The Object Primer 2e is a straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction object-oriented (OO) analysis, design, programming, and testing applying the UML.

The second edition of The Object Primer combines updated material from Building Object Applications That Work to provide a full lifecycle view of object-oriented software development.  It also applies the standard UML notation for analysis and design modeling.

This edition was superceded three years later by the third edition.