Message from Dean - May 8th 2007

I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781590599099
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
ISBN: 1590599098
Label: APRESS
Manufacturer: APRESS
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 487
Publication Date: January 01, 2008
Publisher: APRESS
Studio: APRESS

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Rating: - Its a must have
I went from Agnostic to Convert in one easily understood book. I have gone from being a competent procedural programmer who dabbled in objects, to being a staunch advocate of PHP objects and patterns.

If you don't quite get what the OOP fuss is about, read this book and you won't look back. You'll start every sentence with "code to an interface, not an implementation"

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Rating: - Every php developer should get a copy
As hinted in the title, this near 500 page tome is split into three parts: objects, patterns and [best] practice.
The section on objects covers the basics and then the advanced features of object oriented facilities in PHP and tools such as namespaces, autoloading and the reflection classes along with design basics, class scope, encapsulation, polymorphism and some UML.
The patterns section is obviously inspired by "The Gang of Four" (Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides) and covers what design patterns are, enterprise patterns, database patterns and also the basic patterns such as the factory, fascade, decorator and composite patterns along with a few more. This section is far from comprehensive, but is a good start. (If Patterns do interest you, and they should, have a look at patternsforphp.com)
The last section, focuses on PEAR (including writing your own packages and setting up your own PEAR channel), phpDocumentor, unit testing with phpUnit, ... Read More

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Rating: - Excellent book, finally an OOP book for programmers.
My programming background stems from procedural languages (xBase, clipper etc) popular in the late eighties. With Clipper 5 I had danced briefly with objects but likened them purely to a prettier way of dealing with big data structures.

Hey, I get a mention in the first chapter!

Well, not me personally, but my type of programmer. Better yet, it wasn't preceeded by the word "dinosaur".

Instead, I was told, and then shown, how OOP is far more than just a tidy way of handling arrays. And I was shown this with nice, short, stubby examples.

Best of all, the author recognised that OOP may not suit all requirements, and indeed, decent systems can be written without it. This is by no means a "Yah boo" text unlike a lot of the online OOP guides you may have read.

I haven't finished this book yet, but already it has far exceeded my expectations. I am an experienced programmer, but pretty much new to proper oop, so was looking for a book ... Read More

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Rating: - An excellent book
This book is an excellent bible on how to write PHP software well. It explains all the things you thought you knew, but didn't. This is not a beginners book - the first (and simplest) chapter begins with a discussion on OOP throughout recent versions of PHP! For someone who thinks they are pretty good already, this is a great sidekick.

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