The Object Primer: The Application Developer's Guide to Object-Orientation (SIGS: Managing Object Technology, Series Number 3)

The Object Primer is the ultimate introductory text on object-oriented (OO) technology. By reading this book, you'll gain a solid understanding of object-oriented concepts and object-oriented analysis techniques. Written by a developer for developers, this book will introduce you to object-oriented design in the context of class modeling. It begins with a description of why developers and their organizations want to take advantage of the object-oriented approach, then moves to issues like CRC cards, use cases, and class modeling. It puts the entire OO development process into perspective, presenting both the serial and iterative development strategies. It includes easy-to-follow notations and provides 'cheat-sheets' references for easy accessibility to commonly used information. It includes a complete glossary of terms.

An ideal introductory book to object-orientation, written by a developer for developers. Starting with a description of why developers and their organizations want to take advantage of the object-oriented (OO) paradigm. It quickly gets into leading edge development techniques such as CRC (Class- Responsibililty-Collaborator) modelling and use-cases. The reader is then introduced to the so-called "complicated" OO concepts in a straight-forward and easy manner. Unlike many other books, the entire OO dvelopment process is put in perspective, presenting both serial and iterative development strategies.