Book Description
Now widely adopted as the de facto industry standard and
sanctioned by the Object Management Group, the Unified
Modeling Language (UML) is a notation all software developers
need to know and understand. However, the UML is a big
language, and not all of it is equally important. The
award-winning first edition of UML Distilled was widely
praised for being a concise guide to the core parts of the
UML and has proved extremely successful in helping developers
get up and running quickly. UML Distilled, Second Edition,
maintains the concise format with significantly updated
coverage of use cases and activity diagrams, and expanded
coverage of collaborations. It also includes a new appendix
detailing the changes between UML versions.
Written for those with a basic understanding of
object-oriented analysis and design, this book begins with a
summary of UML's history, development, and rationale and then
moves into a discussion of how the UML can be integrated into
the object-oriented development process. The primary author
profiles the various modeling techniques in the UML--such as
use cases, class diagrams, and interaction diagrams--and
describes the notation and semantics clearly and succinctly.
He also outlines useful non-UML techniques such as CRC cards
and patterns. These descriptions are made even more relevant
with a collection of best practices based on the primary
author's experience and a brief Java programming example
demonstrating the implementation of a UML-based design. With
this tour of the key parts of the UML, readers will be left
with a firm foundation upon which to build models and develop
further knowledge of the Unified Modeling Language.
Praise for the First Edition
"UML Distilled is a recipient of the prestigious 1997
Software Development Magazine Productivity Award in the Books
category. Addison-Wesley congratulates authors Martin Fowler
and Kendall Scott for their outstanding work."
"This book is a godsend. It is packed with solid
advice presented in a concise and highly readable way. The
essence of the notations is explained very well indeed but
the author goes beyond this to give very clear insights into
the application of UML techniques." -- Jennifer
Stapleton, Vice President Technical, British Computer Society
"UML Distilled is well written, knowledgeable about
both systems development and UML, and disarmingly
honest." -- Robert L. Glass, The Software Practitioner
(March 1998)
"UML Distilled proves that you can say a lot of
useful things about computing in a small book." --
Gregory V. Wilson, Dr. Dobb's Journal
