Chapter 1. Introducing the UML
What You'll Learn in This Hour:
Why the UML is necessary
How the UML came to be
How to represent UML components in diagrams
Why it's important to use a number of different types of diagrams
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is one of the most exciting and useful tools in the world of system development. Why? The UML is a visual modeling language that enables system builders to create blueprints that capture their visions in a standard, easy-to-understand way, and provides a mechanism to effectively share and communicate these visions with others.
Communicating the vision is of utmost importance. Before the advent of the UML, system development was often a hit-or-miss proposition. System analysts would try to assess the ...
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