OMGWTFLOL!!1! Found a SDD book by Carole Wilson (1 Viewer)

[Popo Nana]

As the topic title says, I found a book by Carole Wilson inside my room. I've got no idea how it got there. Given that the exam is only 4 days away (Teh uber-uh-oh), is it worth looking at it?

Thanks in advance.

 

[chris42]

Have you got the title of the book ? I was trying to search for it in google, but I don't seem to see it ?

 

[Popo Nana]

Err...title is "Software Design and Development". A little subheading says: The HSC Course. It's a blue book, if that helps.

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[chris42]

ok I think I found it

http://titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521006422

It looks like is only for prelimilarly course though

 

[Popo Nana]

It's in pounds?

Well, that's the Prelim one, but I'm hugging my HSC one as I'm typing. Weird...

 

[chris42]

Well I'm sure it couldn't hurt to have a look at it, is that the only one you have, if you have the excel one that's good for revision

 

[Winston]

Originally posted by chris42
Well I'm sure it couldn't hurt to have a look at it, is that the only one you have, if you have the excel one that's good for revision

Nothing beats Sam's one

 

[Popo Nana]

Yeah, I've got the Excel, the common Fowler one and now Carole Wilson's one. Funnily enough, the more I revise, the more I forget. Meh.

 

[saves.the.day]

PLEASE DO NOT USE SOFTWARE BOOK BY CAROLE WILSON
I go to the school that Carole Wilson used to work until she retired (when i was in year 11) and ALL students do not use the Wilson book. The only reason we use the Wilson book at school is because the teachers keep pushing it.

There are SO many errors in that book its not funny.
Some errors include:
[@] Page 74: Her description of a DFD external entity and external store is OPPOSITE
[@] Page 57: Says that black box perspective is users view and white box is the developers view (correct enough definitions)
Page 68: She has COMPLETLEY OPPOSITE definitions of black and white box perspective (completley contradicting herself).
[@] Page 284: In the chapter of Developers view of hardware (chap. 10) her description of several gates are completely wrong. A quote from this section reads (page 284):
"The NOR gate is... logically an OR gate followed by a NOR gate"
Well this just sets up an infinite re-iteration. Something we're taught to avoid in SDD aren't we?
[@] You wanna learn what a structure diagram is? Too bad! Look it up in the index and you'll be taken to page 130. All it has is the diagram, no explanation, no other words but "structure diagram". It then moves onto the next section. Like wtf? it just puts a picture of a structure diagram.

Why else should you avoid this book?
Well if you talk to some of my friends and me personally, you'll find people keep saying she puts in alot of useless junk. In the same chapter of her HSC IPT text she repeats the definition of a macro I remember 5-6 different times? (oh yeh it's in one of the option topics multimedia)
Well she does the same in this book. You'll find repetition and lots of really ambiguous definitions which results in quite a chunky book. I mean Sam Davis book is really well written and is about the same thickness but You'll see the Davis book doesn't repeat himself just to increase thickness.

Well all of my cohorts use the excel, Sam Davis and various other texts instead. I advise you do the same.

 

[enak]

Ye saves the day is correct.

Sam Davis' book is the only one to use.

 

[Fosweb]

Actually the Excel book for SDD is fairly good too.
I havent seen CW's, but the Heinemann one also has some good stuff in it.

 

[saves.the.day]

Originally posted by Fosweb
Actually the Excel book for SDD is fairly good too.
I havent seen CW's, but the Heinemann one also has some good stuff in it.

Like I said in my previous post, there are a number of reasons to stay clear of the Wilson text.

I do have the excel book and it is well written. However, I have found that the Sam Davis book is written very clearly and concisley. I really recconmend either book, but if I'd have to choose, the Sam Davis book would be my pick (although he does tend to go overboard in flip flops section!).

Good Luck,

 

[Popo Nana]

Thanks very much! Your name seems to suit you perfectly.

Yatta!

 

[fatmuscle]

Carole Wilson...name sounds very familiar on other forums...

 

[Fiona]

I have the Carole Wilson book... Noticed some errors... Don't really use it much, but only because I'm lazy.

I also have the Heinemann one, and the Excel one. I guess I mainly use the excel one, but I don't have a reason for doing so.

I wish I had the Sam Davis one, sounds like everybody loves it!

Ah well, too late now I noticed it in my local book shop, nice red cover, but decided that it was not worth buying seeing as I already had three text books and I think I'll fail anyway

 

[ezzajay]

Originally posted by Popo Nana
As the topic title says, I found a book by Carole Wilson inside my room. I've got no idea how it got there. Given that the exam is only 4 days away (Teh uber-uh-oh), is it worth looking at it?

Thanks in advance.

Are you by any chance a goon?

 

[Popo Nana]

I'm a LUEser, but I don't think I'm a goon. I'd much rather be a Zergling than a Dragoon anywho.

Of course, I can be a goon if you want!

 

[JRasnier]

saves.the.day i think were in the same school, and in the same year.......

 

[saves.the.day]

haha Josh man whats up. Go0d luck f0r tom0rrow buddy!