Hal; I just thought I would chime in and say that Discovering CFCs is really a great book, packed with information, and reading it cleared up a lot of my OO questions. It is at the top of my list when it comes to recommended reading.
Another book I am really impressed with is 'Object Oriented Programming with Actionscript' by Branden Hall and Samuel Wan. Despite the title, the book is about a software design priniciples, not Flash, and it is written for the developer looking to learn OO. Mr. Hall and Mr. Wan focus on objects and design patterns in a way that really makes things concrete. It would help if you are able to do the Flash exercises, but there is a lot of value in just reading the authors thoughts (also, Actionscript is very much related to javascript - the enterprising developer would just port the code to practice the principles). The book I am pouring over right now is The Unified Modelling Language User Guide, by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson, and it is surprisingly accessible reading. M -----Original Message----- From: Hal Helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Good News: (was RE: Mach II 1.0 ) As far as books go, Discovering CFCs gives a basic intro on OOAD and CFCs. I teach classes in OOAD with CFCs. But while those are specific to CFCs, there's a great deal of info on OO on the web and in a great number of books. It can be confusing assimilating it all, which is one reason I so strongly encourage CFers to begin the process of learning OO now rather than wait until a need is apparent. OO is not one of those things you pick up in 24 hours, no matter what some books may suggest. Hal Helms "Java for CF Programmers" class in Las Vegas, August 18-22 www.halhelms.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
