Design patterns are not a universal tool that can be applied to any project or be used with any programming language. Quality code can be produced without implementing any pattern or even without using OOP. One shouldn’t think of their colleagues as of bad developers if they don’t know the names of fancy design patterns. Moreover, not any single programming project is a business application. More...

Even though I don't program with C++ much these days, I still love the book entitled "C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup - the creator of the C++ programming language. Its first edition was published in 1986, but the book still remains informative even for non-C++ programmers.  Unlike many other programming books, this one doesn't focus only on the language itself,  in contrast, there are many very useful chapters on various programming paradigms, including the object oriented one, for sure. Besides, it does really explain the p urpose of the object oriented method and its benefits. Moreover, there is information on software architecture, class design and on programming process as a whole. More...