Customer Reviews
Terrible if I am honest - By: , 23 Feb 2006 
This book is NOT a good book for learning or referencing UML.
The authors have a terrible writing style, the wording & struture is awful, which makes it incredibly difficult to read, & follow.
Whilst the fluency is none existent.
The diagrams & examples are random, there is no noticable theme, & the introduction to some complex diagrams follows a 'deep end' & 'thrown in' approach.
In alll I can see no reason for this book. If you are learning UML it is far too unhelpful, if you require a reference look elsewhere.
Good book with lots of examples, not quite perfect though... - By: , 29 Apr 2002 
I found this book excellent for explaining the basics & a lot of the advanced topics in UML. The amount of examples it includes is second to none in my experience & at the price is well worth the spend. I'm doing a software engineering course & found this book explained the material reallly well, for the most part. I would recommend using this book in conjunction with Using UML : Software Engineering With Objects & Components by Perdita Stevens & Rob Pooley & I found that by using both I've been able to understand UML quite easily. The Pooley/Stevens book has a lot more explanation on how to design, how UML fits into design & also of the basic concepts of Object Orientation. If you can afford it get both, but if you're looking for a cheap book to learn UML from then this is the best you are likely to find.
Good first UML book - By: , 27 Feb 2002 
This book is cheap, short & useful. This is in contrast to many of the 90-odd UML books sold by Amazon which are expensive, waffly & pointless rambling fireside chats with various UML 'gurus'. This book teaches you how to use UML using two case studies. It has no-frills descriptions & examples of alll the major UML diagram types in common use. It also has a fairly decent Notation Summary at the end. I have been using UML for two years & this is the only book I still use. Spend the money you save by buying this book on one of the excellent new breed of cheap UML tools. Happy modelling.
Does what it claims at the right price - By: klloyd@havensoftware.com, 06 Jul 2001 This book is perfectly adequate for learning the basics of UML. I have not brought any other book on UML so I cannot compare it to others, but the fact that I haven't brought any other book suggests that I learnt what I wanted using this book. The book doesn't teach you software analysis or design but a this price is definitely worth 5 stars - & I have money left to buy a book on design.
