VB6 UML Design and Development [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Jake Sturm (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a powerful notational approach to object-oriented analysis, design and implementation. If you understand and can utilize UML, your object-oriented Visual Basic programming becomes much more logical and effective. UML allows you to design, plan and implement great Visual Basic programs. The ease of learning the fundamentals of Visual Basic often misleads VB programmers - there is a common misperception that effective VB programs can be built in an ad-hoc fashion, without thinking through the full ramifications of the programs being created. Object-oriented programming, and UML in particular, empowers VB programmers with a system of thinking, designing and implementing their programs in a more professional, robust manner. UML is a route to successful VB programming. This initiative started with the Wrox book, "Beginning VB5/6 Objects", which introduced the object-oriented methodology itself. Now, VB6 UML takes that initiative a stage further, to more professional design and implemention. Because UML abstracts the design process, it also allows programmers to see some of the abstract patterns that occur when they are programming. This more abstract view, and some of the emergent patterns that become visible, will allow VB programmers to grasp their fundamental programming activities at an important and fundamental level.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

VB6 UML Design and Development provides a solid working introduction to design techniques using today's Unified Modeling Language (UML) standard. Written for those with little or no experience in formal design, this digestible text provides all you need to get control of the software development process within Visual Basic.

The book begins with a tour of UML basics such as case, class, activity, and sequence diagrams. It looks at today's iterative software development process and patterns and frameworks for better software reuse. The "framework" offered here uses Microsoft's Distributed iNternet Architecture (DNA) to create a three-tiered application using MTS on the middle tier in a case study for an order entry system.

Starting with requirements analysis, the book provides sample interviews from hypothetical users. This data is then used to construct use case diagrams. Then it's on to interaction, sequence, and collaboration diagrams. The sections on class design here are notably strong (with both the traditional CRC cards and UML class diagrams used to model classes). The later chapters of this book turn to implementing the system on Microsoft's DNA platform using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Remote Data Service (RDS) for database access and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) for scalable transactions.

Besides excellent MTS-enabled sample code to get you started on your own applications, perhaps the best feature of VB6 UML Design and Development is its ability to cover formal design and UML without getting lost in opaque software engineering terminology. --Richard Dragan

From the Publisher

VB and UML make great partners. This book teaches VB programmers how to become better programmers, better thinkers, and more successful creators of VB applications, using UML to help design and then create professional VB programs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Peer Information Inc.; 1st edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861002513
• ISBN-13: 978-1861002518
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,843,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Commercial VB6 development gains from all the UML it can get, April 6, 2000

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Vincent O'Sullivan (London, England.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VB6 UML Design and Development (Paperback)

Object Oriented development can be difficult at the best of times. When your doing it using a Not-Quite-OO language like VB (which is otherwise excellent) then those frustrations can be doubled. I found this an excellent book for bridging the gap between the two (OO and NQOO). Many useful tips can be picked up by skimming through the book but - given the complexity of many of the examples - the book is best worked through in detail. Having the limitations of VB explained in a positive way has certainly improved my coding and design.

My only complaint? Within weeks of getting this book my company consigned VB to the history books and climbed onto the Java bandwagon!

Vince.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for VB programmers, December 11, 1999

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Marc Spitzer (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VB6 UML Design and Development (Paperback)

OK, while some sections are difficult to read due to poor editing, this book is the only one on the market that will show you how to turn the user's ideas for a project into an actual physical design. The ideas in this book are sound. It may take some time to understand the code sample, but it is the best DNA code sample out there. Well worth the effort.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VB book that all serious VB developers must have, August 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: VB6 UML Design and Development (Paperback)

This book opens up a new standard for developing Visual Basic applications. For those who have searched for a clear, simple coherent way for successfully building Visual Applications, this book is for you. This book shows you how to properly design your applications using UML. There is an excellent code sample that will show you how to use the Microsoft alphabet soup, i.e. ADO, RDS, MTS, etc. It is also one of the few books that understands that DNA is not just building internet applications. DNA is a style of programming based on internet programming techniques, which can include a VB exe program like the example in the book. Excellent book!