Re: Retrieving unnecessary data

On 2008-02-15 09:46:34 -0600, ShaneLM <shane.niebergall@xxxxxxxx> said:

One last comment - Topmind mentioned that OO is a fad and should not
be used in the context of business applications. Do others agree? Then
do you suggest procedural programming instead? I find it so hard to
believe that many colleges, books, etc are mislead, especially when
some of the design patterns seem so elegant. I can understand how OO
is not best for all projects, but to say it's a fad is shocking to me
(I'm 24 yrs old, so all I've grown with has been OO).

No, it's not a fad. It's deeply entrenched, and isn't going away for a long long time.

Have you studied TDD? (Test Driven Development). Give that a try for a few weeks and you will see how beneficial OO is when decoupling modules to make them independently testable.

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