On Nov 7, 2006, at 7:55 AM, Jonathan Duncan wrote:
I am finding that my OOP skillz are are not as good as they should
be. In other words, I do not completely grok OOP.
Can anyone suggest to me a programming language agnostic book on
OOP theory?
I would guess that Chris's suggestion is pretty good, though I
haven't read it myself. You will not find a completely agnostic book
on OOP theory, though, because object oriented programming isn't
sufficiently well-defined. It means very different things to
different people, and different languages have their own opinions, so
to speak, on what OOP is.
Depending on what kind of books you like to learn from, you might
find 'Head First Design Patterns' enlightening. It's sort of a
gentle introduction kind of book, with lots of goofy but stylish
pictures and dialog and such, and I got annoyed by it after a while,
but I actually like reading dry boring textbooks and lots of other
people seem to love the Head First books.
The examples within are in Java, but the concepts translate fairly
easily to C++. Although some people are saying these days that
design patterns are signs of language deficiency, the book is just as
much about the design principles that motivate the design of the
patterns as it is about patterns themselves.
Once you get your OOP skills honed, you should try mastering some
Functional Programming skills. It's fun, and the wave of the future! ;)
--Levi
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