Object-Oriented Design and Patterns
by Cay S. Horstmann
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Author: Cay S. HorstmannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-02
ISBN: 0471744875
Number of pages: 472
Publisher: Wiley
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Book Review: Another failed attempt by Cay Horstmann
Summary: 1 Stars
I consider myself knowledgeable in Java, and I found this book very subpar (it was required for one of my classes). It skims over many important topics, fails at properly explaining polymorphism or inheritance, and not to mention the laughable "explanation" of design patterns. Personally, I understand all those concepts (and I did get my A in that class), but I do feel the pain of someone trying to understand those concepts just by reading this book.
I use the word "another" in this review's title, because many years ago I had the misfortune of reading another failure of a book by Cay: Java Concepts. Both books do a horrible job a explaining object oriented programming.
If you want to actually learn design patterns, go with Head First Design Patterns. If you want to learn Java go with Head First Java. Another good Java book is Java How to Program (Deitel & Deitel). Those books will explain these concepts clearly and in detail, while providing you with plenty of examples.
Avoid this one like the plague.
Summary of Object-Oriented Design and Patterns
An object-oriented design text that's student oriented too!Now updated to reflect the innovations of Java 5.0, Cay Horstmann's Object-Oriented Design & Patterns, 2nd Edition continues to offer a student-oriented guide to object-oriented design.
Drawing from his extensive experience as a programmer and teacher, Horstmann helps you appreciate the value of object-oriented design principles, and gives you a context for applying these principles and techniques in your own designs. Throughout the text, outstanding pedagogy, carefully developed exercises and examples, and a strong emphasis on problem solving make object-oriented design principles accessible to readers with limited programming experience.
Cay Horstmann's Object-Oriented Design & Patterns, 2nd Edition:
* Integrates the use of Java 5.0 constructs throughout, including generics and the java.util.concurrent library.
* Presents high-interest examples, including ones from the Java 5.0 library and user-interface programming.
* Uses concepts such as interfaces, inner classes, reflection, and multithreading to introduce advanced Java language concepts.
* Encourages you to master topics in object-oriented design, user-interface programming, and practical software development techniques.
* Illustrates design patterns and their application using the Swing user interface toolkit and the Java collections library.
* Introduces programming tools such as BlueJ, javadoc, and JUnit.
* Provides a crash course in Java for readers who know C++.
Other Wiley books by Cay Horstmann
Big Java, Second Edition, 0-471-70615-9
Java Concepts, Fourth Edition, 0-471-69704-4
Big C++ (with Timothy Budd), 0-471-47063-5
Computing Concepts with C++ Essentials, Third Edition, 0-471-16437-2
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