I couldn't really get into this one. (If I am thinking of the same book, I remember it was large format, black, with legos for the cover art. I read it twice because I thought so much of OOP (and his Object Oriented Analysis work) and I thought I must be missing something. It was lent to me by a friend who was doing more full-time circles-and-arrows (read: modeling) than working in front of an image. He really liked it so I guess it just comes down to differnt styles and approaches. It didn't feel like a Patterns work at all. (The way Gang of Four, Smalltalk Companion, Beck, and Analysis Patterns all do to me -- despite their divergent writing styles.)
-----Original Message----- From: Edward P Luwish [mailto:eluwish@uswest.com] [snip]
Peter Coad's Object Oriented Programming
What do you think of his "Object Patterns" book? It expands on OO Programming into the areas of analysis and design using a single method for all three activities based on a much simpler approach than UML (i.e., more like CRC). It may be good for beginners unless it is so far off the track that it can do more harm than good. I am not experienced or knowledgeable enough to evaluate it. [/snip]
Ed
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