Published in 1995, Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software has elicited a great deal of praise from the press and readers. The 23 patterns contained in the book have become an essential resource for anyone developing reusable software designs. In response to a great number of requests from readers of the book and from the object-oriented community as a whole, these designs patterns, along with the entire text of the book, are being made available on CD. This electronic version will enable students to install the patterns directly onto a computer and create an architecture for using and building reusable components. Produced in HTML format, the CD is heavily cross-referenced with numerous links to the online text.

An Introduction to Object-Oriented Design in C++ introduces object-oriented program development from the ground up. Rather than forcing students to learn procedural design and then unlearn it when they are later taught object-oriented programming, this book helps students develop strong object-oriented design skills from the beginning. The book covers the full range of object-oriented topics, from the fundamental features common to all general purpose high-level languages, through classes, inheritance and polymorphism. The authors introduce students to common difficulties that arise in design and implementation, and then motivate new language features as aids for overcoming those difficulties.