Coming soon: PHP Object-Oriented Solutions
May 3rd, 2008
I’ve had my head down for the past few months pounding away at my next book, PHP Object-Oriented Solutions. I put the finishing touches to the final chapter a couple of days ago, and it’s now in the hands of the friends of ED technical review and editorial process. There’s a preview of what the book contains on the foED site, and I plan to get more details up on my own site in the not too distant future.
The book is due to be published in August. The date was chosen because that’s when all support for PHP 4 officially comes to an end. The painfully slow migration to PHP 5 by hosting companies has severely hindered the adoption of object-oriented programming (OOP) among PHP developers, but I hope this book will convince readers that OOP makes for cleaner scripts that are easier to maintain. PHP Object-Oriented Solutions is aimed at readers who feel at home with basic PHP, but want to take their skills to the next level. It’s a gentle, but fast-paced introduction to the delights and mysteries of OOP.
5 Comments Add your own
1. Peter | May 11th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Will this book include any info on design patterns such as MVC, Facade, Factory etc?
2. David Powers | May 11th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Very briefly. It’s not a design pattern book, but it does introduce the concept, and a couple of the classes developed in the book are examples of design patterns such as Facade and Factory.
3. John Sutton | May 12th, 2008 at 10:35 am
Hi David…
I apologize for chasing you and know your time is precious, but if you have a few minutes I’d be so grateful if you could look at an issue I posted in the dynamic content section of the freinds of Ed Forum about five days ago.
The post is in the Dynamic content section and concerns a content management update issue that has me completely stumped. I’ve tried every strategy I can think of to work it out on my own, but I’ve run out of ideas.
My nom de plume is John Edwards at FOED and I promise I’ll buy not one but two copies of your next book
Thank you!
4. David Powers | May 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 am
John, I have just returned from a 10-day business trip to California. I’ll get round to looking at your question when I’ve got some time to spare.
5. Syed | May 30th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Nice! Really looking forward to this book.
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