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Title: Executable UML How to Build Class Models by Leon Starr ISBN: 0-13-067479-6 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 26 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent book
Comment: I've had one of Leon Starr's other books, "How to Build Shlaer-Mellor Object Models" on my bookshelf for many years and used it as a constant reference for my OO training and documentation work. I have always liked the way Starr manages to simplify conceptual information in an engaging and down-to-earth manner - something that is close to my heart as a veteran educator.
"Executable UML" builds on the models he introduced in his previous book and moves from the S-M world to the executable UML world. I thought the book was very well written and gave a good, clear explanation of what Executable UML actually is and how it extends the UML. The examples Starr uses to explain some of the more abstract ideas and concepts were great and his treatment of relationships and associations was excellent I thought. As well as the clarity of the writing I particularly appreciated the sense of humor in this book - something sadly lacking in many methodology texts.
I've been using this book as well as Mellor and Balcer's book "Executable UML - A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture" as references in developing xtUML online-learning courses and found them both invaluable.
Great book - highly recommend it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Excellent about UML, not much about "executable"
Comment: I was disappointed with this book because there is nothing here about UML action language or constraints. That's what I thought "executable" meant, but I obviously got something wrong.
The book is the best I have read class modeling, though. If you want to learn practical UML modeling, I strongly recommend this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: More technical works should be written like this!!!!
Comment: I've read more than my share of technical texts over the years. With a few exceptions, most are dry, difficult to understand and cover too much material without developing any topic particularly well.
Leon Starr's book "Executable UML: How to Build Class Models" is refreshingly different. Not only is it written in a uniquely engaging style, but it does a fantastic job of developing the concepts that go into Executable UML class modeling.
Furthermore, his introduction "What is Executable UML?" is the best concise overview of the topic I have *ever* read. In under 25 pages, Leon hits every major point of discussion in Executable UML in enough detail to provide real value for the reader. Although it's well worth reading for anyone who's interested in Executable UML modeling, I would especially recommend this chapter to anyone who is *new* to Executable UML, and wants to understand what all the fuss is about.
Leon's approach to the subsequent chapters on class modeling doesn't bog down the book with a complicated discussion of an abstract (and potentially complicated) topic. His discussion is clear, concise, with frequent use of examples to hammer home his points.
He always provides a brief scenario before he launches into a modeling example, giving a excellent context for why he used certain modeling techniques. For beginners in Executable UML, this is an excellent way to get into the mindset of modeling. More experienced readers can also benefit a great deal from the best practices discussed.
Another myth about technical texts is that good content = dry read. Not so! Leon's book is *very* entertaining. This has got to be one of the most pleasant technical reads out there. Interestingly enough, when I turned the final page, not only had I enjoyed the journey, but I found that I *really* understood the topic.
More books should be written like this! "Executable UML: How to Build Class Models" is the exception that *should* become the rule.
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Title: Executable UML: A Foundation for Model Driven Architecture by Stephen Mellor, Marc Balcer, Marc J. Balcer ISBN: 0201748045 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Object Lifecycles: Modeling the World in States (Yourdon Press Computing Series) by Sally Shlaer, Stephen J. Mellor ISBN: 0136299407 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $66.00 |
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Title: MDA Explained: The Model Driven Architecture--Practice and Promise by Anneke Kleppe, Jos Warmer, Wim Bast ISBN: 032119442X Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 25 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Object-Oriented Systems Analysis: Modeling the World in Data (Yourdon Press Computing Series) by Sally Shlaer ISBN: 013629023X Publisher: Pearson Education POD Pub. Date: 01 March, 1988 List Price(USD): $72.00 |
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Title: Model Driven Architecture with Executable UML(TM) by Chris Raistrick, Paul Francis, John Wright ISBN: 0521537711 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 18 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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