Ask HN: Are there any courses/course materials that teach oop concepts well?

OOP in it self isn't that hard to wrap your head around.

The tough part is the patterns that are used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Patterns

Go buy that book and learn to read and understand enough c++ and small talk to read it cover to cover OR find examples in your favorite language.

This book is a trap, because it will take you a while to get out of the mindset of being "pattern happy" (maybe). There is plenty of material to follow up with afterwards to learn the downsides of each pattern, and when not to use them.

I used to teach this Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) course[1] but it's still being offered. It runs 10 weeks but is geared towards continuing education students who work full-time.

The course website doesn't give much details so feel free to view my website[2] that details the course syllabus so you know exactly what you will be learning including UML, GRASP, Design Patterns, OO Metrics and more.

[1] https://ce.uci.edu/courses/sectiondetail.aspx?year=2017&term...

[2] https://www.amarkota.com/portfolio/uci

If know a language like C++/Java/C#/JavaScript/etc, then try building a simple app without using any of the following constructs:

    if, while, for, foreach, do, goto, and switch. 

Also, don't expose any instance variables or use setters, and try to limit the use of assignment statements to constructors only.

Implementing something as simple as a FizzBuzz solution under those constraints will be enough to understand OOP.

From my research so far, here is what I have found...

the main topics that one should learn are: * some tidbit of history on why oop * fundamental object oriented concepts: inheritance, encapsulation, and interfaces * network of objects and their restricted interactions

* modeling a domain using objects * documenting objects and their interactions * how are objects represented in memory * SOLID principles * solutions (design patterns) to common problems * concurrent design and thread safety in oop designs * tools in oop design (CRC cards, UML, etc.) * actually making projects and laying out the code in an implementation language.

Here are some books I seem to like so far.

books:

Holger Gast - How to Use Objects: Code and Concepts (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321995546) This book seems to be what I was looking for. It has an integrated practical approach using the Eclipse source code as examples for various object oriented concepts. I have cross-checked various sources and it seems like this book covers all relevant concepts including SOLID principles.

Bertrand Meyer - Object-Oriented Software Construction https://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Software-Construction... This seems to be a great reference. However, I haven't looked too thoroughly into it. I found a nice quote though.

  "Today, no one will call security if one of the cocktail guests 
  declares object-oriented tastes. This is the buzzword effect, which 
  has been dubbed mOOzak: the omnipresence, in the computer press, of 
  O-O this and O-O that, causing a general dilution of the concepts. 
  The words flow so continuously from the loudspeakers — object, 
  class, polymorphism... — as to seem familiar, but are the concepts 
  widely understood? Often not." (29.1)

only found one course that I would probably refer to... courses: https://web.stanford.edu/class/archive/cs/cs108/cs108.1092 This has great course notes and projects to implement using object oriented programming.

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