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Summary: Great Learning tool for UML OOA/D and UP
Review: This book was required for 1 class this semester but I have used it for 2 others. The author does a very good job of goin in depth and provinding appropriate examples of how to apply UML, OOA/D and UP to large projects. Although this book was written to teach these ideas, I will keep this book as a great reference tool. I highly recommend this book for anyone that has to take any software engineering classes.
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Summary: Cpr E 486
Review: This text book was an average textbook. The subject that it is presenting is a difficult one to describe but I think that it could still do a better job doing that. It does however have a lot of helpful visuals and describes them well in the text. Also the Sales cash register example that is used throughout the book is a simple one to understand since most people have experience with cash registers yet it is complex enough that it can be used to describe pretty much all of the material. Some of the text was a little hard to follow however especially in the descriptions of the different GRASP patterns.
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Summary: Applying UML textbook
Review: This book has a good balance of being easy to understand for a novice yet remains useful for an experienced reader. I am in about the middle and I found the OO analysis and design very useful. The POS example used throughout the book is excellent. There are plenty of figures and examples that make this book easy to use as a reference guide. I had the most trouble understanding the differences between the GRASP patterns. The book could be improved in this area. Overall this textbook is an excellent buy, and I'm sure I'll use it plenty more in the future.
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Summary: Good textbook
Review: This book provides a great introduction to the general concepts of object oriented software design while hitting the important points of UML notation and the Unified Process. Larman clearly breaks down all of the OO design concepts and gives clear illustrations of how they are applied to the point-of-sale system, which is used throughout the book. He does a great job of showing how all of the concepts can be applied to a given project and how the various diagrams and ideas are tied together. This also allows for the reader to quickly identify the different purposes of each of the concepts.Although it was nice that Larman used one consistent example throughout the book, I would have preferred if he had used a different example than a point-of-sale system. I really lost interest in hearing about a POS system towards the end of the book.
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Summary: Great Diagrams
Review: This book is packed with useful and insightful diagrams that really help to get their point across. I have found this to be a great book for getting a good understanding of UML and OOA/D. I also liked the information on the Gang of Four patterns. The only drawback I found with this book is that it doesn't hold up well when subjected to water.
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Summary: Good if you are new to UML
Review: Larman does a decent job introducing UML and showing the reader what UML is good for. The book goes into some depth on the different types of class diagrams and shows how they can be useful. A great deal of the book is also spent on design patterns, but once again is better as a beginner book with general information about everything. This book is a great general resource on the subject, and also tells you where to look if you want more specific information in the future.
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Summary: Learn UML and Design Patterns
Review: This book was required reading for two courses that I took. I found it most useful for learning about UML and design patterns. It also contains many of the diagrams used when designing software. It is useful as a reference or for learning about these topics for the first time. The writing is succinct and allows the reader to quickly learn about the concepts presented. One puzzling aspect of the book is that when new concepts are introduced the solution is often presented ahead of the problem and I found this distracting. I also sometimes wished for more involved and complicated examples than were in the book. Overall I would recommend it for learning about software design and object oriented analysis and design.
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Summary: Good learning tool for software developers
Review: This book did a good job in teaching the UML, UP, as well as design patterns in a step by step manner that everyone can follow. I liked the way that there was one project which was built upon throughout the book starting from the beginning. It helped me follow how a software design would go and allowed to me better understand the material. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to be a software developer.
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Summary: Software Engineering - An Intro to Object Oriented Analysis
Review: This textbook proved a very useful and informative. It is a great reference for understanding the Unified Process and Detailed Design topics. The POS example used in the book helps solidify concepts taught in the book. The design patterns, UML and other topics effectively teach great techniques of Analysis and Design. I used this book as a textbook for a course, and it was a great reference and teaching tool. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn Object Oriented Analysis and Design.
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Summary: The supreme UML book
Review: In my opinion this is a great book for learning UML and the unified process. In addition to this book, I did take a look at some other books as reference, but none of them compare in quality to Larman's book.
Everything has been organized very well in the book, right from the inception phase to the final iteration phase of software development. Considering the importance of UML today in the industry, there is no other book that provides a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of UML.
The language used is easy to understand, and Larman has also worked out a case study through out the book, leading us through the various stages of development in the unified process.
I strongly recomment the book for learning UML
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