Designing Flexible Object-Oriented Systems with UML [Paperback]

Charles A. Richter (Author)

Book Description

Series: Software Engineering | Publication Date: September 15, 1999

For courses in Unified Modeling Language (UML). Object-oriented development is the process of turning an idea or a problem specification into an object-oriented program. The resulting program is a large collection of objects that communicate with one another. Designing Flexible Object-Oriented Systems with UML takes you through the process of designing and developing a program that will meet your needs and be adaptable to new requirements in the future. This book provides both an understanding of object-oriented design and a progressive tutorial on UML, as well as detailed instructions on class and dynamic diagramming notation and developing classes and dynamic diagrams.

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Object-oriented development is the process of turning an idea or a problem specification into an object-oriented program. The resulting program is a large collection of objects that communicate with one another. Designing Flexible Object-Oriented Systems with UML takes you through the process of designing and developing a program that will meet your needs and be adaptable to new requirements in the future. This book provides both an understanding of object-oriented design and a progressive tutorial on UML, as well as detailed instructions on class and dynamic diagramming notation and developing classs and dynamic diagrams.

Product Details

• Paperback: 404 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1st edition (September 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578700981
• ISBN-13: 978-1578700981
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,241,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Designing Flexible Object-Oriented Systems with UML (Paperback)

I found Charlie's book very informative and useful to our design efforts. The book is very good as a learning tool for anyone who has not had exposure to UML. We are going to use this book as a training tool for both our technical team and our Product Managers (Business Partners). This is definitely a book you want in your library.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great practical book for designers., October 14, 1999

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A. Ladner (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing Flexible Object-Oriented Systems with UML (Paperback)

This book is a terrific tutorial on UML and includes the guidelines that I needed on developing class diagrams as well as class diagramming notation. The order processing example was great in helping me to understand these concepts. The same example was used to give detailed instruction on developing dynamic diagrams. This example provided a coherent transition from static to dynamic design which worked well in helping me understand the concepts. However, it really helped that other examples such as an elevator control system were used which helped me see how to apply the concepts to different systems.

I found the coverage of flexibility guidelines to be of particular interest in my job and have recommended that everyone in my group have a copy of this book as a reference in our new project. As a 15 year veteran in the industry I found this to be the best coverage of UML that I've found.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the TWO best UMLs guides available, April 5, 2000

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Kent Hendrick (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing Flexible Object-Oriented Systems with UML (Paperback)

Quite simply, you can dispense with a shelf of 'other' UML and OO design books. Concisely written and clearly illustrated, this volume is indispensable. Richter summarizes the best analysis methods and diagramming techniques of Booch, the three amigos, Bob Martin, Larman, Coad and others. It is all right here. The companion to this text is, of course Fowler's "UML Distilled" (and ... well ... OK, one more ... Booch's "UML User Guide". An excellent reference and modeling resource in a single tome ... covers a lot of ground with copious examples. (And if you are STILL hashing around with Uses vs. Extends (v1.1), Richter's examples are the cleanest anywhere.)