UML Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modelling Language (Object Technology Series)
UML Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modelling Language (Object Technology Series) by Kendall Scott and Martin Fowler
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 208
- ISBN:
- 0201325632
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- Addison Wesley
- Publication Date:
- Aug. 31, 1997
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 3684
Many working programmers have little time for keeping up with the latest advances from the world of software engineering. UML Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modeling Language provides a quick, useful take on one of the field's most important recent developments: the emergence of the Unified Modeling Language (UML).
UML Distilled offers a useful perspective on what UML is and what it's good for. The author, an experienced software engineer, gives his own opinions of which diagrams are best to use. He is never doctrinaire and is always willing to put common sense design ahead of rigid adherence to models and documents. He runs through the basic notation used in UML for such design documents as use case, class, sequence, state, activity and deployment diagrams. In addition, he includes concise examples of the details of working with objects, with an excellent step-by-step rendition of many of the details involved in UML. The author even includes some actual C++ code so you can see what all these design documents lead to.
You'll need some idea of what software engineering is in order to benefit from this book. However, if you have the appropriate background, you'll find this book invaluable in understanding this emerging new standard, which has the potential to bring solid software engineering to many developers who have never used disciplined software design techniques before. --Amazon.com
Reviews for UML Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modelling Language (Object Technology Series)
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very hard book for beginner
Rated out of 5 stars, August 12th, 1999
The author used the infamous ''me me me me me'' method to write this book. ''I would do this'' or ''I know'' or ''I find''... Very self-center book. When he talked about bad pactrices, the noun will be switch to ''People.'' It is not organized. No solid thoery. The book try to demonstrate the UML ideas thur examples, but they are confusing. Author listed all different conventions and telled us which one he likes to use. It confused readers who are new to UML. Don''t let the title of the book lure you into buying it. It is not ''Distilled'' at all. -
A must have...
Rated out of 5 stars, August 12th, 1999
This book is essential for I.T. personnel and should be considered mandatory reading for architects, and managers alike... -
An excellent overview and map
Rated out of 5 stars, August 12th, 1999
Funny how many people do not either read or understand the purpose of a book. UML Distilled was just what I was looking for, a short overview of UML for people who understand a bit about OO. It also has suggestions of other books for further study. -
Useful, but not for everyone
Rated out of 5 stars, May 12th, 1999
This book is useful for what it really is: an introduction to the graphical language of UML. It does not really teach one much about modelling, or about methodologies for OOAD. So it poses a strange problem: it is a beginner's book, but unsuitable for total beginners. It is best read by people who already have an understanding of the OOAD process- others may end up rather confused.For those who are new to UML but not OO, it is a very useful introduction to the notation. I find myself constantly looking things up, and it is pretty complete. Reminds me of the "in a nutshell" books, but more readable.
I like Fowler's style and if I were to complain, I would say that it needs some more down-to-earth techniques (e.g. how would you model a login, or a client-server with sockets, etc.) which would put the notation into a more useful context.