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Title: UML: A Beginner's Guide by Jason T. Roff ISBN: 0-07-222460-6 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 19 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent UML intro
Comment: This is a very well-written intro to UML. The book is concise, without any fluff, and immediately useful. If you want to learn UML and don't want to yawn through the 400+ page spec or lug around some oveweight, over-appendixed book, I strongly suggest checking this one out. The diagrams are simple and clear. The examples make sense. While I didn't really take any of the short quizzes after each section, in retrospect I think they can be helpful for some. As far as "bad", there really isn't any.
For experienced developers new to UML, this book also goes nicely with "Agile Modeling".
Rating: 4
Summary: Generally pretty good but more examples needed
Comment: I had to purchase this book for my TAFE course and don't have much to compare it to except Schaum's book, which was a lot more daunting and as a consequence not used very much. I thought the author generally did a good job of explaining the concepts. My main gripes are:
1 Each type of diagram had just one sample problem and solution. It would have been good to have more, especially for me since the teachers of our course didn't provide us with any homework on UML diagrams, despite it being a big part of the subject. Practicing the diagrams and then looking at a solution to see where I went wrong is a good way to learn and one example isn't enough.
2 To illustrate sequence diagrams the author used the process of compiling a file, which is something I don't really understand - despite being a computer student. Something simpler would have been a better way to illustrate the concept of sequence diagrams eg the process of mailing a letter.
Overall I think it was a good book and I must admit diagrams have never been my strong point, and UML was not very well taught in my course.
The main problem was not enough practice exercises (with answers). If this had been the case it would not have mattered if I could not relate to some of the examples, such as the process of compiling a file.
Rating: 2
Summary: Dangerous book, very missleading
Comment: The book is very consumable. It's easy to follow and easy to learn from. For the new to UML reader it seems like such a relief to find a book that describes it so easy. This is where the problem starts, the book is simply incorrect in a lot of cases. Some examples below:
It describes the RUP as waterfall. Superimposing workflows on phases. The author thinks that the inception phase is analysis. This could essentially drive a project to failure. It's obvious the author has never successfully implemented RUP.
Some of the diagrams are wrong (i.e. The extension points are on the wrong use cases) and the emphasis on diagramming use cases instead of writing them is an obvious novice mistake.
Larman's Applying UML and Patterns is just as simple to read but is actually correct. Please at least review Larman's book before purchasing this terrible title.
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Title: Sams Teach Yourself UML in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) by Joseph Schmuller ISBN: 0672322382 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 24 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: The Elements of UML(TM) Style by Scott W. Ambler ISBN: 0521525470 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 18 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn ISBN: 0201702258 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language, Third Edition by Martin Fowler ISBN: 0321193687 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 19 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process (2nd Edition) by Craig Larman ISBN: 0130925691 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 13 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
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