The main purpose of Together documentation is to explain how to use the product. It assumes you already know a number of things:
the basics of the Unified Modeling
Language (UML)
your
organization's process for designing and modeling object-oriented
systems or components
your target
programming language(s)
fundamentals of
Enterprise JavaBeans (if you will use Together to develop and deploy EJBs)
your external
tools and systems such as IDE's, version control systems, database
management systems (DMBS), application servers, etc.
how to install a Java VM and launch a Java application with it
If you are just getting started with UML, object technology, or distributed application development, here are a few books and some other information that can help get you started.
UML Distilled : Applying the Standard Object Modeling Language by Martin Fowler. Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN: 0201325632
The Unified Modeling Language User Guide by Booch, Rumbaugh, and Jacobson. Addison-Wesley, 1998. ISBN 0-201-57168-4
Java Modeling in Color with UML: Enterprise Components and Process by Peter Coad, JeffDeLuca, and Eric Lefebvre. Prentice Hall, June 1999. ISBN: 013011510X
Java Design: Building Better Apps & Applets (2nd Ed.) by Peter Coad and Mark Mayfield. Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0-13-271149-4 (pbk).
Java Enterprise in a Nutshell by David Flanagan, Jim Farley, William Crawford, and Kris Magnusson. O'Relly & Associates, 1999. ISBN 1-56592-483-5
Object Management Group: http://uml.shl.com/
Cetus Links site: http://www.cetus-links.org
Dev-x Developer Exchange: http://www.devx.com/
If your organization needs help making a smooth transition into the world of object and component software technologies, TogetherSoft Corporation offers a wide range of workshops, seminars, mentoring, and consulting services to teams worldwide. For more information, visit the Services area at the TogetherSoft website at www.togethersoft.com/services/.