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Summary: Excellent introduction to UML
Review: This book is both informative and formative.It is informative because it presents all the essentials of UML in a very friendly and detailed-enough manner. It is formative because it motivates one into using visual modeling to do real work. After spending two evenings reading the book, I was able to do my first diagrams to model an object-oriented project the very third day. The book is not for experienced users, but it puts one quickly on track and it is easy to use later as a reference.
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Summary: This book delivers what it promises
Review: This books does not overcomplicate things. I thought that UML was a difficult subject until I read this book. It presents core concepts clearly and painlessly. I've read 3 other books on UML and OO Concepts. I have found some books that are great if you have got all the time in the world to read them, but they have not gotten me to the point of being able to put UML to practical use. UML A Beginner's Guide accomplished that really quickly. It's a great core reference as well as an excellent place to start.
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Summary: For Begineers and others to refresh your UML concepts
Review: This is a very good book for people who have no idea on UML and for people who may want to brush up their skills on UML.The examples are very neatly given and I definitely like the flow of the book which makes u feel comfortable and keeps u absorbed.I was able to completely read the book in 2 days and at the end of the 2 day I was glowing with delight at having cleary understood the concepts.
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Summary: An excellent UML intro
Review: This is a very well-written intro to UML. The book is concise, without any fluff, and immediately useful. If you want to learn UML and don't want to yawn through the 400+ page spec or lug around some oveweight, over-appendixed book, I strongly suggest checking this one out. The diagrams are simple and clear. The examples make sense. While I didn't really take any of the short quizzes after each section, in retrospect I think they can be helpful for some. As far as "bad", there really isn't any. For experienced developers new to UML, this book also goes nicely with "Agile Modeling".
Rating:
Summary: An excellent UML intro
Review: This is a very well-written intro to UML. The book is concise, without any fluff, and immediately useful. If you want to learn UML and don't want to yawn through the 400+ page spec or lug around some oveweight, over-appendixed book, I strongly suggest checking this one out. The diagrams are simple and clear. The examples make sense. While I didn't really take any of the short quizzes after each section, in retrospect I think they can be helpful for some. As far as "bad", there really isn't any. For experienced developers new to UML, this book also goes nicely with "Agile Modeling".
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