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Maintainable code - some positive advice Build on what you already have with OO Comparison of Object Oriented Philosophy - Python, Java, C++, Perl The Fag Packet Design Methodology Think about your design even if you don't use full UML Design - one name, one action Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Tapping in on resources OO - real benefits P213 - Creating your own Classes Classes and object - first steps in Perl 6 Learning to use existing classes in Perl Learning Object Orientation in Perl through bananas and perhaps Moose Object Orientation in an hour and other Perl Lectures What does blessing a variable in Perl mean? Further more advanced Perl examples Teaching examples in Perl - third and final part This article Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Object Oriented Perl - First Steps Example of OO in Perl Object Oriented Programming in Perl - Course Perl for Larger Projects - Object Oriented Perl Blessing in Perl / Member variable in Ruby Answering ALL the delegate's Perl questions When to bless a Perl variable Bellringing and Programming and Objects and Perl J706 - Objects and Classes Objects - from physical to virtual or abstract - Java Binomial Coefficient (Pascal Triangle) objects in Java Calculation within objects - early, last minute, or cached? Defining a static method - Java, Python and Ruby Looking inside Java classes - javap and javadoc This article Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Long, Longer, Longest in Java First Class Java. First step and moving forward. An example of Java Inheritance from scratch A better alternative to cutting and pasting code Class, static and unbound variables Variable Scope H108 - Objects in PHP Associative objects - one object within another. Caching results in an object for efficiency - avoiding re-calculation Singleton design pattern - examples and uses Changing what operators do on objects - a comparison across different programming languages Object factories in C++, Python, PHP and Perl Learning about Object Orientation in PHP - a new set of examples stdClass in PHP - using an object rather than an associative array Objects in PHP - Revision Caching Design Patterns Copying, duplicating, cloning an object in PHP Autoload in PHP How do classes relate to each other? Associated Classes Design Patterns - what are they? Why use them? Designing your application - using UML techniques Computer Graphics in PHP - World (incoming data) to Pixel (screen) conversion Catchable fatal error in PHP ... 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We have two friends. They're married. She's a keen advocate of Object Oriented Programming and he can't stand the approach. So take them to the pub, buy them a couple of drinks each, mention OO programming and watch the feathers fly ;-)