Beginning Object-Oriented Analysis & Design with C++

Beginning Object-Oriented Analysis and Design is about planning and designing a software product or project in a practical way, before getting involved with writing code.This is a tutorial book, based on a standard method of Object-Oriented Analysis & Design: the methodology found in Rational's 'Objectory' product. Using these techniques, a programmer can develop a concrete blueprint or model of their software using the standard modeling language, UML. From the UML model, the programmer can successfully code the objects described. This can be done in any OO-capable language, although C++ is used by the Author.

What's Great About this Book?

It goes beyond the methodology and the modeling language, and talks about the entire process of professional software development. This is not a methodologist's book, it's for programmers in the real world. Beginning Object-Oriented Analysis and Design is written in a straightforward manner that should be readily accessible to anyone developing software. If you are not a programmer, you can safely ignore the code examples and focus on the process and the notation.
The book teaches how software is conceived, how you build a requirements document, how to make the 'build or buy' decisions, how to organize your software development, and how to deliver high-quality software on time and on budget. In addition, you'll learn how to be effective in your use of inheritance, polymorphism, and encapsulation, and how templates, exceptions and other advanced concepts can be harnessed in support of your project. Finally, the book describes how to use tools both to facilitate your design and to create and test your software.

Who is this Book for?

• Programmers and developers in all OO languages.
• Software managers, marketing managers and others who are responsible for the development of software, and who must work with programmers and understand what they do.
• Novice users of Rational Rose and similar UML compliant tools.

Who is the Author?

Jesse Liberty is a world renowned author of C++ books, and also runs his own development consultancy company, Liberty Associates, which provides training, consulting and contract programming in C++ and object-oriented development. Jesse is the Author of Clouds to Code, a best-selling modeling book.