Object Lessons
Object Lessons
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In this usable guide to developing and managing OO software projects, well-respected consultant and OOP pioneer Tom Love reveals the absolute do's and don'ts in adopting and managing object-oriented technology. Object Lessons is filled with applicable advice and practical suggestions for large-scale commercial software projects. Written in a personable yet concise style, this dependable guidebook reveals 'trade secrets' and demonstrates how to put theory into practice, all with an emphasis on minimizing risk and maximizing return. This book gives you an insider's view of major companies' successes and failures relating to OO software projects. If you are an applications programmer, project leader or technical manager making decisions concerning design and management of large-scale commercial object-oriented software, this book was written specifically for you.
- Consciously written as a book of fundamentals, making it a timeless reference and guide toward making decisions about object technology
- Provides many examples of failures and successes using object technology and presents techniques and strategies to avoid these problems
- Written at a technical level accessible to not just programmers, but to managers exploring different options of software engineering
Reviews & endorsements
"If you are looking for a book to set you on the road to understanding the object-oriented programming experience, Object Lessons is definitely one to read." IEEE Software
"I for one have been waiting a long time for this book by Dr. Tom Love, a true pioneer of object technology, and now I am pleased to see that one of the original 'believers' has written a text that made the wait worthwhile....[A] well-written, easy to read text that will be of interest to all those interested in software development, and not only those using objects...The relaxed style of writing, and use of numerous analogies only served to increase the reading pleasure of this marvelous text...essential reading for someone wishing to gain a few more insights into the continuing success of object technology." Sanjiv Gossain, Project Technology, Berkeley, California
"...the book is geared not only toward programmers, but perhaps even more so toward managers who want and need to know the practicalities of modern software engineering...What differentiates this book from all the others are the chapters dealing with the training of software engineers and Love's general ongoing emphasis on the theme: Objects create the possibility of success but hardly ensure it. Easily readable and a continual reminder to carefully plan new systems, large or small, before beginning them." iX Magazin
"This is an excellent book that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading...[Love] peppers his essays with examples from a wide range of activities and several centuries of time...He draws his analogies with a loose hand which is a marked contrast to the heavy lectures handed out by other writers." Prentice Hall Book Review
"If you are looking for a book to set you on the road to understanding the object-oriented programming experience, Object Lessons is the one to read." IEEE Software
Product details
January 1993Paperback
9780962747731
266 pages
228 × 177 mm
0kg
Replaced by 9780134724324
Table of Contents
- 1. Object lessons from 1628
- 2. Assessing our craft
- 3. Hope with objects
- 4. Greed: an example program
- 5. Experiences with objects
- 6. Where do the objects come from?
- 7. Pickled objects
- 8. Providing an environment
- 9. Educating your people
- 10. Software construction management
- 11. Building in quality
- 12. A road map for change
- 13. Lessons learned
- 14. Software component foundries
- 15. Software development - 2002.
