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Visual Basic 6 UML Design and Development [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Jake Sturm (Author)
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  • Paperback: 581 pages
  • Publisher: WROX Press Ltd; illustrated edition edition (1 Feb 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861002513
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861002518
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 18.5 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,125,445 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
VB6 UML Design and Development provides a solid working introduction to design techniques using today's Unified Modelling Language (UML) standard. Written for those with little or no experience in formal design, this digestible text provides all you need to get control of the software development process within Visual Basic.

The book begins with a tour of UML basics such as case, class, activity and sequence diagrams. It looks at today's iterative software development process and patterns and frameworks for better software reuse. The "framework" offered here uses Microsoft's Distributed iNternet Architecture (DNA) to create a three-tiered application using MTS on the middle tier in a case study for an order entry system.

Starting with requirements analysis, the book provides sample interviews from hypothetical users. This data is then used to construct use case diagrams. Then it's on to interaction, sequence and collaboration diagrams. The sections on class design here are notably strong (with both the traditional CRC cards and UML class diagrams used to model classes). The later chapters of this book turn to implementing the system on Microsoft's DNA platform using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Remote Data Service (RDS) for database access and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) for scalable transactions.

Besides excellent MTS-enabled sample code to get you started on your own applications, perhaps the best feature of VB6 UML Design and Development is its ability to cover formal design and UML without getting lost in opaque software engineering terminology. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.com

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UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a powerful notational approach to object-oriented analysis, design and implementation. If you understand and can utilize UML, your object-oriented Visual Basic programming becomes much more logical and effective. UML allows you to design, plan and implement great Visual Basic programs. The ease of learning the fundamentals of Visual Basic often misleads VB programmers. Object-oriented programming, and UML in particular, empowers VB programmers with a system of thinking, designing and implementing their programs in a more professional, robust manner.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Dangerous, 3 Sep 1999
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This book was a complete disappointment. The editors did the author no favors. The numerous errors (both typographic and technical) greatly obscured the valid content the author attempted to provide. The sample code is simply dreadful.

If you buy this book, do not read it. Read "Instant UML" and "Visual Basic 6 Business Objects" (both from Wrox Press) instead.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent info on UML, VB 3 tier apps and proj management, 13 Mar 1999
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This book gives a detailed, down to earth, discussion of what UML is, and how to use UML to design and build Visual Basic applications. An in depth 3-tier VB project is created using UML. The book includes a great number of Visual Basic coding tips including how to work with the ADO, disconnected recordsets, MTS, naming conventions, etc. The book also provides information on managing VB projects. The book provides a wide range of information that can be used by a VB programmer to create real world VB projects.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Nice try, hopeless editing, errors galore, not good for web, 11 Oct 2001
By jason@brownj158.fsnet.co.uk (Maidenhead, Berks, UK) - See all my reviews
This is a terrible book - I've never seen so many errors (both in explanations and code)... as a result - last Wrox book I buy - take note Mr.Publisher !

The UML is half-decent, good method-extraction from UML diagrams, although extracting the object state from the UML described is very thin - not enough detail for a supposed UML book.

Client-side components are stateful and bizarre - how cany you create an ASP/web interface from these components behind a web-server ? The author says you can - I don't see it ! Poor explanation of ADO related code - if you don't know ADO - forget this book ! And yes, there's room for more detail here if the repetitive code sections were removed - you know it !! Lots of unnecessary calls made in these components to the server-side that don't benefit at all - design flaws all around.

I finished this feeling more confused than when I started.

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5.0 out of 5 stars UML and VB6 Not ASP,ADO!
The book teaches UML and its implementation using VB6 technologies. the emphasis is on UML. Not a book to get if you are new to VB, ADO, or MTS. As the examples are basic
Published on 12 April 2000 by oluyemi@lineone.net

5.0 out of 5 stars A VB book that all serious VB developers must have
This book opens up a new standard for developing Visual Basic applications. For those who have searched for a clear, simple coherent way for successfully building Visual... Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Digression Redefined
This book is 50 pages of information compressed into 500. The author comes across like a fairly sympathetic, but totally disorganized lecturer. Read more
Published on 21 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding. Anyone who wants to do seriious vb needs this
This book is a breath of fresh air in the world of VB. There are countless books telling you how to do various VB techniques, but this book introduces the VB programmer to... Read more
Published on 21 Jul 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Our company has just embraced the UML process. We develop primarily in VB and this is the first book yet that seems to address VB and UML together in real-world situations. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars Good RDS Book
The cover of the book says it will teach you how to build DNA based applications using ADO and MTS. I figured this would help me with my ASP work. However, Mr. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Real VB design and development, Useful UML
If you're tired of reading re-packaged user manuals that masquerade as real books. If you're sick of useless theoretical examples (with databases that aren't even normalized... Read more
Published on 29 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Delivers !!!
This is one of those rare books that delivers what it announces in the back cover. All the basic concepts of UML are clearly explained while developing a *real* project in VB... Read more
Published on 29 April 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars You will find real solutions to real problems here
I work for a large corporation. We have been trying to find the best way to create a Visual Basic three tier project. Read more
Published on 16 Mar 1999

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