Three Object-Oriented Programming Books Worth Reading
A friend asked me to name my top three object-oriented programming books. I found this a little bit difficult to answer. It wasn’t a matter of narrowing down a large…
A late-night rant about OOP and parametric dispatch
Update: this post was the product of an exhausted mind, and as such it misused terms, wasn’t well backed-up, and was generally incoherent. I’m withdrawing it until such time as…
Dave Copeland on Escaping String-Typing
The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information. — Alan Perlis Here’s…
David west on classes
Classes are not essential to object thinking, merely a convenience. David West
Decoration is best, except when it isn’t
I think by now we all know to prefer composition over inheritance. But in a language with a lot of options, what’s the best kind of composition to use? Composing…
End your OOP Confusion with the Design Pattern Classifier
The Ruby community has seen a renaissance of interest in classic Object-Oriented thinking lately. We’re talking about Presenters, and DCI, and Data Objects. But with these new discussions come new problems. Namely:…
Object Oriented Programming Books
A few people have asked for recommendations of good foundational Object Oriented Programming texts. The truth is I’m kind of behind on my formal OOP reading, and some of the early texts I…