Unifitsirovannyj yazyk modelirovaniya (Unified Modeling Language, UML) yavlyaetsya graficheskim yazykom dlya vizualizatsii, spetsifitsirovaniya, konstruirovaniya i dokumentirovaniya sistem, v kotoryh bol'shaya rol' prinadlezhit programmnomu obespecheniyu. S pomosch'yu UML mozhno razrabotat' detal'nyj plan sozdavaemoj sistemy, soderzhaschij ne tol'ko ee kontseptual'nye elementy, takie kak sistemnye funktsii i biznes-protsessy, no i konkretnye osobennosti, naprimer klassy, napisannye na spetsial'nyh yazykah programmirovaniya, shemy baz dannyh i programmnye komponenty mnogokratnogo ispol'zovaniya. Predlagaemoe vashemu vnimaniyu rukovodstvo pol'zovatelya soderzhit spravochnyj material, dayuschij predstavlenie o tom, kak mozhno ispol'zovat' UML dlya resheniya raznoobraznyh problem modelirovaniya. V knige podrobno, shag za shagom, opisyvaetsya protsess razrabotki programmnyh sistem na baze dannogo yazyka. Izdanie adresovano chitatelyam, kotorye uzhe imeyut obschee predstavlenie ob ob'ektno-orientirovannyh kontseptsiyah (opyt raboty s konkretnymi ob'ektno-orientirovannymi yazykami ili metodikami ne trebuetsya, hotya zhelatelen). V pervuyu ochered' rukovodstvo prednaznacheno dlya razrabotchikov, zanyatyh sozdaniem modelej UML. Tem ne menee, kniga budet polezna vsem, kto osvaivaet, sozdaet, testiruet ili vypuskaet v svet programmnye sistemy.
Grady Booch is an American software engineer, best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language (UML) with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh. He is recognized internationally for his innovative work in software architecture, software engineering, and collaborative development environments.
UML is just about the driest of all dry topics, even for technical people. It shouldn't really be a surprise that this isn't a real page-turner.
I picked up this book because it was recommended in another book on design patterns and I wanted a deeper understanding of UML. It is a good reference and I'd recommend as such it to anyone who needs to add more formality to a software design process. I particularly like the fact that the author focuses on providing the appropriate level of detail (not too much, not too little) where other UML books seem to treat UML as the Universal Answer To All Design Problems.
The book is very structured and almost all the chapters have the same sub-sections, which would make it more useful as a reference tool. On the other hand there are a couple of chapters (on state machines and state diagrams) which are almost the same and I have to wonder why there are two different chapters.
Overall, I'd say this is a useful reference, but I'll not recommend anyone read it straight through.
1er volet de la trilogie UML. Cet ouvrage de bonne facture (couverture rigide, impression bicolore !) présente les différents concepts d'UML, ainsi que les diagrammes associés. Les éléments les plus importants de la notations (tels que les classes) sont partagés en 2 chapitres : Notions de bases et concepts avancés. Lecture agréable, aussi bien par le style que grâce au partitionnement en de nombreux chapitres de taille raisonnable. Ce n'est pas un manuel d'initiation destiné aux néophytes en modélisation. Pour ceux ci, le livre pourra paraître trop complexe du fait de son exhaustivité, dans ce cas un ouvrage tel que celui de Pierre-Alain Muller sera plus approprié.