Object-Oriented Software Construction

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The developer of the acclaimed Eiffel programming language comes through with one of the clearest and most informative books about computers ever committed to paper. Object-Oriented Software Construction is the gospel of object-oriented technology and it deserves to be spread everywhere. Meyer opens with coverage of the need for an object-oriented approach to software development, citing improved quality and development speed as key advantages of the approach. He then explains all the key criteria that define an object- oriented approach to a problem. Meyer pays attention to techniques, such as classes, objects, memory management, and more, returning to each technique and polishing his readers' knowledge of it as he explains how to employ it "well." In a section on advanced topics, Meyer explores interesting and relevant topics, such as persistent objects stored in a database. He also offers a sort of "Do and Don't" section in which he enumerates common mistakes and ways to avoid them. Management information isn't the main point of Object-Oriented Software Construction, but you'll find some in its pages. Meyer concludes his tour de force with comparisons of all the key object-oriented languages, including Java. He also covers the potential of simulating object technology in non-object-oriented languages, such as Pascal and Fortran. The companion CD-ROM includes the full text of this book in hypertext form, as well as some tools for designing object-oriented systems. If you program computers, you need to read this book.

Synopsis
Now updated to integrate examples taken from the many new object-oriented extensions of common programming languages, this volume includes coverage of coding techniques for newly created dialects of C++, FORTRAN, Ada, Pascal, Modula-2, SmallTalk, Simula 67, LISP, and Eiffel.

Synopsis
A detailed exploration of the major topics in object technology and methodology. Covers all principal issues, methods and languages (C++, Java, Smalltalk, Eiffel etc.). 500 bibliographical references and URLs, 200 precise methodological principles, hundreds of figures. Two-color printing for more readability.

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