UML Applied: A .NET Perspective (Paperback)

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Of all the UML books I've read to-date (about ten), this one has meant the most to me in my day-to-day practice.</a></p> </blockquote> <p id="quoteAuthor">&#8212; Bob Baker, Orlando .NET User Group</p></div>

<p><i>UML Applied: A .NET Perspective</i> is the first book to examine the two worlds of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and .NET concurrently. The core of this book provides a set of proven, hands-on, team-oriented exercises that will have you solving real-world problems with UML faster than when using any other approach&emdash;often in under a day. Author Martin Shoemaker also demonstrates how to use Rational XDE for effective model-driven development.</p> <p>

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</p> <p> "In teaching UML to my students, nothing has been as effective as ‘Five-Step UML,' a process I devised by stripping away, one piece at a time, everything that got in the way of learning UML. Eventually, I was left with five simple, clear steps that show the students why and how to use UML, by having them start the class by actually solving problems with UML. After they learn the why and the how, they're motivated to learn the what: the details of the UML notation. And they have a lot of fun in the process. <p> Now I'm using Five-Step UML to teach .NET analysis and design in a larger framework. I call it Model-Driven Development&emdash;UML models as the central artifacts of the development process, with other artifacts (code, tests, documents, even estimates and schedules) all deriving from the models.

With this book, I've collected my Five-Step UML and Model-Driven Development thoughts into one complete package. I also give a UML perspective of the .NET Common Language Runtime and the .NET Framework, providing a graphical overview that complements the online help." </p>

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In teaching UML to my students, nothing has been as effective as ‘Five-Step UML’, a process I devised by stripping away, one piece at a time, everything that got in the way of learning UML. Eventually, I was left with five simple, clear steps that show the students why and how to use UML, by having them start the class by actually solving problems with UML. After they learn the why and the how, they’re motivated to learn the what: the details of the UML notation. And they have a lot of fun in the process. Now I’m using Five-Step UML to teach .NET analysis and design in a larger framework I call Model-Driven Development: UML models as the central artifacts of the development process, with other artifacts (code, tests, documents, even estimates and schedules) all deriving from the models. With this book, I’ve collected my Five-Step UML and Model-Driven Development thoughts into one complete package. I also give a UML perspective of the .NET Common Language Runtime and the .NET Framework, providing a graphical overview that complements the on-line help.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Apress (April 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590590872
• ISBN-13: 978-1590590874
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,262,382 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just for .NET users, September 23, 2004

By	W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

A curious thing about the title is its mention of .NET. Strictly, UML is independent of any environment or operating system or language. Those are implementation level details. But here, Shoemaker brings .NET into his UML discourse to show how UML can be well integrated with a .NET development process. And indeed, that is part of the book's value.

Having said this, most of the book can be read, ignoring .NET. So those of you into C++ or Java can still gain from the book. He gives lengthy, detailed explanations of defining and refining requirements. And then mapping these to components and interfaces and using these results to design architecture and components. Not a book for the impatient. Shoemaker takes time to carefully expound on the basic ideas. If you're new to UML, a deliberate slow reading might be best, to gain the most from what he is saying.

Another virtue of the book is that apart from the .NET details, it can be used years from now. (Barring any major advances in our understanding of the design process.) It is not one of those computer books that you have to replace in 2 or 3 years time.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Wasted one full day reading this book, January 18, 2005

By	X. Ho - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

-Little UML that makes sense, even less .NET (not to mention the links between UML and .NET - 10% of this book?)
-Too much UML and modeling process freestyling.
-Can you take an author seriously if he keeps on quoting large blocs of text from other books and weblogs and particularly the ones from the Gilbert comic strip? How about one that not only uses "stick-man" symbol, but also provides his own personal "stick-pet" symbol?
-the whole book seems like filled with personal comments and stupid jokes.

3.0 out of 5 stars Sharp Author, professional issues though, October 1, 2009

By	Joseph Fountain "bobo" (lansing, mi United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Martin is a sharp man with great thoughts on UML... however Martin was working for us through Robert Half Consulting and left us mid project with no warning and no follow up, he just picked up and left. I think a crucial part of the development process is that your development team stays put and if someone needs to leave they give you fair warning and also give you the documentation/coding to allow you to complete your project, I am just saying...