Chapter 14. On to Object Design

 

I do not like this word 'bomb.' It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding.

 
 --Ambassador Jacques le Blanc on nuclear 'weapons'

Objectives

  • Understand dynamic and static object design modeling.

  • Try agile modeling, or a UML CASE tool for drawing.

Introduction

How do developers design objects? Here are three ways:

  1. Code. Design-while-coding (Java, C#, ...), ideally with power tools such as refactorings. From mental model to code.

  2. Draw, then code. Drawing some UML on a whiteboard or UML CASE tool, then switching to #1 with a text-strong IDE (e.g., Eclipse or Visual Studio).

  3. Only draw. Somehow, the tool generates everything from diagrams. Many a dead tool vendor has washed onto the shores of this steep island. “Only ...

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