Understanding UML: The Developer's Guide (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Software Engineering and Programming)

This book should be titled: "How to Think about Developing a Software Application" or "The Process Major Consultant and Software Design Firms use to Build Software Applications."I agree the book was a bit superficial on teaching you everything you need to know about UML. And the book could have benefited from more UML diagrams, but I learned so much more about other related topics which is what makes this book so great.The authors talk about the whole software development process - not just UML. This is the best entry level book I have read that gives a complete picture to the mystery of creating an Object Oriented software project.There's a lot more they could have said on software development and UML, but for a relatively easy to read book of 300 pages, I learned a tremendous amount of base knowledge that I'm sure a lot of traditional programmers may take for granted - such folks may have hoped for more UML info.Oh yes, I also got a good introduction to UML too.

I'm very pleased with this book. The authors take you step-by-step through the visual modeling process using UML and Java. I read the book cover to cover. It's almost like a good friend taking your hand and guiding you all the way. I would highly recommend this book if you are new to UML or not clear on how the many diagrams fit together to elaborate an analysis and design effort.Thanks, Paul Harmon and Mark Watson for writing such a great read.

Chapter 10 thru 15 present a sufficient introductory view of the subject in a sequentially well defined manner, supported by great diagrams. The appendix example is well tied in with the discussion from chapter 10 and up. However, I am astonished to see the author's reference to Connection as a class. Connection is an INTERFACE, not a class __I assume that, this is a mishap. Well, for the material from chapter 10 an up, I give this effort 8/10.

This book is a MUST for everyone wishing to commence the journey in OO modeling. The author discusses all the concepts with a high level perspective with easy to understand illustrations and explanations. An excellent book for starters.

Our application-development shop has used Structured Analysis/Structured Design and Rapid Application Development methodologies, and we've recently started using UML to develop our applications. I highly recommend this book as an ideal introductory book for managers and developers new to object technology. It puts all the various elements in perspective in a clearly written way, and it has a valuable JAVA example and a bibliography for more detailed reading on each topic. (I would suggest that a more accurate title would be "Understanding Object Technology and UML: an overview for managers and developers: with...")