- Hardcover: 472 pages
- Publisher: APRESS ACADEMIC; New Ed edition (24 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590597745
- ISBN-13: 978-1590597743
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.3 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML: Theory and Practice shows how to drive an object-oriented software design from use case all the way through coding and testing, based on the minimalist, UML-based ICONIX process. In addition to a comprehensive explanation of the foundations of the approach, the book makes extensive use of examples and provides exercises at the back of each chapter.
This book leads by example. It demonstrates common analysis and design errors, shows how to detect and fix them, and suggests how to avoid making the same errors in the future. The book also encourages you to examine its UML examples and to search for specific errors. You'll get clues, then later receive the answers during review sessions toward the end of the book.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A really good book to get to grips to using UML, so much better than most of the stuffy UML titles and really easy to read and practice. If you are also using Enterprise Architect software then brilliant(but then so is the software), there is a free add on for EA that you can use with this book from Iconix. Highly recommended.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Good book, very informative and well written.
28 Mar 2007
Format:Hardcover
The introduction to the book starts with an interesting phrase "The difference between "theory" and "practice" is that in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice there is." The authors like to apply this statement to UML modeling, and continue later saying, in theory, everything in UML is useful, but in practice, a whole lot of people and projects need to know how to drive an OO software design from use cases.
Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML-Theory and Practice shows how to take an object-oriented software design from use case all the way through coding and testing, based on the minimalist, UML-based ICONIX process. The authors focus on one simple question, "how do you get from use cases to code?". The authors are real experts on the ICONIX process. This book is for Beginners as well as for advanced programmers. Beginners will learn a powerful methodology, Use-Case Driven Object Modeling. On the other hand, advance developers can apply Use Case to their preferred methodology.
The authors break down the design of an Internet bookstore, which involves showing many common mistakes, and then showing the relevant pieces of the model with their mistakes corrected. What really makes this book unique is the fact that you, the reader, get to correct the mistakes.
Chapter highlights
Highlights of this book include:
1. Each chapter starts with the theory, and then explores said theory using the Internet Bookstore project.
2. Each chapter has a "Top 10" list of guidelines, and the first half of each chapter is structured around its top 10 list.
3. This book also contains practical exercises of various types like, Workbook exercises, Student exercises and Inline exercises within the chapters.
Personally, I believe this is a very good book, very informative and well written. Before reading this book, I hadn't heard of ICONIX process, and this book did give me a good insight about the same. If you are sold on ICONIX and have been using it, the Top 10 list of guidelines, and the exercises at the end of each chapter in itself is worth the price of the book.
Use Case Driven Object Modeling with UML-Theory and Practice shows how to take an object-oriented software design from use case all the way through coding and testing, based on the minimalist, UML-based ICONIX process. The authors focus on one simple question, "how do you get from use cases to code?". The authors are real experts on the ICONIX process. This book is for Beginners as well as for advanced programmers. Beginners will learn a powerful methodology, Use-Case Driven Object Modeling. On the other hand, advance developers can apply Use Case to their preferred methodology.
The authors break down the design of an Internet bookstore, which involves showing many common mistakes, and then showing the relevant pieces of the model with their mistakes corrected. What really makes this book unique is the fact that you, the reader, get to correct the mistakes.
Chapter highlights
Highlights of this book include:
1. Each chapter starts with the theory, and then explores said theory using the Internet Bookstore project.
2. Each chapter has a "Top 10" list of guidelines, and the first half of each chapter is structured around its top 10 list.
3. This book also contains practical exercises of various types like, Workbook exercises, Student exercises and Inline exercises within the chapters.
Personally, I believe this is a very good book, very informative and well written. Before reading this book, I hadn't heard of ICONIX process, and this book did give me a good insight about the same. If you are sold on ICONIX and have been using it, the Top 10 list of guidelines, and the exercises at the end of each chapter in itself is worth the price of the book.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Great methodology, well explained
26 May 2007
Format:Hardcover
The book combines explaining how to drive use cases to code and lots of examples. In fact one of the best parts is the 'bad example' followed by the corrected version - lots of those.
Iconix is pretty easy to use ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND IT. This book goes a long way toward understanding how to write good use cases that CAN be used for software development rather than just documentation.
I've read many, many use case books and this one boils the details down to something that is pragmatic. I've used the Iconix technique in both industry and the university and it works in both areas.
Good book? Yes. Buy it? Yes!
Iconix is pretty easy to use ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND IT. This book goes a long way toward understanding how to write good use cases that CAN be used for software development rather than just documentation.
I've read many, many use case books and this one boils the details down to something that is pragmatic. I've used the Iconix technique in both industry and the university and it works in both areas.
Good book? Yes. Buy it? Yes!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Well Written & Great Methodology
19 May 2007
Format:Hardcover
Easily one of the best methodology books I've read in quite some time. The book is very well written and flows very well. The structure walks you through the entire ICONIX process from beginning to end and explains in-detail the steps involved and most importantly "why". I also liked how the authors referenced other highly ranked OO books to reinforce how to allocate behavior to your objects during sequence diagraming.
I never heard of ICONIX until recently and I was very happy I got this book. The process is logical, stream-lined, and easy to pickup. The chapter on sequence diagrams just clicked for me and brought everything together.
I highly recommend this book!
I never heard of ICONIX until recently and I was very happy I got this book. The process is logical, stream-lined, and easy to pickup. The chapter on sequence diagrams just clicked for me and brought everything together.
I highly recommend this book!
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