what do I know

Rob Gonda gave this session. He went into a basic overview of OO constructs (e.g. - class, object, method, etc.). He then went into the concept of the Factory pattern. The explainations between the IoC and Dependency Injection patterns were interchanged a few times, but Rob was able to get the basic idea across. He explained how to use ColdSpring and the problems it helped to solve in terms of object construction. As he walked through each concept he used Ray Camden’s Galleon app to show how object factories could be used to simplify the construction process based on the solution.

It’s funny to hear all of the variations with respect to what people call the classes they work with. Rob in an aside mentioned the classifications he likes to give classes:

• Service classes
• Transient classes
• Persistence classes being Transfer and ActiveRecord classes
• Business classes (I think I remember him saying this one, but this may be interchangable with Transient classes)

Just another variation of how to communicate your ideas about OO programming I guess.

I was pleasently surprised with the quality of the content as compared to the rest of the sessions. Great job Rob; nice meeting you at cf.objective()!

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