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Summary: An easy read for a potentially complex subject...
Review: Although I haven't read this entire book, it's obvious to me that these guys know how to write programming books. Some of the more difficult to understand oop and java concepts are explained very well, and, unlike other java books, I don't find myself peeling through layers and layers of abstract drivel to understand the key ideas. Whew! What a relief! Now I have a REAL book to refer to when I need to reinforce an important idea. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to really understand how to brew good, clean, effective java.
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Summary: Excellent book for learning the basics of oo design
Review: Although their laid-back style may not be for everyone, I have learned a lot about the basics of object oriented design and enjoyed the process. I plan to use the recommended techniques as a starting point for my own project.
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Summary: An excelent book for a beginer.
Review: An excellent book for a beginer to JAVA as well as a beginer to OOP. A real textbook. Flows naturally by designing an object (JavaMatic coffee machine) and developing it throughout the book.
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Summary: I think this is what I've been looking for...
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Summary: Good design material, buggy code
Review: Gilbert and McCarty's book is a great coverage of object oriented design which could be extended to any object oriented language. I especially liked their use of real-life senarios to demonstrate the techniques they describe. Be warned, though. Many of their Java examples, even on the CD, contain bugs. I kind of enjoyed debugging the classes, but this may be fustrating to a beginning Java programmer. If you are a beginning Java programmer, you may want to choose a different text, but definately buy Object-Oriented Design in Java as your second book, especially if you enjoy squishing bugs!
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Summary: Good design material, buggy code
Review: Gilbert and McCarty's book is a great coverage of object oriented design which could be extended to any object oriented language. I especially liked their use of real-life senarios to demonstrate the techniques they describe. Be warned, though. Many of their Java examples, even on the CD, contain bugs. I kind of enjoyed debugging the classes, but this may be fustrating to a beginning Java programmer. If you are a beginning Java programmer, you may want to choose a different text, but definately buy Object-Oriented Design in Java as your second book, especially if you enjoy squishing bugs!
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Summary: Excellent introduction to Java and OOP!
Review: Having last programmed in Pascal and C while still at university several years ago, this book was an excellent introduction into the object-oriented programming (OOP) methodology and the Java language, while also teaching essential HTML skills on the fly.The book is clearly written and makes extensive use of easy-to-understand examples, which are presented in a humorous, story-like way that makes the reader curious to read on. I can warmly recommend this book to novice programmers, as well as to those, whose programming skills were acquired in the era prior to OOP!
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Summary: an excellent book on OOP & JAVA
Review: I am thankful to authors for writing such an excellent book. I am new to Java and OOP. I bought few books before buying this book. But I couldn't get grip on OOP. This book was a great help for me. I will strongly recommend this book for newcomers to JAVA or OOP.
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Summary: Good introductory object-oriented textbook
Review: I am using this book as the textbook for a work study group. The book covers the OOD concepts that get applied over and over again in scalable software designs. Breadth is empahsized over depth in the discussion, and this trait works rather well as an introductory textbook. So far, the group has very high opinion of this book. One thing that I am not particularly impressed with is the writing style- the authors on occassions go into case studies that do not warrent the time spent.
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Summary: The best book I have come across so far.
Review: I have been reading Java books lately and I have bought so far 5 books on OO Java Programming and this book have examples of real life that makes one understand the comcepts very easy. It is a good book for Java beginers. You have to understand the Java Concepts first before you understand the language and this is the book that simplifies the concepts.
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