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Object-Oriented Software Construction (Prentice-Hall International series in computer science) Hardcover – September, 1994

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This text is concerned with object-oriented software construction.

Series: Prentice-Hall International series in computer science
Hardcover: 534 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall (September 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0136290493
ISBN-13: 978-0136290490
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 7.2 x 9.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 6 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #997,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5316 in Computer Software (Books)
- #859 in Object-Oriented Design
- #5638 in Programming Languages (Books)

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Anon

As others have said, there are many deep insights ...

February 27, 2017

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As others have said, there are many deep insights into OO design and programming in this book. They are almost written as throw away points however, so you have to read it carefully to find them.

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book arrived as described and fast!

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Ronald S. Woan

Dated, Academic and a lot of Eiffel

March 25, 2011

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I picked this up used after seeing references to this book for years. I believe I met Bertrand at OOPSLA years ago.

This book does have lots of nuggets in it in terms of the difference between object-oriented design (i.e. bottom up as opposed to the top-down of modular, external world simulation, command-query separation) but many of them seem to be almost throwaway lines or paragraphs. The examples, as befitting something designed for an undergraduate college course maybe do not draw out the true implications of the methodology being presented, i.e. text example for object modelling is a stack whereas more real world examples left as exercises at the end of the chapter.

Additionally, there is understandably a lot of coverage of Eiffel that served to illustrate one concrete implementation of the concepts and occasionally Betrand references features missing from the language. If you won't be using Eiffel, I think some of this gets in the way of the concepts.

My final observation is that much of the guidance, i.e. the dangers in finding objects from specification, really require an example to get the point across for those that haven't already failed at it on their own.

In terms of a modern approach to OO that better get across the practical practice I would recommend Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software and Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices

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John McElhose

Extremely worthwhile

February 21, 2013

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This is a basic and ground-breaking text in the OOP movement, and I am glad I was able to get a copy and read it. It is very useful for understanding the aim of OOP and what exactly OOP is, so it is a usefuil part of the library of anyone who is interested in OOP.

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Harcourt Fenton Mike

How can you say enough to reward excellence?

August 21, 2003

Format: Hardcover

I have two 3M notpad leafs stuck at the periphery of pages 3 to 278. They are labeled Curious and Enlightened, respectively of course. People that walk into the office asking about what OO design is about, get the tattered Meyer paperback and the instruction to come back when they have read these pages. For practical example, they are steered to the rest and works of others. This a special tag on the page about Polymorphism, which is the kind of ambigous term that begs to be forgotten. However, Meyer's lucid brevity makes the meaning stick.
The feature I find most special is the pull down menu style outline quality of these pages. Abandon your highlighters with this book. Meyer has already digested and illuminated the key concepts for you. Fortunately, this does nothing to diminish the surrounding text.
High marks for editing quality and concept density in a book which clearly pays for itself a third of the way through.

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Francis W

Classical book, but obsoleted.

March 12, 2009

Format: Hardcover

The author is famous in OO and the book is recommended from another book,however, the programming language used in the book is no longer used in the market.

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