OO Programming Tutorial

Special thanks to Gilbert Benabou for taking to time to compile the first printable version of this document and inspiring us to provide it.

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Index

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Motivation for OO
The OO Paradigm
Visualizing Program Execution
Naming Conventions
The Object Model
Abstraction and Identity
Messaging
Encapsulation and Modularity
Hierarchy
Typing
Concurrency and Persistence
OO Development Process
OO Analysis Techniques
Pitfalls in OO Analysis
UML Notation
CRC Cards
Class Relationships
Aggregation
Inheritance
Other Class Relationships
Instantiation
Polymorphism
Review: The Big Ideas of the Object Model
The Quality of Classes and OO Design