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This book is a general introduction to fundamental OO concepts. The intended audience includes designers, developers, project managers, and anyone who wants to gain a general understanding of what object orientation is all about. Reading this book should provide a strong foundation for moving to other books covering more advanced OO topics. Of these more advanced books, one of my favorites remains Object-Oriented Design in Java by Stephen Gilbert and Bill McCarty. I really like the approach of the book, and have used it as a textbook in classes I have taught on OO concepts. I cite Object-Oriented Design in Java often throughout this book, and I recommend that you graduate to it after you complete this one. Other books that I have found very helpful include Effective C++ by Scott Meyers, Classical and Object-Oriented Software Engineering by Stephen R. Schach, Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel, UML Distilled by Martin Fowler, and Java Design by Peter Coad and Mark Mayfield. While teaching intro-level Java to programmers at corporations and universities, it quickly became obvious to me that most of these programmers easily picked up the Java syntax. However, these same programmers struggled with the OO nature of the language. |
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