Explore the fundamental concepts behind modern, object-oriented software design best practices. Learn how to work with UML to approach software development more efficiently.
In this book, instructor Károly Nyisztor helps to familiarize you with the fundamentals of object-oriented design and analysis. He introduces each concept using simple terms, avoiding confusing jargon. He focuses on the practical application, using hands-on examples you can use for reference and practice.
Throughout the book, Károly walks you through several examples to familiarize yourself with software design and UML. Plus, he walks you through a case study to review all the steps of designing a real software system from start to finish.
Topics include:
- Understanding software development methodologies
- Choosing the right methodology: Waterfall vs. Agile
- Learning fundamental object-orientation concepts: Abstraction, Polymorphism and more
- Collecting requirements
- Mapping requirements to technical descriptions
- Understanding the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Creating use case, class, sequence, activity, and state diagrams
- Designing a Note-Taking App from scratch
You will acquire professional and technical skills together with an understanding of object-orientation principles and concepts.
After completing this book, you'll be able to understand the inner workings of object-oriented software systems. You will communicate easily and effectively with other developers using object-orientation terms and UML diagrams.
About the Author
Károly Nyisztor is a veteran software engineer and instructor.
He has worked with large companies such as Apple, Siemens, and SAP. Károly has designed and built several enterprise frameworks, and he holds twelve patents related to inventions in the field of mobile computing.
After 18 years, he left the corporate world to start his own business. Since 2016, he's fully committed to teaching. As an instructor, he aims to share his 20+ years of software development expertise. Károly teaches:
- Software Architecture,
- Object-Oriented Programming and Design
- Swift and iOS Programming,
- and other, programming-related topics
You can find Károly Nyisztor's courses and books on all major platforms including Amazon, Lynda, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, Udemy, and iTunes.
