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Practical Object-oriented Design in Ruby is a great read with a lot of advice on approaching design problems, approaching refactoring and thinking about how to

Practical Object-oriented Design in Ruby is a great read with a lot of advice on approaching design problems, approaching refactoring and thinking about how to model. It's in Ruby but I feel a lot of its advice is general.

beat 9y ago
aka "Why duck typing is better than inheritance". Yes, great book, but if you're using a language that doesn't support duck typing, some of the concepts will frustrate you and make you wish you were using Ruby instead.
- rimliu 9y ago
  You can do some (most) of the stuff using interfaces/protocols in languages that support these.
  - beat 9y ago
    It's not quite as natural, though. On the other hand, making it explicit is often a Good Thing.