Design patterns will just confuse the issue. If you come from a non-OO background (just like me) and want to know what all this OO stuff is about you might want to take a look at the following: http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/good-bad-oop.html http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/hero-or-heretic.html http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/oop-for-heretics.html http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/what-is-oop.html http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/databaseobjects.html http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/databaseobjects2.html I wrote these for the simple reason that, just like you, I found too many articles with lots of theory but no substance. Unfortunately too many of these theories conflicted with my past experience, so I chose to ignore most of them, and achieved far better results. You can download my sample application from http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/sample-application.html which provides a working implementation which you can study at your leisure. -- Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.net http://www.radicore.org ""Nathan Nobbe"" <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7dd2dc0b0707250839j4d43272boea44f0ccf5fe6148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > eric is exactly right; design patterns are key; and so is that book ;) > > -nathan > > On 7/25/07, Eric Butera <eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 7/25/07, Suporte - DPRJ Sistemas <suporte@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hello! >> > >> > Is there anyone here interested in teaching (lond distance, off course) >> OOP? >> > >> > I would like to learn how to use objects (I have been working all my >> life using structured language). All the books I have tried just "talk" >> about theory not practical issues. >> > >> > I intend to pay for the classes. >> > >> > Thank you >> > >> > Deleo >> > >> >> Do yourself a favor and read up on "design patterns." I think that >> they go hand in hand alonside learning OOP. The reason I say this is >> because people can talk about encapsulation and polymorphism all day >> long, but until I see some concrete examples with real world >> implementations it won't stick in my head. >> >> I really enjoy this book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/hfdesignpat/ >> It is for Java, but the idea behind patterns is that they are ways of >> doing things and not syntax. This means that you aren't really tied >> to any given language because once you know how to build a factory you >> just implement the best way you can given the structure of the >> language. >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
