Rating: Summary: Definitely buy it. Review: I wanted exposure to UML and come from an Engineering background and have experience with C++. This does a great job of summarizing UML in the initial chapters and then going into detail.
Rating: Summary: Starts off good, but disintegrates into poorly related ideas Review: I was expecting much from the reviews, but felt as I moved into the fifth chapter that the coherence of the presentation and thematic development was falling apart. I found it became too confusing for me given the time I have to study this.
Rating: Summary: A good intro but not great Review: I'm using this book as a text for an OO technologies graduate course, and while the book does indeed offer a good intro to the topic, it certainly has room for improvement. There are several errors and inconsistencies in the notation and examples. The book is based on UML 1.0, making it somewhat dated. I felt uneasy about many of the examples offered; many times they didn't seem to illustrate the language feature all that well. I find that I use the UML Notation Guide more so than this text. And the included Ration Rose trial version crashes with great regularity on a Win95 machine.
Rating: Summary: From boys to men! Review: If you are a VB guy, considering stepping into the .NET realm, then you need to get to grips with proper OO techniques and modelling.I think this is a good book, probably more relevant to C++/Java guys but not too heavy going.
Rating: Summary: Very practical. Easy to read and understand Review: It explains thoroughly how to make use of UML within project. It covers the whole of phases in an OO project; that is Use cases ( specification ), Domain analysis and Design ( Physical architectures ). Really example-driven. The reader will find out a case study well-structured, and its Java's implementation. In one word : a small bible for using UML.
Rating: Summary: Good introduction to UML. Review: Like a lot of the other reviews, I too felt that this book is a great introduction to UML, but does not have enough to be called an advanced book.
Rating: Summary: ULM Toolkit: a very good book Review: This book is a very good introduction to ULM, but a previous knowledge of at least the Coad-Yourdon methodology can make the reading more profitable. The text is quite practical, with good examples, and concise enough for one to use it as a top-of-the-desk manual. Combined with a previous version of Rational Rose CASE tool (the 98 version has superseded it, but for this book it is perfect), the reader will have a very good start to modeling in UML.
Rating: Summary: blah blah: yeah, bones are here but no meat. DON'T BUY! Review: this book is like a bad teacher: talking all over and over again on simlpe things and touching harder issues only with definition (if at all). dont buy this! it's old and you only get confused. i don't remember exactly, but refinement and qualified assosacions are underexplained as well as "class types". examples are stupid and used in places there's no need. there's no consistent view on uml. it's just put pieces together, hope there's better books aviable. i really miss my $60 spent.
Rating: Summary: Basic Introduction Review: This book offers a good overall understanding of the UML. However the examples are shallow, and not necessarily on point or real world enough for me. I've read other books I would recommend before this one. If you'r new to UML this would be a good start, although it may be a bit confusing to the beginner. If you have UML experience and are looking for greater depth of knowledge, look elsewhere.
Rating: Summary: Basic Introduction Review: This book offers a good overall understanding of the UML. However the examples are shallow, and not necessarily on point or real world enough for me. I've read other books I would recommend before this one. If you'r new to UML this would be a good start, although it may be a bit confusing to the beginner. If you have UML experience and are looking for greater depth of knowledge, look elsewhere.
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