Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development

This book is not about UML, it's about OO analysis and design in context of agile method. UML is used actively in it and is well-explained, but UML is just a tool, which requires a skill.To get a skill of professional software development I highly recommend reading this book. For me it closed countless gaps in my thought-process and left me with complex, but clear and exact picture of how software product must be developed.Many things popular now are merely re-interpretation of approaches discovered and tested in the past. This book presents all this treasure of wisdom. It gives you a clean and consistent vocabulary to use when speaking about anything related to software development and methodology of moving from problem to a solution.

I was a little skeptic about buying used book despite it saying the condition was very good. But when it arrived it was way better than what I imagined. The book was practically new with no markings, no highlights, as good as new. The hardcover was a little worn out but the book feels brand new and for the price its amazing.Loved it.

Read this book as part of an analysis and design class I recently took at the University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul. I have had the previous edition of this book, but it took taking a class to actually get me to read it entirely. Enough good things have already been said about this book by others, and I don't have a different opinion here either. What I especially enjoyed when reading this book is it's description and demonstration using effective UML diagrams of simple examples and case studies - of the application of the GRASP (General Responsibility Assignment Software Patterns or Principles) and the GOF (Gang-Of-Four) patterns for doing object-oriented software design and development.

I am currently using this book for a continuing education class. It's a good reference for UML as the front and back covers can be quick referenced for the standards. I'm by no means a UML expert (yet) but the book gives good insights as to when certain items should and should not be used. That being said it's better in a classroom environment then for a quick crash course. If you were going to learn UML on your own I think using it as a compliment to other material will give you deeper understanding.

This book of the type of books that are very interesting. i feel that i dont read it.i feel i take training directly from the trainer(Author).it is written with full of passion to the subject of the book.other advantage it is focus in best practices.i hate reading in general,but this book added value to me every page and day !.Thanks a lot for the author to introduce this book in this way.it is similar to Head first series but with serious speech inside.

I have to disagree with whoever said this is a great book for beginners. There is too much information to the point of overkill. I am getting more enlightenment from going to [...] and reading the UML specs. The author interjects way too much unnecessary information, then takes a good example model (like on the back page) using default language, only to throw "veggieburger" in the middle of it all, which to a novice lends only to confusion.I am in the middle of reading this so I may change my stripes by the end, but I really don't see it happening. "UML 2 Toolkit" and "Head First Design" have helped me learn this stuff much faster.

While being able to write perfect UML is an over rated skill, this book has a lot of architectural information that is far more valuable. Good read.

I needed this book for class and overall it seemed good, except that the flow could have been better. With the class we jumped around between chapters a lot instead of being able to follow it. Not sure if it was the flow of the class or the flow of the book that caused that, but the class flow seemed like a logical progression to me that could have been shared by the book.

Alle hoeken waren beschadigd en had vlekken terwijl het zogezegd een nieuw boek is? Kon het niet retour sturen omdat ze geen exemplaren meer hadden en het nodig heb voor school. Ik raad deze verkoper niet aan

Excellent.

Very satisfied with the product!

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Posso dire che essendo un regalo di Natale, é arrivato in tempo ed era esattamente come me lo aspettavo. Anche la persona a cui l'ho regalato ne é molto entusiasta.