Learning UML 2.0: A Pragmatic Introduction to UML

I knew little about UML and its Diagrams before this book.This book explains you most of the fundamental concepts in UML, most importantly, the relationship between these diagrams and concepts.Wording is concise, yet precise (as a primer book on UML). Now I can use UML designing my software project!Great Book for UML dummies! 5 Stars!

I'm a junior Java programmer and the main reason why I came into contact with UML is because some of the major Java IDE's like Sun Java Studio and NetBeans have fully adopted support for UML modeling. Even though the tutorials on the Sun and NetBeans website give you a very good heads up and despite the fact that there are many UML tutorials available on the web I wanted more. Both a learning guide as well as some good reference.And thats what I found in Learning UML from O'Reilly. What I like best about this book is that even though it covers the entire UML 2.0 spectrum it doesn't try to cover every little detail which don't add to the learning experience. Instead it gives you clear links for further reading or browsing (for example; it covers some of UML's history and gives you links for more detailed stories).Another very important part for me is the way the book is setup. It seperates the different diagrams and follows a very logical order. From Use Case to Activity, Class (both regular and advanced), Object, Sequence, Communication, Timing, Component, State and Deployment. And because each chapter covers one diagram (with the exception of the class diagram which covers 2 chapters) its very easy to use this book both as learning tool as well as reference.And the reason why I'm writing up this review.. This book assumes that the reader is already somewhat familiar with Object Oriented (OO) programming as well knows a little about Java. Examples where they show how some code snippets functionality are being displayed in a model are based on Java. However, despite that detail it doesn't result in a book which is only usable for Java (-like) programmers.So summing up: A great book to learn UML and use as reference.

This book gives very good understanding of UML who don't know anything about it. Details are covered as a example

Great book. A must to keep on hand in your library to look back upon when you need to reminder. Very happy to have it in my library.

My perspective:Looking for a solid introductory book to UML. No financial investments in product or author.Overall:This book met my goal of obtaining an introduction to UML.Good:1. Better than the last book: "UML 2.0 In Action"2. Solid foundation covering many different types of diagrams, their uses, and notationSuggestions:1. Could do better describing the order the diagrams are typically constructed during the planning stages of a project. For example, after constructing the use case diagram, would you suggest creating the package diagrams or the activity diagrams? (The former is the second chapter, while the later is one of the last chapters.)2. As far as I can tell the book completely omits a discussion of UML modeling programs. It would be nice to at least mention a few of the popular programs. It does mention the limits of "some" modeling programs throughout the book. (Here is a list from wikipedia: [...])3. References the UML in a Nutshell book one too many times. It's quite distracting and humorous at times.

The manual was delivered quickly and in good condition. I was very satisfied. The content of the manual is enabling me to build on a critical business analysis skill.

Although this book won't make you a guru in one pass, it is a good introduction--more concise than the comicky "Head First" O'Reilly books and more complete/faster paced than the Dummies books, but less deep than some other series. There is a great organizing theme throughout, based on the type of view that one wants to focus on--logical, physical, process, development, or use case. Well written with useful examples, it lives up to its O'Reilly animal-cover heritage.

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Livro muito didático que apresenta exemplos atuais e de fácil leitura.Recomendo para alunos de graduação e/ou pessoas interessadas em modelagem de sistemas de software que estão tendo um primeiro contato com a linguagem UML!

Excellenet inroductory book on UML...covers the spectrum of UML in the form of a compendium.

I use this book all the time as a reference but originally to get a better understanding of UML, other guys I work with have also purchased after borrorwing mine.A very good read, informative and enough detail to understand and apply to your own design.

Un buon testo su UML 2.0 che dà una visione chiara e precisa dei principali costrutti del linguaggio di modellazione software.Non riporta tutte le varianti e le declinazioni previste dallo standard ma spiega con estrema chiarezza quelle principali!

Die Einführung ist sehr kompakt - ein gewisses Grundwissen sollte man mitbringen. Bin selber aber auch Anfänger und finde mich in dem Buch sehr gut zurecht. Super als Nachschlagewerk als Anfänger, vermutlich nicht ausreichend für einen Vollprofi. Die engl. Sprache ist verständlich und eingängig. Ist nun mein ständiger Begleiter. Kauf nicht bereut.