Developing Software with UML: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in Practice (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Bernd Oestereich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 13, 2002 | ISBN-10: 020175603X | ISBN-13: 978-0201756036 | Edition: 2

Leverage the full power of objects and UML in any software development process!

-- Object-oriented analysis and design: a practical, example-driven introduction.

-- Thoroughly updated: New coverage of UML 1.4, updated Java code examples, and new techniques for solving problems that can't be solved by UML alone!

-- Techniques for creating more effective use case, class, behavioral, and implementation diagrams.

This example-rich book will show any developer or analyst how to leverage the full power of object technology and UML in software development. Fully updated throughout, this edition reflects the new UML 1.4 standard and presents important new techniques for solving problems that can't be solved by UML alone. Experienced object developer and mentor Bernd Oestereich begins with an entirely new two-chapter introduction to object-oriented analysis and design. Coverage includes a full chapter on use case diagrams; detailed introductions to the basic and relational elements of class diagrams; as well as extensive introductions both behavioral and implementation diagrams. Along the way, Oestereich shows how to extend the power of UML with advanced techniques such as stereotypes and CASE tool use case templates. This is also the first object-oriented analysis and design book with in-depth coverage of the Object Constraint Language (OCL), a powerful, UML-based modeling tool for specifying a wide array of object constraints, conditions, and guards.

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Reviews from the first edition:

This book is very well structured and clearly thought through.  It is concise yet comprehensive.  I will definitely recommend it - Nicolai Josuttis, Senior Consultant, Solutions in Time.

Congratulations on a great book.  I have found it not only technically interesting but also amusing and easy to read.  I have rarely spent my money as profitably as on this book. - Matthias Hess, Senior Analyst, CM Informatik AG

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 2 edition (June 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 020175603X
• ISBN-13: 978-0201756036
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,536,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the best choise for starting with the UML, February 13, 2000

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Marios Sintichakis (Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Developing Software with UML: Object-oriented analysis and design in practice (Addison Wesley Object Technology Series) (Paperback)

Surely this book is not the absolute reference for the UML. Someone seeking for such a book, should check up on: "The Unified Modeling Language User Guide", "The Unified Modeling Language Reference Manual" both by the 3 amigos, and "UML Distilled, Second Ed." by Martin Fowler et al.

I gave 5 stars because, to my opinion, the author has catched the main need of someone who uses the UML for the first time; to design/develop software. Formalizations and abstractions are absolutely necessary in real applications, but really destructing during the first steps simply because anything usefull is interspersed in several chapters. On the other hand, the coverage of both the UML and the OO S/W development in this book is definitely not shallow.

"Developing Software with UML" is perhaps the best choise for beginning with UML. It is well-structured, intuitive and easy.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For me, an excellent book about UML..., August 10, 1999

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Romain Cloos <[e-mail]> (Luxembourg (Europe)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Developing Software with UML: Object-oriented analysis and design in practice (Addison Wesley Object Technology Series) (Paperback)

The book explains in a nice form the "Object-Orientation for Beginners", but I don't know if OO beginners understand everything directly. The chapter about the Project Management needs to be reworked because there is a possibility to fall into a slumber... The rest part II (Example: Analysis; Design) and part III (Fundamentals of the UML), for which I decided to buy the book, is excellent. A book, nice to have! Thanks for the book! [Romain Cloos; MSc Computer Science; Société Européenne des Satellites...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, Introductory, Easy to Read, February 23, 2006

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Song Li (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Developing Software with UML: Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in Practice (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Strength:

Very concise, practical description of OOA/D and UML.

Level:

Beginning to intermediate developers

Key Dev. Method:

Use case driven, Architecture centric, Evolutional

Example Used:

Enterprise/Business application ( car rental )

Languages:

C++, Java, Smalltalk