[Zope] What are the best general books on Object Oriented designprinciples?principles?

[Chris McDonough]

Chris,

At the end of the article named "Gaining Zope Enlightenment By Grokking
Object Orientation",
(http://www.zope.org/Members/mcdonc/HowTos/gainenlightenment), you will
find a reference to a book by Scott Ambler named "The Object Primer". 
This is a great starting point.

Chris Beaumont wrote:
> 
> The subject line says it..
> 
> What are the best general books on Object Oriented software and
> database design principles?
> 
> I'm just starting out, and have no other programming experience to
> unlearn..(which I have heard is a GoodThing (tm) ) What would you
> suggest as a good place to start? Obviously one of my goals is that
> I'd like to be able to start to understand Zope better with this
> knowledge.... Basically what I want to say is. did any books just
> seem clearer and less jargon-ridden than the others..?
> 
> Thanks..
> 
> Chris
> 
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