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- Publisher: Addison-Wesley (1999)
- Language English
- ASIN: B001AJP8TS
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is based upon the authors white paper, found on Rationals site, and it shows. The first half of the book is a complete waste of time, it summarises web technologies. If I wished to know about them, I would look into a dedicated book. If the first part is of any use to me, how on earth could I model something if I understand it so poorly, and if I do understand it, it's useless.
The second half explains how to model web pages, and is admittedly very useful, however the Whitepaper on Rationals site, covers much of the same information. Admittedly the bookl is more up to date, and slightly different, and what Rational would (I reckon) recommend, so it is probably necessary. It gives complete examples in the appendices which are useful, as many books on these sort of things, tend to avoid getting into anything resembling a useful example.
Basically the first half of the book is padding, because people don't like buying thin books. But the last half is good. If you need to model web pages, it's the only book I currently know about, and it *does* do the job well, when it gets round to it, so get it.
By the way, on the front cover it says 'Foreword by Grady Booch', I guess they must print this as standard, as the book doesn't even *have* a foreword. What a bunch of plonkers!
Format:Paperback
The book is in two parts. The first gives a good general round-up of existing technologies and applications. Part two gives a thorough and for me, enjoyable run-through of the most important aspects of UML, namely "Use cases" and "Sequence diagrams". I thought particularly good, the examples and the extensions for modelling client side. Client side modelling is difficult with all the different components, but this has helped me a lot.
There is a foreword by Grady Booch on p.xvii
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I haven't finished the book yet but it (my copy at least) does have a forward by Grady Booch. The first 5 chapters set the scene, reviewing web technologies and their significance from a model(l)ing point of view. Not everyone who might be called upon to model some aspect of a web site (or learn how) is an expert on every technology. This is less than a third of the book, anyway. The book then covers process issues, which I'm finding useful and relevant. Finally, the unique selling point: the Web Application Extension for UML - the vital connection between the standard modeling language and one of its most important applications. I find Conallen's style readable and the book well-structured.
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