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The Object-Oriented Thought Process, Fourth Edition An introduction to object-oriented concepts for developers looking to master modern application practices Object-oriented programming (OOP) is the foundation of modern programming languages, including C++, Java, C#, Visual Basic .NET, Ruby, and Objective-C. Objects also form the basis for many web technologies such as JavaScript, Python, and PHP. It is of vital importance to learn the fundamental concepts of object orientation before starting to use object-oriented development environments. OOP promotes good design practices, code portability, and reuse–but it requires a shift in thinking to be fully understood. Programmers new to OOP should resist the temptation to jump directly into a particular programming language (such as Objective-C, VB .NET, C++, C# .NET, or Java) or a modeling language (such as UML), and instead first take the time to learn what author Matt Weisfeld calls “the object-oriented thought process.” Written by a developer for developers who want to make the leap to object-oriented technologies, The Object-Oriented Thought Process provides a solutions-oriented approach to object-oriented programming. Readers will learn to understand the proper uses of inheritance and composition, the difference between aggregation and association, and the important distinction between interfaces and implementations. While programming technologies have been changing and evolving over the years, object-oriented concepts remain a constant–no matter what the platform. This revised edition focuses on interoperability across programming technologies, whether you are using objects in traditional application design, in XML-based data transactions, in web page development, in mobile apps, or in any modern programming environment. “Programmers who aim to create high quality software–as all programmers should–must learn the varied subtleties of the familiar yet not so familiar beasts called objects and classes. Doing so entails careful study of books such as Matt Weisfeld’s The Object-Oriented Thought Process.” –Bill McCarty, author of Java Distributed Objects, and Object-Oriented Design in Java Contents at a Glance 1 Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts 2 How to Think in Terms of Objects 3 Advanced Object-Oriented Concepts 4 The Anatomy of a Class 5 Class Design Guidelines 6 Designing with Objects 7 Mastering Inheritance and Composition 8 Frameworks and Reuse: Designing with Interfaces and Abstract Classes 9 Building Objects and Object-Oriented Design 10 Creating Object Models 11 Objects and Portable Data: XML and JSON 12 Persistent Objects: Serialization, Marshaling, and Relational Databases 13 Objects in Web Services, Mobile Apps, and Hybrids 14 Objects and Client/Server Applications 15 Design Patterns

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 192. Chapters: COBOL, Java, C++, Perl, Fortran, Python, PHP, Eiffel, Smalltalk, Ruby, Blitz BASIC, Turbo Pascal, List of object-oriented programming languages, Self, Common Lisp, Objective-C, Lua, Pike, BETA, Objective Caml, Z++, XLISP, Oxygene, Windows PowerShell, C Sharp, Falcon, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, Modula-3, JRuby, Free Pascal, Scala, Visual FoxPro, JADE, Mobile application development, Prograph, Oberon-2, Object Pascal, Nemerle, AgentSheets, Processing, Mixin, SuperCollider, FreeBASIC, Groovy, Rust, URBI, Jython, S2, ZZT-oop, Smartface, Mirah, REALbasic, OpenEdge Advanced Business Language, Oak, Visual Prolog, Python for S60, Keykit, NS Basic, Gambas, Claire, Axum, Cobra, Fancy, Ateji PX, Fantom, Logtalk, Objective-J, ProvideX, Morfik FX, MacRuby, Squirrel, Judoscript, Genie, Flavors, Vala, NetRexx, Easytrieve, Turbo51, Gosu, Allegro Common Lisp, Neko, Jasmin, Game Oriented Assembly Lisp, Cool, Boo, F-Script, MIMIC, Pnuts, Newspeak, RUR-PLE, Karel++, Smalltalk YX, Delphi Prism, SCOOP, Gello Expression Language, Guido van Robot, Monkeybars Framework, Oaklisp, Object REXX, Little b, Cecil, Object-Oriented Turing, Green, Adenine, OptimJ, Ubercode, FPr, Plaid, Active Oberon, OTcl, Bistro, Kite, Seph, Ioke, Timber, Objeck, Compact Application Solution Language, Clascal, Monate-OOP ASM(programming language), Noop, Joule, Goo, Actor, ROOP, Extensible ML, Fly, QUILL, Object Lisp, Object-Z, Aldor, Scriptol, Cel, Converge, Span, Lagoona, EusLisp Robot Programming Language, Object Oberon, Dialect, ObjectLOGO, Lightweight Java, O: XML, Superx++, CorbaScript, Abel, ObjVlisp, ObjVProlog, Oblog