Reviews for UML and C++: A Practical Guide to Object Oriented Development (Apt)

1. Promised a lot in the title, but delivered little.

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2001

   When I first spotted the title I was filled with optimism. This suggested a book that covered both 'the' standard object modelling language and 'the' most widely applied language for implementing such models. The reality fell somewhat short of this. I found that the section on analysis and design lacked the clarity of books such as 'UML distilled' and the sections on code were brief and not very revealing. In all pretty disappointed. The search goes on ...

2. Not for beginners!

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, January 12th, 1999

   As someone who had just completed a 'C++ for non C Programmers' course, and knowing that UML was fast becoming the OO standard, I decided to buy this book to learn about UML (especially applying the concepts to C++).

   However, although it does offer some useful case studies, I found the book very hard reading and it doesn't even offer a quick reference to UML's diagrammitical notations.

   I would certainly not recommend this book to beginners.

3. Good Try at Applying UML to Real Applications

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 1998

   For anyone that has to write computer programs for a living you realize quickly that UML is primarily an academic exercise in object oriented analysis and design but falls far short of being a practical tool for code development. Neither Java or C++ have solid components for dealing with UML concepts such as association, state models, aggregation, cardinality, and links. I agree that Lee's and Tefeharts book does not cover the UML concepts in detail and that's ok. There are hundreds of other books out there that already cover it. What they do provide is examples of how to take these theories and apply them within the constaints of the C++ language. Theory doesn't support my paycheck, practical coding does. Can you write a book on UML and Java now?

4. Just a haphazard collection of thoughts on OOA&D

   Rated 2 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 1998

   I had the displeasure of having to buy this book for an OOA&D class tailored to using UML 1.1 notation. Its treatment of ,or lack there of, use case analysis and modeling is atrocious. I found it very difficult to read because its too busy trying to be abstract. Its treatment of OOA&D processes, tasks, and procedures is just too random and in some chapters too brief to be of much use. I ended up buying the UML Toolkit and found it much better at teaching OOA&D using UML 1.1 than this one. The book was definitely a disappointment.