Using UML: Software Engineering with Objects and Components - Revised Edition (Updated to Cover Version 1.3 OMG UML Standard) [Paperback]

Perdita Stevens (Author), Rob Pooley (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0201648601 | ISBN-13: 978-0201648607 | Publication Date: November 18, 1999

Using UMLis designed to help any developer master effective software design with UML. This new edition has been fully revised to reflect UML 1.3.Experienced modeling language instructors Perdita Stevens and Rob Pooley focus on superior design techniques, comparing the available methodologies and offering advice on when to use each. They begin by describing the software process and lifecycle, and explaining how object-orientation and component-based engineering affect the design process. Next, they review each key UML 1.3 feature, including patterns, components, concurrency, types, and more.Using UML, Revised Editioncontains extensive case studies of real-life design, including real-time systems, data-oriented, and component-based designs. The book also contains a full section addressing the wider issues related to software design, including quality, testing, and organizational management. (Previous Edition: 0-201-36067-5.)For every developer interested in mastering UML.

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Someone seems to have telepathically divined just the sort of book I've been looking for." -- John Salt, Lecturer in Software Engineering, Brunel University, UK --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Using UMLis designed to help any developer master effective software design with UML. This new edition has been fully revised to reflect UML 1.3.Experienced modeling language instructors Perdita Stevens and Rob Pooley focus on superior design techniques, comparing the available methodologies and offering advice on when to use each. They begin by describing the software process and lifecycle, and explaining how object-orientation and component-based engineering affect the design process. Next, they review each key UML 1.3 feature, including patterns, components, concurrency, types, and more.Using UML, Revised Editioncontains extensive case studies of real-life design, including real-time systems, data-oriented, and component-based designs. The book also contains a full section addressing the wider issues related to software design, including quality, testing, and organizational management. (Previous Edition: 0-201-36067-5.)For every developer interested in mastering UML.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley (November 18, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201648601
• ISBN-13: 978-0201648607
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,020,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very good for STUDENTS, September 16, 1999

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Daniel Moth (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Using UML : Software Engineering With Objects and Components (Paperback)

This book touches on all the right subjects but does not go -in my opinion- deep into any. I like the sequence in which the information is organised and presented. It is nice to include case studies, but I am not sure about the completeness of the case studies or if, in fact, these can be implemented from the design provided. It is a novelty to provide discussion topics very often throughout the text, but it would have been better, if not essential, to discuss the issues in the text or direct us to some other resource where the discussions take place. All in all, there are other books that do the job better of introducing UML or discussing advanced issues, but this text is probably the best to be used on an undergraduate course. Its value to software engineers in the industry, though, is questionable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indepth, but hard to follow, January 2, 2002

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This review is from: Using UML: Software Engineering with Objects and Components - Revised Edition (Updated to Cover Version 1.3 OMG UML Standard) (Paperback)

I found this book very hard to read at times, and tedious at other times. If you can stick with it long enough, it starts to make sense, and there as a ton of very good information to be found. It is well written and logically organised, I just wish it were a bit more enjoyable to read.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, question and answer style., May 7, 1999

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This review is from: Using UML : Software Engineering With Objects and Components (Paperback)

The book is written in an Question/Answer format (i.e., FAQ). Very different from the rest of the UML topics, narrative or reference styles provided in most UML books. Unfortunately, the price seems a little steep, until you consider that there are some valuable bits of information in this book that seem to be missing from most UML books. Mostly the "why?" of UML. That makes the book worth every penny. If you are deep into UML and want answers to some of the more obscure issues, this is a good book to read through.