I can dip in virtually anywhere and find something of value. I just wish that this book was on as many desks as the "Teach yourself Product XYZ in 21 days books". You can read as many of those as you like, and you can subscribe to all the quality standards, but they contain nothing that will improve your software design. That's where this book comes in.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on OOAD, 18 Dec 2000

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After 5 years of OO develeopment, I thought I had a good understanding of OO (inheritance in particular) until I read this book. IMHO, this is the by far the most thorough book on OOAD because of Meyer's full treatment of the subject, including theoretical background and proofs.

As for Design by Contract, I have been using it since 1998 in my VB and C++ design/code and I have seen a radical improvement in my designs and code quality.

This book ought to be mandatory reading material for all OOAD practitioner and students.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is quite simply, THE BOOK., 25 Nov 1999

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This book is quite simply the best book on programming that I have ever read. It is written with an intellectual rigor which is unfortunately rarely seen in this area. Every point is well argued and backed up with convincing evidence. If you are going to buy one book on software development in the whole of your life, never mind this year, it should be this one.

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