I found the following books very helpful when I started trying to tackle this vast subject:
Object Technology: A Manager's Guide: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201309947 (don't worry about the title, it is useful by anyone, not just managers) Object-Oriented Thought Process: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672326116 regards, Brian On 5/16/06, Steve Brownlee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah so you're more having problems with establishing relationships > between the objects rather than understanding OOP in general. I had > similar problems years ago when I got into OO concepts. Believe it or > not, what got me over the hump was a simple program I was working that > dealt with cars. I was able to, in my mind, visualize a car and its > components. It was only then that I had that "click" moment. > > Then perhaps those other books would be of use for you after all. > > > Steve "The Boss" Brownlee > http://www.orbwave.com/cfjboss > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:28 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: OOD/Design Patterns and ColdFusion. > > My suggestion would be to learn some basics of another language that is > written to take advantage of OOP. As you know, ColdFusion isn't, and > there aren't good books that show you how to think that way via code in > ColdFusion. > > > I've done that. I've gone through a couple of courses and tutorials on > beginning Java. I get how to create an object with data and methods, I > can inherit and encapsulate. > > Where I loose it, is trying to take a programming requirement. See the > objects and/or patterns. And write a group of objects to work together > to solve the real world application. I can't make the jump from a Java > sample project of a group of jam objects to creating an application to > manage trima machine data for our blood bank. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > --------- > | 1 | | > --------- Binary Soduko > | | | > --------- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240691 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
