 Description
Good software starts with a good design, and Applying UML and Patterns' subtitle, "An Introduction to Object-oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D) and the Unified Process" reflects this.
The first edition of Applying UML and Patterns
became a standard. The second edition uses the unified process (UP) as
the interactive process within which OOA/D is introduced and extends
the case study used in the first edition. Other changes have been made
to reflect the growing consensus on the most effective ways to work
with OOA/D and patterns.
Although you will learn UML this isn't what Applying UML and Patterns
is all about. It's designed to teach you to think of software as a
collection of objects with properties and to manipulate the
relationships between them. This is far more profound.
The case
study enables Craig Larman to carry the design through to Java code. In
practice you will need a basic understanding of OO programming to
benefit from Applying UML and Patterns though you needn't know Java--you could implement the designs in the OO language of your choice with equal facility.
When it comes right down to it, Applying UML and Patterns
is all about providing you with a language in which to think about
software design. This is quite a different from learning a language in
which to code a design.
A facility with OOA/D will enable you
to design and discuss programs independent of code, to produce more
elegant and maintainable software and to take a 30,000-foot view of the
way your software interacts with the world. In effect, it can shift
your viewpoint from that of a mechanic to the more sophisticated
viewpoint of an engineer. --Steve Patient
Product Description
For all
undergraduate courses in object-oriented analysis and design. Builds on
the overwhelming success of the First Edition. The topics covered in
this book are increasingly recognized as core competencies by virtually
all contemporary computer science departments, and in virtually all
computer science curricula.
This book teaches
object-oriented analysis and design through iterations of a single,
cohesive case studyincrementally introducing key OO&AD skills
while emphasizing practical activities and principles. Renowned object
technology leader Craig Larman introduces the popular UML 1.4
diagramming notation as a superior vehicle for expressing OO&AD
thoughts. Since OOA&D should be taught (and practiced) within a
coherent process, he presents a lightweight, agile version of the
market-leading Unified Process (UP). Within his case study's context,
he also introduces patternsrobust, best-practice solutions to the most
widely encountered design problems.
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