Sams Teach Yourself UML In 24 Hours

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Learn UML, the Unified Modeling Language, to create diagrams describing the various aspects and uses of your application before you start coding, to ensure that you have everything covered. Millions of programmers in all languages have found UML to be an invaluable asset to their craft. More than 50,000 previous readers have learned UML with Sams Teach Yourself UML in 24 Hours. Expert author Joe Schmuller takes you through 24 step-by-step lessons designed to ensure your understanding of UML diagrams and syntax. This updated edition includes the new features of UML 2.0 designed to make UML an even better modeling tool for modern object-oriented and component-based programming. The CD-ROM includes an electronic version of the book, and Poseidon for UML, Community Edition 2.2, a popular UML modeling tool you can use with the lessons in this book to create UML diagrams immediately. Sams Teach Yourself UML in 24 Hours provides hands-on UML experience. Learn to use UML to build a model for any system development project, and understand the UML models that will undoubtedly form the basis for future system development books. Gain the knowledge and the confidence to become a UML champion in your organization by understanding topics such as Object Orientation, Using Links, Associations, and Inheritance, Working with UML Diagrams, Fitting UML into a Development Process, Modeling Deployment, and Modeling real-time Systems. Finally, the book provides a solid skill set allowing you to master an UML-based modeling tool. Table of Contents Introduction 1 Pt. I Getting Started 5 Hour 1 Introducing the UML 7 Hour 2 Understanding Object-Orientation 31 Hour 3 Working with Object-Orientation 47 Hour 4 Working with Relationships 61 Hour 5 Understanding Aggregations, Composites, Interfaces, and Realizations 79 Hour 6 Introducing Use Cases 91 Hour 7 Working with Use Case Diagrams 103 Hour 8 Working with State Diagrams 123 Hour 9 Working with Sequence Diagrams 135 Hour 10 Working with Communication Diagrams 157 Hour 11 Working with Activity Diagrams 173 Hour 12 Working with Component Diagrams 197 Hour 13 Working with Deployment Diagrams 213 Hour 14 Understanding Packages and Foundations 225 Hour 15 Fitting the UML into a Development Process 249 Pt. II A Case Study 265 Hour 16 Introducing the Case Study 267 Hour 17 Performing a Domain Analysis 285 Hour 18 Gathering System Requirements 307 Hour 19 Developing the Use Cases 325 Hour 20 Getting into Interactions 339 Hour 21 Designing Look, Feel, and Deployment 351 Hour 22 Understanding Design Patterns 367 Pt. III Looking Ahead 381 Hour 23 Modeling Embedded Systems 383 Hour 24 Shaping the Future of the UML 403 Pt. IV Appendixes 419 App. A: Quiz Answers 421 App. B Working with a UML Modeling Tool 435 App. C A Summary in Pictures 457 Index 467