Object-Oriented Software Development Using Java: Principles, Patterns, and Frameworks (1/e) (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Object-oriented software development has matured significantly over the past several years. The convergence of object-oriented modeling techniques and notations, the development of object-oriented frameworks and design patterns, and the evolution of object-oriented programming languages have been essential in the progression of this technology.

Object-Oriented Software Development in Java: Styles, Patterns, and Frameworks focuses on developing skills in designing software-particularly in writing well-designed, medium-sized object-oriented programs. It provides a broad and coherent coverage of object-oriented technology, including object-oriented modeling using the Unified Modeling Language (UML), object-oriented design using Design Patterns, and object-oriented programming using Java.

The book uses the Java 2 platform throughout, introducing such topics as Swing, collections, and RMI. The material is presented from both a theoretical and a practical perspective, instilling the object-oriented way of thinking through the use of design patterns, exploration of the design of the Java Class Libraries, and illustration of incremental software development.

About the Author

Xiaoping Jia is an Associate Professor of Software Engineering and

the Director of the Division of Software Engineering, School of

Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems at

De Paul University. His primary research interests are

applications of formal methods and object-oriented development

methodologies. He has authored several software development tools

and is a consultant in GUI design and web-based applications using

Java. He is the founder of Aesthetic Software, a company that

focuses on developing technologies for web-based application using

Java and XML. Professor Jia received his Ph.D. in computer science

from Northwestern University.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 550 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman; 1st edition (October 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020135084X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201350845
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,715,022 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridges the gap between design and implementation., December 7, 1999

By	Thomas R. Curry "vampz26" (Chicago, Ill) - See all my reviews

Not just a "how to code syntactically correct Java in 21 days", and not just an OO-modeling book with a few Java examples. It is a comprehensive book that bridges the gap, and teaches Java right from the object-oriented principles in which the language was based. In most examples in the book, complex code samples are written directly from an accompanying UML object model to demonstrate this fact. This book touches upon many features of the Java language including Swing, JDBC, RMI and Corba, and their role in the object oriented universe of software development. In a market overflowing with Java and OO books, one thing sets this book apart; it is truly the best of both.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly excellent book, January 6, 2000

By	Sotiris Skevoulis (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

In my four years of Java development experience I have read many books that teach the language. I certainly have seen even more books about OO development. This book is a unique combination of both. I love the fact that it does not waste reader's time with every tiny detail of the language. It presents in a compact way the fundamental aspects of the language and focuses on design issues using a number of carefully-chosen illustrative examples. Excellent and compact presentation of design patterns and framework issues. I was really impressed by chapter seven where incremental software development is presented via a design case study. I teach OO software development and Java at graduate level in New York City and this book will definitely be my choice for the next semester.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic OO voyage from design to Java implementation, April 2, 2000

By	Eddy Boite (Aprico Consultants) (Belgium) - See all my reviews

This book is direct and easy to read. It begins with an overview about the OO Software Development where it tackles thoroughtly OO concepts. Then, it introduces the Java architecture and the language (structure, statements, and so on). Each OO concepts are reviewed deeply and applied to Java programming language. Almost all concepts are tackled (Encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and so on). Clearly, after reading this book, you will be able to translate every class diagram & dynamic diagram (sequence and collaboration) to Java code. Author has also integrated throughout the book the use of design patterns. Great. A very good chapter about Application Framework is also presented and some Sun's application framework such Collections, Swing, and so on are studied. Last but not least, author tackles more "advanced concepts" such as database access, distributed architectures (RMI & CORBA) and concurrent programming. Plenty of small and well-designed examples are included; I think eveybody will find out what he/she needs. This book if clearly for Java developers wanting to exploit totally the OO power of Java. Of course, prerequisites are to have few knowledge about OO concepts and UML notation; you will be able to use this book quickly and efficently.