This book shows software developers, system administrators, web site developers or UNIX users how to apply the exciting modern development concepts of object-oriented programming to UNIX shells. Unlike other books on shell programming, this book presents OOP concepts through solid, reusable examples. It also gives readers the necessary knowledge to encapsulate powerful UNIX API's (or Application Programming Interfaces, i.e. built-in functions or classes for programmers that expand UNIX's functionality).
Christopher A. Jones has an extensive background in Internet systems programming and XML. He is the co-founder of Planet 7 Technologies, a Seattle-based commercial software company specializing in XML transport software. He is also the author of: Open Source Linux Web Programming (IDG 1999) and UNIX Shell Objects (IDG 1998).
See also Chris Jones, writer for O'Reilly on Site Reliability Engineering.