BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  OO design - books/courses?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi OO design View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Martin James Guest Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 3:33 pm    Post subject: OO design - books/courses? OK, ok, I have no formal training in OO design. Afer years of exprience, I can usually come up with a design that is resilient, expandable & has good performance just by looking at the requirements & some doodling. Maybee I can do better. What sort of textbook/s, or perhaps courses, might I look at? I'm not interested in paying ££££ for an MSc, I just want to improve my skills, (and maybee understand many of the terms in this group). I'm quite happy throwing classes & objects around my systems, so I don't want a 'dummies' book. What should I look at? What would you recommend for me? Rgds, Martin. Back to top Kirk Halgren Guest Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: OO design - books/courses? Here's a good introduction: http://community.borland.com/article/images/20803/TP_55_OOP_Guide.pdf which is perhaps stuff you already know. Also, Bruce Eckel has several books although more about C++ and JAVA than Pascal. They are free to download and even print out (single copy). See: http://mindview.net/Books/books.html for Thinking in JAVA and Thinking in C++ JAVA is a lot like Delphi, and OO is OO with a few minor differences among all these languages. Kirk Halgren Back to top Eric Hill Guest Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 7:32 pm    Post subject: Re: OO design - books/courses? Design Patterns. If you've got the concepts down of what a class is and how to build one, then this book will point you in the right direction. When trying to solve problems, Design Patterns is invaluable in explaining how to build classes to work together to solve a given problem. ISBN 0201633612 Design Patterns It's the only book that stays on the top of my "pile". :) Eric Back to top Bob Dawson Guest Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:46 am    Post subject: Re: OO design - books/courses? "Eric Hill" wrote Quote: It's the only book that stays on the top of my "pile". Also very good: Object-Oriented Design Heuristics Arthur J. 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