CS 691J - Spring '96

Topics in Object-Oriented Technology

Suggested Books

Bertrand Meyer (1989)

Object-Oriented Software Construction
Prentice Hall, ISBN ISBN 0-13-629049-3 * Paperback.
The best book I (Enrico) know on OO technology. Describes the method and presents an early version of Eiffel (v1.7). Extermely useful also for non-Eiffel programmers.

Kim Walden, Jean-Marc Nerson (1995)

Seamless Object-Oriented Software Architecture - Analysis and Design of Reliable Systems
Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-031303-3 * Hardcover.
A discussion of analysis and design emphasizing seamlessness, reversibility and Design by Contract, and describing the BON method (Business Object Notation).

Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides (1995)

Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series, ISBN 0-201-63361-2 * Hardcover.
A collection of design patterns.

Tim Ritche (1995)

"Java!"
New Riders, ISBN 1-56205-533-X.
An introduction to the Java language.

Bertrand Meyer (1992)

Eiffel - The Language
Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-247925-7 * Paperback.
Reference manual and rationale for the Eiffel language.