Professional UML Using Visual Studio .Net
Chapter One
Review of UML
The purpose of this chapter is to set the scene by reviewing the key UML concepts, the main diagram
types, and the role of those diagrams within the software development process. If you're quite new to
UML this will serve as a practical introduction that will help you make sense of the rest of the book,
before you move on to further reading. If you're experienced with UML the chapter will serve as handy
revision and you might just find some nuggets of information that have so far eluded you.
Either way we'll all be moving on from roughly the same starting point: with the same appreciation of
UML notation, with an understanding of relevant software development processes, and with a common
bias towards .NET and the Visio for Enterprise Architects tool.
The final point is quite important, and the raison d'être for this book. In recent years the body of UML
literature has focused mainly on Java development and the use of modeling tools such as Rational Rose.
In this book we're applying a .NET development perspective at the same time a ... read full excerpt from Professional UML Using Visual Studio .Net ebook
