Re: UML/OO/Design Pattern book recommendations?

On 8/17/05 11:08 AM, "Alex Gemmell" <agemmell@gmail.com> wrote: > Blimey! I'm not a regular to these lists so I certainly didn't expect > replies from two names I recognise and respect from my years of > trawling the internet for valuable PHP and CSS information! :) > The books you both recommend look like exactly what I am after, with > the slight caveat that I am actually using PHP4 at work and these > books seem to focus on PHP5. I appreciate the real improvements PHP5 > has over PHP4 with regards to OO but I have been a little hesitant to > make the leap. Perhaps now I will do so. I really think you ought to take a look at PHP 5 -- I used it for my latest project (I'll admit that I only did so because the project was an experiment and I had nothing to lose, but I'm happy I did anyway) and it made a big difference, well beyond the OOP stuff. Incidentally, Jason's book on Design Patterns covers *both* PHP 4 and PHP 5 (when appropriate, there is code for both versions, and the differences in implementations are explained). > I've also been toying with a subscription to PHP Architect since it > first came out. It felt a bit to advanced for me back then but maybe > now I'm ready for it. Congrats Marco - I think you've bagged a new > subscriber! Thanks :) Cheers, Marco