Where Do We Go From Here?

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Where Do We Go From Here?

• Jim Fawcett
• CSE687 Object Oriented Design
• Spring 2003

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C in Depth

• The C Programming Language, 3rd Edition, Bjarne
  Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1997
• Complete and accurate
• The C Standard Library, Nicolai Josuttis,
  Addison-Wesley,1999
• Very readable, and fairly complete.
• Some of the examples are over-simplified.
• C Gotchas, Stephen Dewhurst, Addison-Wesley,
  2003
• 99 items that describe common errors and correct
  methods
• Effective STL, Scott Meyers, Addison-Wesley, 2001
• 50 items that describe common errors and correct
  methods
• Exceptional C, Herb Sutter, Addison-Wesley,
  2000
• 47 items that describe common errors and correct
  methods.

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Gentler C

• Accelerated C, Andrew Koenig and Barbara Moo,
  Addison-Wesley, 2000
• Starts with the STL and procedural programming.
• Builds up to classes, class relationships, and
  polymorphism.
• C Primer Plus, Third Edition, Stephen Prata,
  Waite Group, 1998
• Large, thorough coverage of the C Language with
  lots of small examples.

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Object Oriented Design

• Design Patterns, Erich Gamma, et. al.,
  Addison-Wesley, 1995
• This wonderful book is the text we use in the
  summer course of that name. You have to write
  software using the patterns to understand in
  detail what the book is saying, but well worth
  reading even if you dont follow my advice.
• CSE776 - Design Patterns Course
• Presentations and discussions of 23 patterns from
  the book and half a dozen from other places.
• A relaxed, reflective look at OOD, with an
  orientation toward C

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Is it Worthwhile to Study C Further?

• C is the system programming language for the
  foreseeable future.
• Standards work, focused on the library, may
  provide more platform tools like threading,
  directory support, and smart pointers.
• C and the .Net Framework are the best
  language/library/runtime combination available.
• Usability is excellent for beginners as well as
  experts
• Intellisense and object browser are terrific
  tools
• Best integrated over the desktop and server
  platforms
• Becoming available on non-Wintel platforms
• Mono, GNUdotNet
• Java and J2EE have a large installed base but
• My personal opinion is that Sun no longer has the
  financial muscle to vigorously support the Java
  infrastructure.
• They have continually refused to surrender any
  control over the language and packages to a
  standards body.

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