Can anyone suggest good books like Craig Larman for OOAD?

Question

Hi, I am looking for good books like:

Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development

which should not focus too much on UML notations but on how to analysis and design software in general.

Any recommendations?

Answer 1

The best book by far for learning OO is this one:

Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities and Collaborations (Addison-Wesley Object Technologiey Series) (Paperback) by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock (Author), Alan McKean (Author) ISBN-10: 0201379430

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Object-Design-Responsibilities-Collaborations-Addison-Wesley/dp/0201379430/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256898821&sr=8-1

A lot of the OOAD books out there are quite old and don't take account of agile thinking.

By contrast, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock's ideas on OOAD have had a lot of influence on how extreme programming design developed. This is about design thinking, not how to draw pretty diagrams.

Read a good patterns book. If you're happy with C++ (ha!) you could read the bestseller -

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Hardcover) ~ Erich Gamma (Author), Richard Helm (Author), Ralph Johnson (Author), John M. Vlissides (Author), ISBN-10: 0201633612

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-patterns-elements-reusable-object-oriented/dp/0201633612/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256899180&sr=8-1

... but if you're a Java or C# guy it's probably more useful to read one of Steve Metsker's books - either Design Patterns in Java or Desgin Patterns in C#:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Patterns-Java-Software/dp/0321333020/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256899254&sr=1-1

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Patterns-C-Workbook-Software/dp/0321126971/ref=sr%5F1%5F2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256899277&sr=1-2

I've used Steve Metsker's Design Patterns in Java to help introduce some Microsoft technology guys to working in Java and it was very practical and readable.