The L.A Fox Developer Newsletter

November 1995

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CLASSES.PRG

by George Dvorak

Preliminary Notes:

Created by George L. Dvorak CIS 70403,732

This program creates a class listing hierarchy that

lets one visually follow the subclassing in a project.

I hope others help to generalize it and allow others

to freely use the results.

Skeleton of a program to extract VCX files from a

project by inspecting memo field Name of the

project file for the string “.vcx” and storing the file

names and locations or to be given the names of

VCX files.

Then to extract the class by filtering NOT

EMPTY(objname) AND NOT EMPTY(baseclass)

AND EMPTY(parent); the class is objname, the

parent class is class, the parent classes file is

classloc, the base class is baseclass, the class

location is this VCX file

Savannah’s List.... (Con't from page 3)

was the book on which much of Nantucket’s material

on modular programming was based. Source code

examples are written in Elifel.

Mullin, Mark. “Rapid Prototyping for Object-

Oriented Systems.” Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-

55024-5

Explains the principles of this design methodology by

walking the reader through the generation of an

actual prototype. Discusses the needs of the client

and client-program interaction, as well as actual

system features. Language examples are in

Smalltalk.

Pinson, Lewis J. and Wiener, Richard S. “An

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and

Smalltalk.” Addison-Wesley. ISBN 020119127

Explains the principles of object orientation in the

context of the Smalltalk language. Covers Smalltalk

classes, both fundamental and advanced.

Rumbaugh, James; Blaha, Michael; Premerlani,

William; Eddy, Frederick; and Loerensen, William.

“Object-Oriented Modeling and Design.” Prentice

Hall. ISBN 0-13-629841-9

Describes the authors’ Object Modeling Technique

notation. A somewhat academic tone, but includes

three case studies.

Taylor, David A. "Object-Oriented Technology: A

Manager’s Guide.” Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-

56358-4

A guide to object orientation for everyone from

managers to developers. Very easy to read, with

great illustrations. An ideal book for anyone looking

for simple, clear explanations of basic concepts, and

especially useful for those who have to convince

others of the technology’s merits.

Taylor, David A. “Object-Oriented Information

Systems.” Wiley. ISBN 0-471-54364-0

Clear and easy to read. Explains how to plan and

implement object-oriented systems, and includes a

series of real-world case studies.

Taylor, David A. “Business Engineering with

Object Technology.” Wiley. ISBN 0-471-04521-7

Written in Taylor’s usual easy-to-read style, this book

explains how object technology can be used to aid in

business reengineering projects. The book suggests

that classes be created not for particular applica-

tions, but to model the business as a whole. A good

introduction to a subject that is receiving more and

more attention.

Tkachk, Daniel and Puttlck, Richard. “Object

Technology in Application Development.”

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