ET: To Learn More

Beyond this introduction, you will find the following books essential to a mastery of the method and language:

• Touch of class: Learning to Program Well with Objects and Contracts, Bertrand Meyer, Springer-Verlag, 2009. A modern guide to developing durable skills for software professionals.
• Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd Edition, Bertrand Meyer, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition 1997. (Be sure to get the second edition.) About object technology in general; presents the method behind Eiffel.
• Eiffel: The Language, Bertrand Meyer, Prentice Hall, 1992. Language manual and reference.