Procedural programming has been around since the
inception of computers and programming. Object–oriented
paradigms arrived a little later — in the late 1950s to early 1960s
— which means over 50 years of object–oriented problem solving.
Still, many developers lack a full understanding of the thought
process in developing object–oriented software and therefore can't
take advantage of its concepts. I'm happy to see that this book, The
Object–Oriented Thought Process, has taken this fairly old
perspective and given it full attention and renewed interest.
Not having read the previous editions, I'm not familiar
with the changes represented in this fourth edition. Author Matt
Weisfeld is a professor who understands these important concepts
and the level of knowledge and process required for readers and
students to grasp what they need to know. The examples in the book
are concise, clear, and easy to follow. Additionally, the book makes
good use of white space, lists, pictures, and diagrams to make the
content easier to follow and scan quickly.
Weisfeld has organized the concepts to build on each
other, ensuring that students understand one concept well before
moving to the next. On the other hand, readers who already
understand the fundamentals can go directly to object–oriented
thought processes for particular programming paradigms, such as
Web services or client–server applications.
The book is language–neutral. Its examples are in C#, but
a supplementary website offers example code in other languages. If
your language isn't fairly represented, don't be deterred from
acquiring this book because object–oriented concepts and semantics
are mostly universal — just the particular implementation might
vary due to the language.
Each chapter contains UML and example code to better
understand the concepts and see how they're implemented. The last
chapter introduces design patterns but without going into great
detail about how to use them. This lets the inexperienced reader
know that design patterns would be the next step in the path to
developing good code.
Overall, I can recommend this book to code developers,
designers, and testers — to anyone with an interest in proper
software development semantics. It's available in a digital format
that serves as a useful ready reference.
Scott Brookhart. Thinking about objects.
Internet: (adapted).
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