[Tutor] _Object Thinking_, by David West

[Dick Moores]

Alan Gauld wrote at 00:50 8/15/2004:
> > >If you want to understand OOP I'd still recommend something like
> > >Timothy Budds classic OOP book or Grady Booch's classic OOA/D
>first.
> >
> > Is this the Budds book: http://tinyurl.com/6v68l ?
>
>Yes, but I'd borrow this one if you can rather than buy it.

Yes. It's expensive. And it's not in my local library. I'll ask them to 
either buy a copy or get an interlibrary loan.

> > My local library has  "Object-oriented analysis and design with
> > applications" by Grady Booch. I assume this is the one you mean? I'm
>6th
> > in line for the one copy. And there are several very inexpensive
>copies
> > available through Bookfinder.com.
>
>I'd buy a copy if you can. I bought mine (1st edition) in 1992
>and still refer to it several times a year. The notation has
>now been superceded by UML but the principles of design are still
>absolutely valid. I also prefer the first edition to the second
>because it uses mnultiple OO languages whereas the second
>focuses only on C++ (which was flavor of the day at the time).

Got the 1st edition yesterday for a couple of bucks.

And Code Complete (2nd ed.) arrived in the mail.

Thanks again,

Dick Moores