Ian, Hal Helms highly recommends an O'Reilley Book "Head First Java".
In addition as you are interested froma CF perspective, I highly recommend you take a look at the Mach II framework. http://www.mach-ii.com/. There are sample apps there that will help you with using CFC's. Hth. Kind Regards - Mike Brunt Original Message ----------------------- Ok, I have about 20 years of experience in procedural design and programming. I now have my first real world application that looks ripe for using an object orientated CFC approach. But I don't really know where to begin. How do I design/model/flow chart my CFC's/Objects/Functionality? What replaces the old fashioned Flow Chart of a procedurally focused project? Where can I find a good tutorial/lesson/explanation of how to do this? I'm getting a little bewildered by the amount of information I'm getting from basic Google searches, particularly since I'm not really sure what I should be searching for, UML/OAD/OOD/??? Also, I'm having trouble finding any good, introductory, how to information. I get lots of information on why object orientated approach is so good, but little to none on how to actually do the design. At the other end of the spectrum I find all these tools to help you, but little explanation on what to do with the tools once you have one. Call me an old kook but I prefer to know how to do something by hand before I get the fancy power tool that does it for you, black boxes are fine and dandy until they don't actually meet your needs, then your left high and dry when all you have is a fancy router (the woodworking one, not the computer network kind) and you really just need a chisel. So if somebody could give me some good links for any tutorials/lessons/how to material (books would be good to, but who can really afford to buy a book for every topic one needs to keep up on these days), I would be most appreciative. Something along the lines of "we are now going to design the 'Super Hello World Application' using XYZ object development mythology, here are the step by step instructions that we followed to do so" would be awesome. Thanks, -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource Sacramento, CA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
