Designing Object-Oriented Software (Paperback)

by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (Author), Brian Wilkerson (Author), Lauren Wiener (Author)

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Product Description
Practical and down-to-earth in approach, this bestseller explores the art of designing object-oriented software. It offers basic design principles and a specific design process that can be applied to any software programming effort -- even those not using object-oriented programming languages or environments. Covers the concepts of object-oriented technology, presents a process to apply those concepts, the tools to use throughout the process, and examples to put it all together. For developers of object-oriented software.

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A practical, down-to-earth introduction to the art of designing object- oriented software.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 341 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; International edition edition (June 28, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0136298257
• ISBN-13: 978-0136298250
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #223,682 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All-timer, February 8, 2001

By	Mihailo Despotovic (Silicon Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When the book is more than 10 years old and still a required literature in the area, that really tells you a lot. Especially if the area is software engineering where things tend to change quickly. After more than 10 years this book is still a fundamental reading from OO design. Even IBM recommends this book for it's Object Oriented Programming exam. First several chapters are really classic - everything is there: why OOP?, objects, classes, responsibilities, collaborations, hierarchies. If you read this first and then go for any C++/Java/put_your_favorite_oop_language_here book, everything is going to be much much easier and more clear even if you have a decent OO design background. There are even couple of presentations of complete implementations of fair software projects using the terminology and techniques described in the book (last two chapters). If you are beginner in OO design or you have to read just one "theoretical" book from OO design or don't know where to start concerning OO design, I recommend this one. The only drawback is that book is still pretty expensive, but I am sure that you will not regret...

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable resource - Published 1990 and still a great read, October 8, 1999

By A Customer

This book is great because it makes sense. Its simply well thought out, consistent in its approach, and extremely insightful. Even if you dont use CRC cards or dont use the term "Responsibility Driven" in your work, you will find this text and the concepts it presents fit in nicely with the newer UML notation and "way of being." Although you won't find "Use Case" in the index, the stability of the common sense put into this book will map easily to whatever modeling doctrines you use. The fact that Amazon.com is shipping a software design book that is almost 10yrs old in 24hours should also tell you something about its credibility. Simply, a great book.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The clearest & simplest introduction to OOP, June 24, 1999

By	Amnon H. Eden ([e-mail]) (Uppsala, Sweden) - See all my reviews

I am a veteran lecturer of object oriented programming> Unfortunately, despite the popularity of the subject and the (seeming) abundance of books in the discipline, I still have a difficulty in providing my students with a comprehensive source of information. This book, however, covers more than any other book I know of, in the clearest form.