- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Addison Wesley; 1 edition (30 Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0201571684
- ISBN-13: 978-0201571684
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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- #55 in Books > Computers & Internet > Computer Science > Programming > Languages & Tools > Object Oriented > UML
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One of the most important recent developments in software engineering is the Unified Modelling Language (UML) standard for documenting software designs. Written by UML's inventors (the so-called Three Amigos of software engineering), The Unified Modelling Language User Guide provides a very appealing guide to all the fundamentals of using UML effectively. The book opens with a basic tour of the essential concepts and modelling diagrams used in UML, including class diagrams, use case diagrams and basic modelling principles. The authors pay close attention to modelling classes (and documenting the relationships between classes) as well as use case diagrams (which show how software will be used by various actors in a system). This book mixes in a little software engineering theory, too, but it makes use of clear examples and actual UML diagrams to illustrate key concepts.
Later in the book, the authors discuss more difficult notational diagrams (such as state diagrams and activity diagrams, which can be used to model behaviour in a system). Whatever your background in software engineering, you'll no doubt appreciate the author's clear explanations of basic (and advanced) modelling concepts, as well as the nuts-and-bolts details of today's powerful UML. With its combination of expert modelling advice and excellent detail on the specifics of UML, this book will be absolutely essential reading for anyone who wants to use UML for real- world software design. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.com
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Just as architects and musicians need architectural drawings or music scores to be written using standard notations that everyone agrees on and understands, developers need a single, common, widely usable modeling language for the development of software systems. The UML has been proposed as this standard and has received the support of academic and industry heavyweights.
The Unified Modeling Language User Guide is the first of three definitive UML works written by the creators of UML, Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh, and Ivar Jacobson. Together these three widely respected and world-famous methodologists form an unbeatable author team representing combined worldwide sales of their prior individual books of more than 250,000 copies. This book will introduce the core 80% of the UML, approaching it in a layered fashion and providing numerous examples of its application. The Unified Modeling Language User Guide is suitable for developers unfamiliar with UML or with modeling in general.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I purchased this book on the strength of a reference by a reviewer of another book. I cannot praise this book highly enough. I am fairly new to UML and needed a book for my MSc studies. This book is clear, well laid out, and thorough. There are frequent, discrete references in the margin to sections where more detailed information on a subject can be found. I am now using it as a reference for a real-world application and it is proving invaluable. It is a joy to pick up and read. I cannot fault it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was looking forward to this books for a lot of months. I wasn't deceived. The book covers in-depth every UML concepts and techniques( structural, behavioral and architectural modelings ). Each chapter are well-written and clear. Each concept is applied with a lot of good examples from real life. Moreover, it is easy to read. Novices will be able to learn smoothly and clearly UML notation. Experts will find a complete reference and plenty of good tips and tricks. Unfortunately, I was expected more details on mapping between UML and programming languages ( Java and C++ ). Apart from that, it's an outstanding book. Buy it now !!!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In an industry rapidly being filled with books of dubious value on object modeling using the Unified Modeling Language (UML), the UML User Guide is a welcome addition. This book is written by the "3 Amigos": Grady Booch, Jim Rumbaugh and Ivar Jacobson, the originators of UML, so we know they have an intimate relationship with the language and object modeling
If you are going to use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) in your projects, this book should be on your desk if only because (a) it is based on the latest version of UML (version 1.3) and (b) it is very readable. But beyond these recommendations it has great value for newbies as well as experienced modelers.
Each chapter of the book has the same structure. "Getting Started" motivates the objectives and discussion of the chapter in non-technical terms. Then "Terms and Concepts" introduces the notation and terminology covered in the chapter. "Common Modeling Techniques" allow the authors to show how the concepts and notation are applied to specific modeling areas. Finally, each chapter ends with "Hints and Tips" such as the characteristics of a well-structured statechart, or how to use stereotyping to visually convey the intent of a relationship.
The layout of the notation examples is excellent if you want to use this book as a way of learning UML, although it is not strictly a tutorial on UML. Annotations on the notation examples are printed in blue color, which makes the notation diagrams very easy to understand. References to other sections of the book are also in blue in the margins of the pages, and the color separation keeps the pages from feeling cluttered.
Topically, the book progresses from basic and advanced structural modeling (primarily class and object diagrams), to basic and advanced behavioral modeling (i.e., interaction diagrams, statechart diagrams, use cases and use case diagrams, and activity diagrams). A lengthy section on Architectural modeling introduces component and deployment diagrams, and how to represent patterns and frameworks.
What you will not find here is the detailed and obtuse discussion of the UML 1.1 Semantics document (www.omg.org). While that one was written for tool vendors, the discussion of what each element of UML means is very accessible in this UML User Guide. My major wish for this book is that the authors had included a "cheat sheet" of the changes introduced from version 1.1 for those readers who have been working with UML for a while. For example, the notation examples show that the '^' to denote a send-clause on a statechart action has been dropped, and the <<include>> stereotype has replaced the <<uses>> stereotype on use cases. Additionally, a generalization relationship has been added between use cases, and the semantics of the <<extend>> stereotype has changed subtly.
Although I do object modeling for a living--and that means I have to read the obtuse UML documents anyway--I am grateful for the accessibility of this book so more people can learn to use this modeling language in their projects. I don't agree with everything in UML, but at least this book will get more people involved in the "spirited discussions." Thanks, Amigos!
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