Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (Head First) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Brett D. Mclaughlin, Gary Pollice, Dave West
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
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Format: Illustrated
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Pages: 634
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 8 x 1.3
ISBN: 0596008678
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.117
EAN: 9780596008673
ASIN: 0596008678
Publication Date: November 27, 2006
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"Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design is a refreshing look at subject of OOAD. What sets this book apart is its focus on learning. The authors have made the content of OOAD accessible, usable for the practitioner."
Ivar Jacobson, Ivar Jacobson Consulting
"I just finished reading HF OOA&D and I loved it! The thing I liked most about this book was its focus on why we do OOA&D-to write great software!"
Kyle Brown, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
"Hidden behind the funny pictures and crazy fonts is a serious, intelligent, extremely well-crafted presentation of OO Analysis and Design. As I read the book, I felt like I was looking over the shoulder of an expert designer who was explaining to me what issues were important at each step, and why."
Edward Sciore, Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, Boston College
Tired of reading Object Oriented Analysis and Design books that only makes sense after you're an expert? You've heard OOA&D can help you write great software every time-software that makes your boss happy, your customers satisfied and gives you more time to do what makes you happy.
But how?
Head First Object-Oriented Analysis & Design shows you how to analyze, design, and write serious object-oriented software: software that's easy to reuse, maintain, and extend; software that doesn't hurt your head; software that lets you add new features without breaking the old ones. Inside you will learn how to: - Use OO principles like encapsulation and delegation to build applications that are flexible
- Apply the Open-Closed Principle (OCP) and the Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) to promote reuse of your code
- Leverage the power of design patterns to solve your problems more efficiently
- Use UML, use cases, and diagrams to ensure that all stakeholders are communicating clearly to help you deliver the right software that meets everyone's needs.
By exploiting how your brain works, Head First Object-Oriented Analysis & Design compresses the time it takes to learn and retain complex information. Expect to have fun, expect to learn, expect to be writing great software consistently by the time you're finished reading this!
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 Great books too bad i didn't need it October 3, 2008
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 April 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 March 26, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
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 March 25, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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. January 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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