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The Unified Modeling Language User Guide SECOND EDITION |
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 Description
One of the most important recent developments in software engineering
is the Unified Modeling Language (UML) standard for documenting
software designs. Written by UML's inventors (the so-called Three
Amigos of software engineering), The Unified Modeling Language User Guide
provides a very appealing guide to all the fundamentals of using UML
effectively.
The book opens with a basic tour of the essential concepts
and modeling diagrams used in UML, including class diagrams, use case
diagrams, and basic modeling principles. The authors pay close
attention to modeling classes (and documenting the relationships
between classes) as well as use case diagrams (which show how software
will be used by various actors in a system).
This book mixes in a
little software-engineering theory, too, but it makes use of clear
examples and actual UML diagrams to illustrate key concepts. Later
in the book, the authors discuss more difficult notational diagrams
(such as state diagrams and activity diagrams, which can be used to
model behavior in a system). Whatever your background in software
engineering, you'll no doubt appreciate the author's clear explanations
of basic (and advanced) modeling concepts, as well as the
nuts-and-bolts details of today's powerful UML. With its combination of
expert modeling advice and excellent detail on the specifics of UML,
this book will be absolutely essential reading for anyone who wants to
use UML for real-world software design. --Richard Dragan
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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