Object Models: Strategies, Patterns, and Applications

I have struggled a bit with Peter Coad. Nonetheless, I always felt that I would get to grips with his somewhat unusual style and that it would be worth the effort. Indeed it has been! This book was well ahead of its time in terms of its approach to OO design. Chapter 7 presents 148 strategies that guide you in your design effort. It also has a number of analysis patterns which are very useful. Personally, I had no problem with the notation he used, in fact, I found it more intuitive that UML. The material in this book is refined in Streamlined Object Modelling (Nicola, et al) and Java Design (Coad, et al) but this is it's starting point.

The strategies and patterns mentioned in the book are really helpful. They improve the object think. The examples explain the author's point of view clearly. This book complements other books in OOAD and patterns by Craig Larmen, GoF, Martin Fowler etc. One interesting point is that the author shows how same strategy or pattern helps in design in various problems. Most of the books do not show this. For beginners, it is often difficult to grasp a strategy or pattern with just one example. One drawback is it uses UML notation very less. But Coad notation is simple and we can easily grasp to understand the diagrams in the book. If you want to learn from solid examples, this is a good choice. If you are very new to OOAD, this is NOT the one you can start with.

The strategies and patterns mentioned in the book are really helpful. They improve the object think. The examples explain the author's point of view clearly. This book complements other books in OOAD and patterns by Craig Larmen, GoF, Martin Fowler etc. One interesting point is that the author shows how same strategy or pattern helps in design in various problems. Many authors do not do this. For beginners, it is often difficult to grasp a strategy or pattern with just one example. One drawback is it uses UML notation very less. But Coad notation is simple and we can easily grasp to understand the diagrams in the book. If you want to learn from solid examples, this is a good choice. If you are very new to OOAD, this is not the one to start with.

It's 5.41 a.m. I did not sleep last night I was so jazzed after reading 45 pages of 'Object Models: Strategies, Patterns, & Applications'.This book outlines a methodology that it also *shows* working -- and working in real-world applications. Definitely something for every object-oriented programmer's reference library.

This book is a big hit -- a very valuable asset for anybody doing object-oriented development. I really like the new strategies and notation, especially for scenarios. The work on scenarios is extremely valuable. The business and real-time applications really help developers learn how to object model. Very cool!