Reviews for Understanding UML: The Developer's Guide

1. Very poorly written.

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

   I was VERY disappointed in this book. I was very surprised to see other reviews praising this work. I found it's presentation very superficial and confusing. If possible, I would have given it a lower rating.

2. A beginning OO book - if that

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

   Wow, this book is not the first to do this, but it surely lays claim to "title crime". It is an intro book at best and not a great one at that. The application is a joke.

   I agree with the previous reviewer. A better UML intro is UML distilled. For more advanced and exploratory work check out the Larman UML book and the Coad UML color book.

3. More Beginning OO than UML...

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

   My rating is based on the comparison of the book's title to its content. I was expecting an advanced book on the UML for the seasoned developer based on the title.

   What I got was a beginner's introduction to OO develelopment. In fact, the authors state on page 293 in the Afterword:

   We've tried to keep this book simple. [...] If this book helps you get a feel for OO development and makes it possible for you to generate diagrams [...], we've done what we set out to do.

   Don't be tricked me into purchasing the book by the misleading title. UML is discussed, but not in depth. If you're new to OO development, this book may be a good introduction. It also gives a fairly good introduction to the UML.

   But a better book for just an introduction to UML is:

   UML Distilled: applying the standard object modeling language by Martin Fowler with Kendall Scott

   And for a more in-depth book, I liked:

   The Unified Modeling Language User Guide by the three amigos

4. This book presents an adequate introcution to UML.

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, March 12th, 1999

   Chapter 10 thru 15 present a sufficient introductory view of the subject in a sequentially well defined manner, supported by great diagrams. The appendix example is well tied in with the discussion from chapter 10 and up. However, I am astonished to see the author's reference to Connection as a class. Connection is an INTERFACE, not a class __I assume that, this is a mishap.

   Well, for the material from chapter 10 an up, I give this effort 8/10.

5. A good beginners book

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, March 12nd, 1999

   This book is a MUST for everyone wishing to commence the journey in OO modeling. The author discusses all the concepts with a high level perspective with easy to understand illustrations and explanations. An excellent book for starters.