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UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.117
EAN: 9780321193681
Edition: 3
ISBN: 0321193687
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: September 25, 2003
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Editorial Review:
The second edition of Martin Fowler's bestselling UML Distilled provides updates to the Unified Modeling Language (UML) without changing its basic formula for success. It is still arguably the best resource for quick, no-nonsense explanations of using UML.
The major strength of UML Distilled is its short, concise presentation of the essentials of UML and where it fits within today's software development process. The book describes all the major UML diagram types, what they're for, and the basic notation involved in creating and deciphering them. These diagrams include use cases; class and interaction diagrams; collaborations; and state, activity, and physical diagrams. The examples are always clear, and the explanations cut to the fundamental design logic.
For the second edition, the material has been reworked for use cases and activity diagrams, plus there are numerous small tweaks throughout, including the latest UML v. 1.3 standard. An appendix even traces the evolution of UML versions.
Working developers often don't have time to keep up with new innovations in software engineering. This new edition lets you get acquainted with some of the best thinking about efficient object-oriented software design using UML in a convenient format that will be essential to anyone who designs software professionally. --Richard Dragan
Topics covered: UML basics, analysis and design, outline development (software development process), inception, elaboration, managing risks, construction, transition, use case diagrams, class diagrams, interaction diagrams, collaborations, state diagrams, activity diagrams, physical diagrams, patterns, and refactoring basics.
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Rating: - Where do you want to architect without this book ?
Again very briefly. The book is needed for all the people who design in UML. It is a reality that every architect has its own design style and thus it is good to have the same basics. Martin Fowler, author of the book, he is more than warranty of this need. Besides that everybody sometimes needs to look into the master reference.
Rating: - The reference
This book is not the ideal UML book for the business analyst (and I now work as one). There is reference to OO programming concepts that will probably always be lost on me. However, it is the ideal overview of the UML for starters, and I suspect I will be using it as a reference for quite some time to come. Enough detail to do some serious work with, concise enough to allow me to find what I need. After reading this book I was curious for more and ordered four more books from the Object Technology ... Read More
Rating: - Reference book for UMlL diagrams
This is a handy reference book for UML diagrams. I like the quick summary on the inside covers, useful when you want to a quick reminder of which UML diagram is the one you want to use. I find it helpful that instead of spending pages and pages describing some of the hardly used notations, it actually concentrates on describing the essentials and the typical. If I then find I need more information on a certain diagram, I just go find it in the internet. It is not an in-depth explanation of object ... Read More
Rating:  - Best value per page ratio of any UML book
With just about 200 pages, this little big book covers the most common features of UML in a clear, crisp and fun way. No other book has given so much to so many in so few pages.
Rating: - UML Distilled 3rd Edition
This is a good book to have as a reference and to get an introductory understanding into UML. Many engineers at the company that I work at have this book and also at previous companies that I've worked at.
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