Object Technology

• The Rise and Fall of Pointer Arithmetic in the Evolution of Memory Management
• Aug 25, 2014

Matt Weisfeld, author of The Object-Oriented Thought Process, Fourth Edition, discusses the advantages and hazards of using pointers to access and manipulate memory addresses directly. The risks are significant enough that some languages allow this feature, while others expressly prohibit it. What's so dangerous - and tantalizingly powerful - about pointer arithmetic?

• Improving the Design and Implementation of Object-Oriented Code: The Ongoing Quest for Data Integrity
• Jul 23, 2014

Matt Weisfeld, author of The Object-Oriented Thought Process, Fourth Edition, travels through time to show the evolution of accessor methods to improve data security and integrity in both structured programming and object-oriented programming. Along the way, we learn about the mechanisms in place today to help produce robust and secure code.

• Why Encapsulation Is Fundamental to Object-Oriented Programming
• Jun 2, 2014

Encapsulation is so fundamental to OO that it is one of OO design’s cardinal rules. Inheritance is also considered one of the three primary OO concepts. However, in one way, inheritance actually breaks encapsulation! How can this be? Is it possible that two of the three primary concepts of OO are incompatible with each other? Matt Weisfeld explores this possibility.

• Advanced Object-Oriented Concepts
• Apr 3, 2013

Matt Weisfeld covers some advanced object-oriented concepts, such as constructors, operator overloading, multiple inheritance, error-handling techniques, and the importance of understanding how scope applies to object-oriented design.