Hot sites and books for UML

Hi,

I'm confused on seeing so many sites regarding UML. I'm basically a beginner to designing. Can anyone tell the best sites for UML both for desinging with UML and understanding UML(especially for coding purpose) separately. Please do mention sites or books separately for both purposes as I mentioned.

Thanks and Regards,
Narendranath.

A lot of people like UML 2 for dummies. It seems quite easy but i've not read it extensively yet. A lot of people recommend UML Distilled but i don't like the book. it is good for the first few chapters but in my opinion it is only good for people already familar with previous UML Standards.

As for me I'm more into .Net right now than Java. If you need a beginners book on that i will suggest one it has a good intro to OOP with UML.

Basically i've read that you don't have to know a ton of UML to use it just some basics they say. But i'm new to this also.

I would say that UML Distilled is an outstanding and concise book. It is such a great seller for a reason.

An excellent UML diagrams overview:
http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/umlDiagrams.htm

Good UML forums:

http://forums.objectsbydesign.com/forumdisplay.php?s=b89a9bbd1668ab1787648acc29c7e846&forumid=1
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uml-forum/

A nice UML reference:
http://www.holub.com/goodies/uml/index.html

Regards,
Dan

Thank you all for suggesting me.

Regards,
Naren.

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