Re: Basic Guide to Scripting Terms?
Re: Basic Guide to Scripting Terms?
- Subject: Re: Basic Guide to Scripting Terms?
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:06:44 -0400
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:50:53 +0100, Phil Dobbin <email@hidden>
asked,
>
As for a general book on OOP, as has been said before, if you find one, let me
>
know...
On my shelf I have the definitive work on the subject, "Object Oriented Analysis
and Design with Applications," by Gardy Booch (1994, Addison-Wesley, ISBN
0-805-35340-2), and "An Introduction to Object-Oriented Design," by Timothy Budd
(1997, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-82419-1).
Booch's book is defines, explains, and justifies object oriented methods, while
Budd's shows how various languages deal with the interesting issues in OO
methods (such as multiple inheretance, polymorphism, and efficiency). Also, as
the titles indicate, Booch's book is about the analysis and design process
(defining the classes and their properties and methods), while Budd's book deals
more with the implementation of such a design in programming languages. So the
two books make a good, complementary set.
And as Chris Page pointed out, Object Orientation isn't about a language per se,
but about how you approach the analysis and design of a program. (Excellent
posting, Chris!)
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