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Understanding UML: The Developer's Guide (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 367 pages
  • Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (9 Dec 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1558604650
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558604650
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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"...(an) exceptionally balanced and informative text."
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The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a third generation method for specifying, visualizing, and documenting an object-oriented system under development. It unifies the three leading object-oriented methods and others to serve as the basis for a common, stable, and expressive object-oriented development notation. As the complexity of software applications increases, so does the developer's need to design and analyze applications before developing them. This practical introduction to UML provides software developers with an overview of this powerful new design notation, and teaches Java programmers to analyse and design object-oriented applications using the UML notation.

+ Apply the basics of UML to your applications immediately, without having to wade through voluminous documentation
+ Use the simple Internet example as a prototype for developing object-oriented applications of your own
+ Follow a real example of an Intranet sales reporting system written in Java that is used to drive explanations throughout the book
+ Learn from an example application modeled both by hand and with the use of Popkin Software's SA/Object Architect O-O visual modeling tool.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Very poorly written., 28 Aug 1999
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I was VERY disappointed in this book. I was very surprised to see other reviews praising this work. I found it's presentation very superficial and confusing. If possible, I would have given it a lower rating.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A beginning OO book - if that, 24 Aug 1999
By A Customer
Wow, this book is not the first to do this, but it surely lays claim to "title crime". It is an intro book at best and not a great one at that. The application is a joke.

I agree with the previous reviewer. A better UML intro is UML distilled. For more advanced and exploratory work check out the Larman UML book and the Coad UML color book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars More Beginning OO than UML..., 18 Mar 1999
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My rating is based on the comparison of the book's title to its content. I was expecting an advanced book on the UML for the seasoned developer based on the title.

What I got was a beginner's introduction to OO develelopment. In fact, the authors state on page 293 in the Afterword:

We've tried to keep this book simple. [...] If this book helps you get a feel for OO development and makes it possible for you to generate diagrams [...], we've done what we set out to do.

Don't be tricked me into purchasing the book by the misleading title. UML is discussed, but not in depth. If you're new to OO development, this book may be a good introduction. It also gives a fairly good introduction to the UML.

But a better book for just an introduction to UML is:

UML Distilled: applying the standard object modeling language by Martin Fowler with Kendall Scott

And for a more in-depth book, I liked:

The Unified Modeling Language User Guide by the three amigos

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book presents an adequate introcution to UML.
Chapter 10 thru 15 present a sufficient introductory view of the subject in a sequentially well defined manner, supported by great diagrams. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A good beginners book
This book is a MUST for everyone wishing to commence the journey in OO modeling. The author discusses all the concepts with a high level perspective with easy to understand... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars The best to start with UML and Java.
This book makes UML simple and easy to use. The driven example conducts you to understand quickly the features that UML offers to you. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars An ideal intro book about object technology and UML
Our application-development shop has used Structured Analysis/Structured Design and Rapid Application Development methodologies, and we've recently started using UML to develop... Read more
Published on 30 April 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Written
While I'm sure the authors knew exactly what they were talking about, they did a truly poor effort of communicating the subject to the audience. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 1998

2.0 out of 5 stars OK intro to UML, dissappointment overall
Although I was able to get a reasonable understanding of UML notation and how/when to use certain UML diagram types, the book was quite a dissappointment overall. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 1998

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