Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro [Paperback]

Savannah Brentnall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0201479435 | ISBN-13: 978-0201479430 | Edition: 1

In Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro, industry authority and object-oriented programming expert Savannah Brentnall serves up a concise and lively introduction to OOP geared specifically to the needs of FoxPro programmers like you. Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro explains object-oriented programming terminology and concepts in simple, direct language with a minimum of technical jargon. Savannah Brentnall's clear explanations, accompanied by helpful diagrams and creative illustrations, make learning about objects both easy and enjoyable. Each term is illustrated with Visual FoxPro code, so you can see exactly how to use these industry-standard concepts in your applications. Spend just a few hours with Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro and you'll be reaping the benefits of object orientation--faster development, easier maintenance, higher quality, and increased adaptability--in no time. 0201479435B04062001

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From the Back Cover

In Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro, industry authority and object-oriented programming expert Savannah Brentnall serves up a concise and lively introduction to OOP geared specifically to the needs of FoxPro programmers like you.

Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro explains object-oriented programming terminology and concepts in simple, direct language with a minimum of technical jargon. Savannah Brentnall's clear explanations, accompanied by helpful diagrams and creative illustrations, make learning about objects both easy and enjoyable. Each term is illustrated with Visual FoxPro code, so you can see exactly how to use these industry-standard concepts in your applications.

Spend just a few hours with Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro and you'll be reaping the benefits of object orientation--faster development, easier maintenance, higher quality, and increased adaptability--in no time.

0201479435B04062001

About the Author

Savannah Brentnall is an independent consultant specializing in object orientation and Lotus Notes. She is the coauthor of The Visual Guide to Visual FoxPro by Ventana Press and is currently working with Flash Creative Management to provide object orientation training to FoxPro developers.

Savannah is a consultant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and to Countrywide Funding Corporation. She was the editor of Pinnacle Publishing's VO Developer and Reference Clipper newsletters. Her articles have appeared in VO Developer, Reference Clipper, and Data Based Advisor, and she has spoken at conferences and user groups around the world. Savannah was previously CA's Clipper Product Champion and Nantucket's Technical Marketing Manager.

Savannah has been programming since 1985 and has worked with object-oriented languages since 1989. She has been working as a Lotus Notes developer and administrator since the product first entered beta testing in 1989.

Savannah is available for writing, training, and development projects involving object orientation and Lotus Notes. She can be reached at the following numbers:

• Telephone: [phone]
• CompuServe: 71024,3374
• Internet:[e-mail]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 1 edition (April 22, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201479435
• ISBN-13: 978-0201479430
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,188,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read for managers and OO beginners, but hardly more, March 24, 1999

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[e-mail] (Barrington, NH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro (Paperback)

I will agree with the previous readers that it is an excellent book, BUT ONLY FOR TWO TYPES OF AUDIENCES: 1) programmers who have a very, very vague idea about OOD/OOP and feel intimidated and/or confused by official Microsoft Developer's Guide. 2) Project Managers who does not have clear idea how to approach the development with VFP correctly and want to get some knowledge fast. I will recommend this book to the programmers familiar with OO technology ONLY AS A FAST REFRESHER COURSE, since the most of them are familiar with material in the book.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living Proof that Amazon's review pages work...., January 5, 2000

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"andrea54" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro (Paperback)

I had to learn Foxpro.

My IT Department couldn't (?) get the manuals. They'd installed it wrongly and the online help didn't work.

They bought me "Foxpro for Dummies".

I threw it at them. (Yes, it IS useless - they should have read the Amazon reviews.)

They bought me another book which was quite interesting but didn't help with what I needed (How do I do this? )

I bought the manuals myself but realised I needed a bit of an overview. - I mean, procedural programming is like a toy train set, but this is like Lego (and which bloody brick does the bit of code go in? )

Thank you for the reviews - this IS a good (nay, brilliant)book for anyone getting to grips with OOP - and you don't often get (rude) jokes in a book like this. If you know a bit about programming and need something to give you the bigger picture, this is it!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to shorten the learning curve to VFP's Ob.Orientation, July 5, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Object Orientation in Visual FoxPro (Paperback)

I liked it very much. It really clicked. It helped to bridge the gap from previous Fox 2.x (and XBase in general) knowledge, to getting a handle in the concepts of Object Orientation, and Visual Foxpro's implementation of it
I highly recommend it to anybody that wants to jump from the XBase world into the Visual, OO world