I have been doing Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) for...
Articles and Tips: qna
01 Jan 2002
Q.
I have been doing Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) for quite a while. I have discovered that I repeatedly end up coding the same sort of classes for a variety of projects. Do you know of any books that provide design roadmaps for use with OOP?
A.
I recomment two books. The first book is call Design Patterns Explained by Alan Shalloway and James Trott (ISBN: 0201715945). This book gives a good overview of OOP programming, introduction to these roadmaps, referred to as Design Patterns in the industry, and descriptions of how to use them.
If you are proficient in OOP, which it sounds like you are, then maybe the book Design Patterns, Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides (ISBN 0201633612) may be for you. This book covers design patterns in depth.
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