I'm looking for some good quality OO books, if any exist for VB .Net, that'd be awesome.
Have you read anything that you would recommend?
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I've always liked the Deitel and Deitel books. For a VB specific one I would check out Visual Basic 2008: How to Program:
http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Basic-2008-Program-Deitel/dp/013605305X
Jason Down
2009-05-21 12:13:42
I've read that book, it's definitely worth reading to learn VB2008, but not to learn OOP, IMHO.
Moayad Mardini
2009-05-21 12:29:50
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I learned OO from scratch with Booch, found it very clear and helpful.
John Pirie
2009-05-21 12:13:43
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Beginning Object-Oriented Programming with VB 2005: From Novice to Professional by Apress is a very good book. Actually had it sitting right here on my desk when I saw this question. You may be able to find a more up to date edition.
TheTXI
2009-05-21 12:17:21
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"Object-oriented software construction" from author Bertrand Meyer. It is the creator of the language Eiffel. It is not really bound to eiffel but a great source for object orientation
Norbert Hartl
2009-05-21 12:20:22
yes - THE book about the concepts of object orientation. It really improved my understanding of the underlying concpts!
Tobias Langner
2009-06-03 12:51:35
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UML Distilled by Martin Fowler - I agree this is a UML book but it should give an excellent explanation of OO core concepts. IMHO this is a must read for anybody aspiring to learn OO.
AB Kolan
2009-05-21 12:22:32
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Robert Martin's "Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices" is an excellent book, although unfortunately, like other good books recommended in other answers, it does not use VB.NET (it uses C++ and Java).
Alex Martelli
2009-05-21 14:46:41
MarkJ
2010-08-02 16:40:21
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Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers. You would think it's a book on unit-testing, but in fact it's a book on OOD.
zvolkov
2009-06-03 14:59:27