UML Tutorials
When formal modeling is required for a WebApp, UML is the notation of choice. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) was developed for general software engineering work, but the notation can be extremely valuable for representing a variety of WebApp characteristics. The notation is extremely robust and in it entirety, it is overkill for the vast majority of Web engineering projects. However, the basic elements of UML - class, deployment,
use case, sequence, communication, activity, and state diagrams - can serve you well when modeling is required. This page presents the topic categories that follow:

UML Tutorials

UML Resources

Books

UML Tutorials

UML Tutorial - I

A reasonably comprehensive tutorial that covers most important UML notation for analysis and design.

Visual Case Tool - UML Tutorial

Although intended for users of an automated tool, this tutorial provides a basic introduction to UML notation

Sparx Systems - UML Tutorial

This tutorial incorporates a reasonably detailed discussion of basic UML syntax and semantics and a useful introduction to UML 2.0.

UML Tutorial Downloads

Links to a variety of .pdf tutorials are available here.

Borland UML Tutorial

Presents useful discussion (with examples) of nine of the most commonly used UML models.

Visual Builder UML Tutorial

The 15-part tutorial emphasizes the creation of use cases as the base for an effective UML model.

UML Tutorial - Kennesaw State University

A source of downloadable studies on internet security.

developer.com Tutorials

A wide array of articles and papers on UML that can serve as an effective tutorial on the subject.

UML Resources

OMG Unified Modeling Language

Comprehensive resources for all things UML. The complete UML spec is available for download along with links to articles, tools, tutorials and much more.

CETUS Links

A comprehensive list of pointers to a wide range of UML topics.

IBM UML Resources

Presents a useful tutorial along with many other UML resources. Also provides links to a wide variety of IBM Rational® UML tools.

Conrad Bock's Modeling Resources

Pointer's to a wide variety of articles on UML 2.0

UML Resources Center

This site provides downloads for "UML documentation, an interactive UML tutorial, UML articles and links, UML books recommendations and reviews."

Books

Hundreds of books have been written on UML over the past decade. The vast majority focus on basic syntax and semantics and most present useful examples. Those that address UML 2.0 (the latest version) include:

Miles and Hamilton (Learning UML 2.0, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006)

Booch, Rumbaugh, and Jacobson (Unified Modeling Language User Guide, second edition, Addison-Wesley, 2005)

Ambler (The Elements of UML 2.0 Style, Cambridge University Press, 2005)

and Pilone and Pitman (UML 2.0 in a Nutshell, O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005).