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Summary: Useful, practical treatment of UML
Review: As a UML newbie, I had a lot of trouble understanding the points made in other books, including _UML Distilled_ and _UML In A Nutshell_. This is the first book that made me feel I understood what UML is all about and how to apply it.I feel confident that, with this book as a guide, I could be successful in creating "industry standard" design and documentation for a project while avoiding many of the problems and errors which the UML diagrams can help uncover.
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Summary: Practical! Yet very easy to read
Review: During the last 4 years I has been doing a lot of UML trainings, so I have read and used multiple UML books. This one outbeats all others by its reader-friendly style, comprehensive examples and explanations of various UML techniques (you won't find these in other UML books). It is not bulky but contains everything UML starter or even intermediate user would need: the book not only outlines UML notation but also presents quiz at the end of each section to test your knowledge, as well as web application case study and guidelines on choosing UML tool. And yes, one can really make it in one weekend! Now I'm recommending UML Weekend Crash Course to all my students who wish to get up to speed in UML quickly and efficiently. This book is an excellent choice both for class and self-training.
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Summary: Not a bad book, but some annoying mistakes
Review: For the most part, it is a pretty good book. I agree it would be difficult to finish in a weekend. Some annoying mistakes in a few places. For example, on p198-200 the figures are full of mistakes and don't follow along with the text. They are not too hard to correct, but you should not have to do so when you are trying to learn something new. I like this type of format for a book where you pace yourself and then have a review and quiz after a short session. Not too bad, but could be better.
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Summary: Ever felt like throwing the UML book away?
Review: Frustrated of how UML books are written? Feel like throwing the book in the fireplace? I am so happy I got a solution. I got this book by accident, to say, and I am amazed of how easy and user friendly it is. I also find it complete, nothing seems to be left out. You can really complete the whole book within a weekend, but you have to take no breaks though, there's a lot of material here... I strongly recommend this book to everyone who wants no headaches when learning UML. A lot of thanks to the author!!
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Summary: Great way to learn basic UML concepts.
Review: Highly recommend. As a UML newbie I needed to learn concrete and specific guidelines about how and when to use the diagrams UML provide; and the book just does that. It helps you build your knowlegde from zero to a fairly basic level, but you'll still need more books and practice to take to UML expert level. Nevertheless if you're looking for an easy yet useful way to get up to speed with UML, I recomend this book.
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Summary: I think it was worth the time
Review: Highly recommend. As a UML newbie, I had gone thru a lot of UML books, but I found this one takes a more concrete and sensible approach to UML. And it is very easy to understand the entire UML concepts.This book goes far from a quick tutorial and introduces all the UML concepts in a logical manner.
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Summary: A good way to start and learn UML
Review: Highly recommend. As a UML newbie, I had gone thru a lot of UML books, but I found this one takes a more concrete and sensible approach to UML. And it is very easy to understand the entire UML concepts.This book goes far from a quick tutorial and introduces all the UML concepts in a logical manner.
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Summary: I think it was worth the time
Review: In essence I am still not a master UML designer. But I think I have the gist of what UML is and isn't. The book clears alot of misconceptions for me. I am also a little better with the terminology. I liked the pace these types of books set. It kept me on track to finish the book. Not the best, but it's a start.
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Summary: Great introduction to UML
Review: The great book to get started with UML!
Tom Pender's UML Weekend Crash Course is very readable and it is much more easy to understand than other books on UML I have read. It covers fundamentals of UML principles, is comprehensive and clear. The example that is used throughout the book works well to demonstrate each section concepts. You will be able to use UML after you complete this book.
We are one of the major UML tool vendors, and we were looking for a book to recommend as additional reading for our UML courses. Recently we got UML Weekend Crash Course, and it made very nice impression for us. Our company has decided to provide this book for our teaching courses listeners as the most suitable to learn UML fundamentals.
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Summary: Long and obscure.
Review: The name "UML Weekend Crash Course" is misleading. I don't think anyone can read and understand it in one weekend, unless of course he is reading about six times faster them me. This book has long and obscure sentences and too much of unnecessary information. The chapter on Object-Oriented principles is written so badly, that I doubt in the authors competence. It mentions two major OO postulates "encapsulation" and "inheritance" but leaves out the third one "polymorphism". But he rumbles on for pages about some unrelated stuff. Also, this book was published before the UML-2 standard came out, so it is somewhat outdated. I would recommend "UML Distilled" by Martin Fowler instead of this book.
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