On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Daniel Kolbo <kolb0057@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello PHPers, > > I've been doing the programming thing for about 10 years now: amateur > side gigs turned into ten years pretty fast. I think i have a fairly > strong sense of object oriented design, data modeling, etc... However, > sometimes I wish I had a stronger academic understanding of the design / > planning phase of new systems. Then I could be absolutely certain my > design is correct before investing mega $ and time into the > implementation phase. I think I'd save myself a lot of time and > frustration if I could improve my designs before I started > coding...obvious right? > > Well, i've read the wikis, the forums, the blogs, etc... I think i need > a text book. I'm looking for an OO design methodology recommendations > which focuses on churning out reuseable / flexible deliverables. > > I'm not afraid of getting all academic about it either. It is about > time I really got down into the nitty gritty of "proper" OO design methods. > > I'd appreciate any recommendations as for improving my OO design > approach/methodology. > > Thanks, > dK > ` > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > *Nice books for all skill levels, but not focused on PHP (still applicable) :* * * http://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Object-Oriented-Analysis-Design/dp/0596008678/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270428919&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/First-Design-Patterns-Elisabeth-Freeman/dp/0596007124/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270428919&sr=8-3 *Nice PHP-specific books (very practical):* * * http://www.amazon.com/PHP-Action-Objects-Design-Agility/dp/1932394753/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270429041&sr=1-24 http://www.amazon.com/Pro-PHP-Patterns-Frameworks-Testing/dp/1590598199/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270429041&sr=1-17 *More Academic*: http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Enterprise-Application-Architecture-Martin/dp/0321127420/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270429181&sr=1-1 *Functional Bliss (now PHP 5.3 offers more functional programming capabilities, so it's nice to see how other languages leverage the paradigm ;):* http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Common-Lisp-Peter-Seibel/dp/1590592395/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270429493&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Erlang-Software-Concurrent-World/dp/193435600X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270429533&sr=1-2 There are others, but I limited my suggestions to books I own. Adam -- Nephtali: PHP web framework that functions beautifully http://nephtaliproject.com
