Looking for useful books/articles/guides 1

[utahjzz98]

I have been attempting to learn programming for a few weeks now but I am having some difficulty and was hoping for suggestions. I have no problem learning the syntax of the programming languages. My problem is applying that knoweledge and building a real world application. The books that I have work more as a reference for the language as opposed to being helpful in the contruction of an actual application. Are there any books/articles/guides availabe that help you design an application as they teach you about the language? I'm not talking about little 30 minute applications at the end of a chapter. I am talking about a full blown application that could potentially be used at a small or medium sized business. Maybe something like an ecommerce store with a built in shopping cart, customer tracking, orders, etc. Each chapter would keep adding on to the existing application that you are building and it would teach new concepts along the way.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[prosper]

I guess there will example for small company. But you have to decide if the authur has good habit in programming and problem solving.
You should search for open source project on the web. Some of them are programed with good habit and the applications are powerful. But you have to study and trace the program.

 

[rebby]

Just bought a good book on design patern, u can read a review of this book here

http://softlogger.com/blog-post-on,2817,Book-Review-Applying-Domain-Driven-Design-and-Patterns.aspx

 

[BobRodes]

By the way, you can find a huge...er...HUGE repository of OO information at

http://www.cetus-links.org.

They say they have 18,193 links at present. You should find a year's worth of tutorials in software architecture, for example.

HTH

Bob

 

[utahjzz98]

Thanks all for the suggestions, I will take a look at those articles and hopefully they will help.

Thanks again.

 

[CosmicCharlie]

I don't know if you are using VB or not, but I found the book Design Patterns in VB.Net (Fischer, Slater, Stromquist, and Wu; Apress Books) very helpful in learning design strategies. Indeed, I think the authors are better at design than the VB.Net language (there are a couple of minor errors, nothing to get excited about). I recommend the book highly. It helped me go from a coder to an application architect.

 

[utahjzz98]

Thanks for the suggestion CosmicCharlie. I found a good deal for that book online and have placed my order. It seems like a good place to start for what I am looking to accomplish. I also liked how you said "It helped me go from a coder to an application architect". That is what I was attempting to say in my original post. I am currently a coder and want to move past that into being an application architect.

Thanks.