Writing OBJECTively

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To discuss object oriented design methodologies that already exist in the tech writing world. To explain what they are and how to take advantage of them.

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Created By: Mark Lewis
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Book Recommendation [Beginner]: Object Technology - A Manager's Guide

All, This is a great beginner book for non-programmer's to get up to speed on object oriented design. I have used it as the basis for my "Intro to OOD" presentation that I've given to STC and others. It wisely teaches using a simple example that everybody "gets", the human body.
Anybody have any other recommendations???
Mark Lewis

Object Technology - A Manager's Guide
David A. Taylor, Ph.D.
ISBN 0-201-30994-7
Link to Amazon

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Introduction to Object Oriented Design: Podcast and Slides: Part 1 & 2

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Comment by Mark Lewis on April 6, 2008 at 10:27pm: Thanks Karen. That is exactly the type of resource we want to make group members aware of.
Mark

Comment by Karen Bachmann on March 29, 2008 at 12:36am: While not about OOD itself, a resource that I used a lot when I was first introduced to object-oriented programming was UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language by Martin Fowler. It provided a quick, simple introduction to UML, which I needed to be able to read to work most effectively with the programmers. Being able to write certain models - use cases (of course) and sequence diagrams in particular - myself was also useful.

As for other recommendations, it's been many years since I read books focused on OOD. I also recall reading articles in Dr. Dobbs and a couple of other publications.

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