Head first object-oriented analysis and design

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1. JTyQZSnP3cQGa8BMar 2023
   For OOP you could have a look at the "Head First" books. Despite the stupid covers, the content is rather good and you can learn a few things.

   You have:

   - Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, and

   - Head First Design Patterns.

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2. rpedenJan 2018
   Oh wow - this is actually a really big and important question.

   The things you've listed sort of split into two separate categories: Paradigms/Architectures, and specific tools.

   I'd focus on the Paradigms and Architectures first - those are the skills that will be portable across tech stacks and will be useful for a longer period of time.

   For OOP, I actually enjoyed Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design [1]. The Head First books aren't for everyone, but I like they way they encourage you to do exercises to help reinforce what you've learned.

   For RESTful services, I found Roy Fielding's original PhD dissertation on REST[2] to be quite helpful for a conceptual overview. It's a long read, but I enjoyed it.

   For Spring and Spring Boot, I've found the official Spring guides[3] to be better than any of the books I've read. So many Spring books seem to go out of their way to try to be as long as possible. The guides, on the other hand, tend to be short and to the point.

   As for general books...the one I always circle back to is Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs[4]. I found that once you've worked through it, so many aspects of programming just make more sense. Lots of people find it a difficult book to work through, but I've found that the more times I revisit the book over the course of my career, the more helpful it is. Every time I read it I seem to have an 'aha!' moment I hadn't experienced previously.

   [1] https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Object-Oriented-Analysis-D...

   [2] https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/fielding...

   [3] https://spring.io/guides

   [4] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html

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3. stevenspasboFeb 2016
   Check out the Head First: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. It's pretty basic, but would be a good intro if you're brand new to OO.
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4. bonesingerJul 2012
   Thanks! I actually went through all the links in this thread and found quite a few books, specifically Head First Design Patterns + Head First Object Oriented Analysis & Design.

   You succinctly described my plight, "knowing the syntax but not having a deep understanding" as well.

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