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Patterns, Models, and Application Development: A C++ Programmer's Reference

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I'm half way through this book. Based on what I have read, this book is good for someone new to OO design and possibly not familiar with C++ either. But if you have read Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language" and the Gamma et al's "Design Patterns" book, you won't gain much new from it. Moreover, it is sometimes not very acurate. For example, when talking about the difference between malloc() and new, the authors failed to point out that new calls object constructors while malloc() does not, which is perhaps the most important difference. Overall, this book is good for beginners for getting a general view of programming methodologies, OO and C++. But if you think you have known the basics, this book is not for you.

I find this book to be a valuable reference for teaching my own college C++ programming class. Many object-oriented topics which are largely ignored by other authors are nicely covered in this text, making it a super first reference for any future C++ programmer. The real world treatment of object-oriented design and analysis is appreciated, from the educator's perspective.

Mr. Sanchez is my instructor at Montana State University Northern (Great Falls Campus) and I used much of this book in Programming II in C++ class. It is slated to be the text of our System Analysis and Design course and I'm delighted. This book starts with the basic concepts of Object Orientation in C++, builds an easy to follow foundation, and then expands on the more advanced topics of Models and Patterns in C++, a topic that has only been poorly written about prior to the introduction of this book. This book is well worth your time and money if you want to become an advanced C++ programmer.