The book “Rational Rose 2000 and UML. Visual Modeling is a comprehensive guide to using a tool (Rational Rose 2000), a process (Rational Unified Process), and a language (UML) to visually represent, define, describe, and create a software system. It lays out the basics of the development process and provides a clear explanation of each step and element. The author follows a simplified version of the Rational Unified Process methodology and describes the development process from concept to system analysis and design. A simple, practical example throughout the book clearly demonstrates the iterative development process, UML language tools, and the capabilities of the Rational Rose modeling environment. The appendices cover code generation and reverse engineering in Rational Rose 2000 for C++, Visual C++, and Visual Basic. The book also discusses the following topics: - Creating functions; - Finding objects and classes; - Stereotypes and packages in UML; scenarios and interaction diagrams; - ways of object interaction; - associative and aggregation relationships; - behavior and structure of classes; - inheritance and superclass/subclass relationships; - object behavior and transition and state diagrams; - checking the integrity of the model; - definition, presentation and description system architecture; - iterative planning process.