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 | | Foundations of Object-Oriented Programming Using .NET 2.0 Patterns (Foundations) by Christian Gross ISBN-10: 9781590595404 ISBN-10: 1-59059-540-8 ISBN-13: 9781590595404 ISBN-13: 978-1-59059-540-4 Paperback 2005-10-13 Apress Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Foundations of Object-Oriented Programming Using .NET 2.0 Patterns solves the object-oriented and pattern-programming problem by mixing the two&emdash;the book teaches object-oriented concepts using patterns, or a solutions-based approach. The book's material is organized around tasks and patterns, and illustrated through development problems and solutions that include persistence, code efficiency, and good design. This book is of special interest to those who want to learn how to use .NET 2.0 Generics in conjunction with patterns. This unique book is based on the author's lectures, and the information unfolds in a practical manner. | ||
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The book needed an Editor I purchased this book "used" - received it in the mail today. I payed a fraction of the published price - however, I have to say, I am having a huge reaction of repulsion to this book - regardless of the price. I have a few years of .Net Coding, and decades of programming experience. I know enough to realize that there are some really beginning things in this book, and some concepts that are just a bit past a beginner. I find the writing style irratic and irritating. It could be that part of the problem is that the publisher did not put the authors paragraphs through an Editorial team and make the author keep his style clear and simple. (A technical reviewer would not do that) The Editorial team would make sure that the English states a theme and stays on topic to a point of clarity that really seems to be missing in what I have seen so far. If there was an Editorial team, they missed the boat - a book should never have gone to print this bad. Only one other technical book has ever created such a strong repulsion before and that was over 10 years ago. That older book sounded like they were too full of themselves - I cannot point to that in this - at least so far it just seems to be extremely irratic in its presentation to the point that I find it terribly annoying. I am not even sure that the hoped for "Pattern's"(e.g Gang of Four) will be fully developed in what I have seen so far. My reaction to the writing was enough to want to post a review to warn others. The book so far is really a dissapointment. I am having a hard time trying to read this for any value due to my reaction to the writing style. Clarity and simplicity of style are not in what I have seen so far. Simply awful. | ||
Source code organization is a joke I consider myself an intermediate. None of the concepts I've read in this book so far are foreign but I'm sick and tired of books like this being thrown together. I haven't gotten through the book yet but I will not give this or any other book a better rating until there is at least documentation of how to source is thrown together. Having said that, could I sit here and figure everything out. Sure I could but that's not the point. I bought the book to learn and get a different perspective. For me, looking and stepping through examples is how I learn. The author admits the source is horribly organized. What just baffles me is here's the text in the changelog.txt: "Initial release where source code is functional, but not organized. To get an understanding of what the source code is doing look at the book: Foundations of Object Oriented Programming using .NET 2.0 Patterns published by Apress. In the future I will work on making the source code more organized. It also depends on the demands of the readers and clients." With VS 2005 there simply is no excuse for any author not to be able to package a fully functioning solution or solutions to where the user extracts it and it builds. Well there is one excuse and it's laziness. The txt file above only confirms whoever put this together is lazy. come on it's not organized great but if people complain maybe we'll do better. Pitiful. Having said that the content of the book could be good but for me I paid the fee for the book to read and learn through examples not figure out somebody elses mess. For those who can comprehend code without ever wanting or needing to put it in the IDE and step through, look at variable states etc, then this probably won't apply to you. I for one demand apress or this author at least extend the courtesy to their customers to at least post documentation as to how to set up the code to where it will at least compile without us trying to weave through the authors tangled mess. | ||
This is a "Foundation" book I was hoping for more C# tips then just plain OO methodologies. This is simply a book to teach you object oriented programming, and the code they use in their examples is C#. If you are just learning OO and wanted to do it in C# then this book would be fine. | ||
Code samples are not orgnized at all, need help ??????????? This book is good, however its code samples are not orgnized. Many of my classmates do not know how get the code run by chapter. We hope the book author be helpfull on this issue, at least post some guidence. ?????????????????????????????????????????????? | ||
Well Written I totally disagree with 'E. Makepeace "Ewan"'. But there's always at least one hater in the group, who hates just to hate. I've been searching for a book like this for a long time; one that is C# flavor that not only defines patterns, but explains how and why to use them. My schooling focused on OOP concepts but never touched on patterns. The author supplies many good examples and explains concepts in an easy to understand manner. Highly recommended... | ||