Resource materials

Resource materials for 427

This is a list of some of the books relevant to this course. It may evolve as the course progresses.

Books

Unfortunately, not all of these are available in the physical sciences [[1]]. Wals library contains some of the missing ones.

Currently, few of these books are on reserve. If contention becomes a problem, we will change them to 3 day loan.

Book page	Title	Synopsis	Library
Alan Davis 1995	201 principles of software development,	A long list of principles, more about software engineering than design, but overlapping Cosc427.	PSL
Arthur Riel 1996	Object-oriented design heuristics	A list of rules to guide OO design.	PSL, Wal
Bruce Eckel 2002	Thinking in Java, 3rd Ed	Excellent general Java book, with some idioms	on-line
Gang Of Four 1995	Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software	The original design patterns book.	PSL, Wal
Kent Beck 2003	Test-driven Development: By Example	Guide how to use unit tests to elicit requirements and improve designs	PSL
Martin Fowler 1997	Analysis patterns : reusable object models	This book applies the patterns approach to analysis.	PSL, Wal
Martin Fowler 1999	Refactoring : improving the design of existing code	Guidance for improving the design of working systems.	PSL, Wal
Martin Fowler 2003	Patterns of enterprise application architecture	Architectural patterns emphasising relational DBs & web interfaces	PSL
Party Of Five1996	Pattern-oriented software architecture : a system of patterns,	This book broadens the scope of patterns to architectural patterns.	PSL, Wal
William Brown 1998	Antipatterns : refactoring software, architectures, and projects in crisis	Common pitfalls, and their solutions.	PSL
Martin Fowler 2004	UML distilled : a brief guide to the standard object modeling language, 3rd ed.	Easy to read intro to UML, if you're rusty.	PSL, Wal
Peter Coad 1995	Object models : strategies, patterns, and applications	Notable for the strategies that offer guidance on how to approach OO development.	PSL
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock 1990	Designing object-oriented software	Classic introductory OO text, if your OO background has holes in it.	PSL

Work in progress...

|| CayHorstmann2002. || Object-oriented design & patterns || Introductory OO and patterns book, with some insights on low-level design issues, such as the use of equals() in the presence of inheritance. || Wal ||
|| PlopOne1995 || Pattern languages of program design || First patterns conference || PSL ||
|| RobertCecilMartin2003 || UML for Java programmers || Good, readable, opinionated introductory UML book.  Notable for discussion of OOD principles. (See Bob Martin's web site too.) || PSL, Wal ||
|| MitchellAndMcKim2002 || Design by contract, by example || This is a good intro to DBC, if you don't mind reading Eiffel code examples. || Wal ||
|| ShallowayAndTrott2002 || Design patterns explained || A gentler variant of the GoF book. || Wal ||
|| RichardGabriel1996 || Patterns of software || Deep thoughts about the patterns movement. || Wal ||
|| SteveMcConnell2004 || Code complete, 2nd ed || Distilled wisdom about software engineering, with an OO programming emphasis. || Wal ||
|| ChristopherAlexander2002 || The nature of order || A new religion. || Central ||
|| JamesCopelien2004 || Organizational patterns of agile software development || The organizational patterns book || On-line ||
|| RobertPirsig1974 || Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance || . || On-line ||

Papers

|| Paper || Title || Synopsis || Library ||
|| JohnsonAndFoote1988 || Designing reusable classes, || Important early paper on OOD. || PSL ||
|| KenAuer1995 || Reusability through self-encapsulation, || A pattern language for encapsulation. || PSL ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1996a || The Open Closed Principle || Claims OCP is most important principle || ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1996b || Granularity || Defines several package principles || ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1996c || The Dependency Inversion Principle || Low level classes should depend on high level classes || ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1996d || The Interface Segregation Principle || One perspective on cohesion || ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1996e || The Liskov Substitution Principle || Better articulation of Liskov's law ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1997a || Stability || Dependencies should follow stability || ||
|| RobertCecilMartin1997b || Design Patterns for Dealing with Dual Inheritance Hierarchies in C++ || || ||

Web pages

* [Cunningham's wiki, a.k.a. The Portland Pattern Repository].
* [Martin’s OO principles].
* [Fowler’s blicki].
* [Hillside Group].
* [Coplien’s pattern overview].
* [[2]]
* [[3]]
* [software engineering course]
* [McConnell's page]

Local

* BruceEckel2002
* BruceEckel2003
* [doc]
* [javadoc]
* [6.1 user guide]
* [API]

Lecture notes

* attachment:314Lectures.pdf