Book 20

The Object Primer

by Scott W. Ambler

Published 1 January 1996
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.

Written by internationally acclaimed trainer and developer Scott Ambler, this book is a must-have resource for designers, programmers and testers of today's OO applications. The author takes you through the entire process of building object applications, from analyzing the project (so you know what you need to build), to designing a user-friendly interface, to testing your approaches to make sure your applications work properly. Building Object Applications That Work includes sections on: * how to use the Unified Modeling Language effectively * analysis, so you know what you need to build * design techniques, so that you know how you are going to build your application * collecting the right metrics to improve your development approach * applying OO patterns to improve the quality of your applications * creating applications for stand-alone, client/server and distributed environments * using both relational and object-oriented databases to make your objects persistent * architecting your applications so they are maintainable and extensible.