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From: jimb@athertn.Atherton.COM (Jim Burke)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Object-Oriented Reading List
Keywords: object-oriented, references
Message-ID: <11801@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 19 Aug 89 20:19:46 GMT
References: <530@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: jimb@athertn.UUCP (Jim Burke)
Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <530@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard) writes:

>		Object-Oriented Requirements Analysis

>There are a number of publicly available courses on object-oriented
>requirements analysis. Since the technology is still new, these
>courses present many differing viewpoints and approaches.  There is,
>however, one book on the topic:

>[Shlaer and Mellor, 1988]. S. Shlaer and S.J. Mellor, Object-Oriented
>Systems Analysis: Modeling the World In Data, Yourdon Press:
>Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1988.

Just a note, or semi-review, on the above book.  As Edward Berard says 
above, there are few books on OO analysis.  I have the above mentioned 
book and I was rather disappointed.  The book did not get to what I would
consider the meat of the OO paradigm.  My personal opinion is that the
book appeared to be a repackaging of the Structured Analysis and Design
book previously published by Yourdon, but with OO buzz words instead.
I don't mean to be unkind, its just that there is a great need for books
and articles that address the fundamental differences between thinking in
oo terms as opposed to tradition structured design thinking.  Brad Cox's
book went much further in expressing the oo mind-set to the reader 
than did the OO systems analysis book mentioned above.  Of course, Cox's
book has its shortcommings as well since he tends to look at the world
as one big smalltalk and/or Objective-C environment.  Still, I am hoping
for better, more in depth books on oo design and analysis than the one
mentioned above.   OO is old enough now for better books, methodologies,
and case tools.  Where are they?


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