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Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Head First)
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Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Head First) |
Author: Brett D. McLaughlin
Published: 2006-11-27 |
List price: $49.99
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 Great books too bad i didn't need it
Well i haven't actually looked at this book, but I own the first edition too. My teacher marked this as required so I bought it. The first version is not only how I learned O.O.P. but also how I learned java. It is a great starter book to get the idea of objects and inheritance/polymorphism. I flipped through a few pages and it looks very similar to the first version, so I'm sure whichever you get, they will be a great asset in your learning of java and object oriented programming in java.
Fantastic introduction or refresher on object oriented concepts
How I wish I'd had this book earlier in my programming career!
The Head First series use a novel teaching style that is designed to be engaging and informative and to work for a wide range of people. We all learn in different ways so this book uses them all to make sure you get the point.
The examples are clear and the concepts presented in a way that I was able to understand them and immediately began to see ways to effectively use them in my daily design, coding and testing tasks.
Even if you have been doing object oriented programming for a while you will still get a lot out of this book.
I can't recommend this book too highly.
Ray
 Toe-curling code and gratuite repetitiveness
I'm a supporter of the Head First approach to learning, but this one has failed to hit the mark. I can live with a fair number of typos (which this book certainly has), however bad or broken code in just too many places is not so easily forgiveable. The authors hammer on principles of good OO design, but clearly did not test-drive the code that is supposed to show-case those design principles. To mention a few: missing return statement (p6), ClassCastException (p212), NullPointerException (p254), an Inventory search method that will fail to find anything if an instance of type InstrumentSpec (as opposed to a derived type) is passed to it (p211,212,238) (while authors suggested on the previous page to re-design InstrumentSpec to be non-abstract for this reason), non-standard UML for implementing an interface (p224). I could probably go on, but stopped reading (maybe I'll pick up later).
Another thing I find is that there is too much fluff and repetitiveness. Some may argue this is a trademark of the Head First series, and that it helps you conquer the learning curve. I will agree on the Head First classics (you know 'm), but here it starts to get boring quickly, and you find yourself flipping instead of reading after a while...
To conclude, you'll learn a thing or two if you're relatively new to OOA&D. And although the book definitely has some good points, like the explanations of object-oriented design principles (the foundations of patterns), there are better (spell-checked and peer edited) and denser books out there.
 Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
This book is very good. Like many other Head First books, it presents material in a very fresh way that is easy to understand. If you are new to Object-Oriented programming, this book is great. If you are very well versed in Object-Oriented programming, you may find yourself a little more bored with this book. Still, it is worthwhile for all people interested.
Must-have book.
Unless you are a very experienced object-oriented developer/architect, this is a great book.
The methodology is very intuitive and it is not a dense heavy book to read. It's actually very fun.
Be careful not to read it too casually though, as it has a lot of contents.
I like the fact that it repeats itself after every important concept, so you are less likely to skip it.
My recommendation is to do every exercise and try to think careful about the solutions the authors go through.
This is a must-have for every developer, in my opinion.
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