You could apply your new found skills on the Case Study project :-D


>Weeeeelllll, to be honest, I'm so green at both that I'd say that my problems are more likely due to sheer ignorance! :) But, I think I'll take what you say as warning. I'm really lovin' UML (and DP, too), but am getting swamped in the details. So, I'm trying to just read a chapter and then re-read. I don't have any new modules to design yet--which is why I was fiddling around with refactoring.
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>>Is it just me, or do you also have a problem reconciling UML-based modelling and basic OOAD with design patterns? I just about gave up on conciously designing code along pattern lines.
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