A Book of Object-oriented Knowledge

Aiming to provide a comprehensive introduction to object-orientation, this book places an emphasis on analysis and design and presents a coherent methodology. It includes a chapter on software engineering and uses a running example to illustrate the concepts of object-orientation.

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There are dozens of OO books on the market for the programming professional, all centred around a specific OO language (C++, Eiffel, Smalltalk). While this approach has worked for the experienced programmer, newcomers to OO programming have a more difficult time trying to learn OO concepts through a specific language. This book provides an introduction to Object-Oriented software engineering by focusing on the basics (analysis and design) without getting bogged down in the syntax of any particular OO language.