Object Thinking

by David West

In OBJECT THINKING, esteemed object technologist David West contends that the mindset makes the programmer not the tools and techniques. Delving into the history, philosophy, and even politics of object-oriented programming, West reveals how the best programmers rely on analysis and conceptualization on thinking rather than formal process and methods. Both provocative and pragmatic, this book gives form to what s primarily been an oral tradition among the field s revolutionary thinkers and it illustrates specific object-behavior practices that you can adopt for true object design and superior results.

Gain an in-depth understanding of: Prerequisites and principles of object thinking. Object knowledge implicit in eXtreme Programming (XP) and Agile software development. Object conceptualization and modeling. Metaphors, vocabulary, and design for object development.

Learn viable techniques for: Decomposing complex domains in terms of objects. Identifying object relationships, interactions, and constraints. Relating object behavior to internal structure and implementation design. Incorporating object thinking into XP and Agile practice."

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Technology, Software, Nonfiction, Coding, Technical

366 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2004

About the author

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David West, °1948

Reviews

[Luciano Leveroni]

Interesante, aunque con sentimientos encontrados. Bastante abstracto por momentos, difícil de seguir por otros. A pesar sus deficiencias y argumentación por momentos débil, es el único libro que conozco que habla en profundidad sobre cómo debe pensar alguien que desarrolla software de gran escala. Cómo pensar en objetos es el primer paso, necesario, fundamental, para poder desarrollar un sistema que sea mantenible. Por ese motivo encuentro este libro de gran valor. Posiblemente una segunda lectura venga bien.