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Real UML toolsReal UML toolsPosted Feb 19, 2012 14:25 UTC (Sun) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)In reply to: Real UML tools by angdraug Parent article: LibreOffice 3.5 released Actually, I wasn't even referring specifically to Free software work. For my own software I normally use vim and Terminal, and they fit the job perfectly. But even in the enterprise world there are no good UML tools. (I have not used Enterprise Architect, do you think it qualifies?) However, the intersection of Free software and enterprise software has a rich set of tools, including Eclipse and its many plugins. Eclipse does a lot of hard things well, and is somewhat of a counterexample to your arguments. It is striking that no good diagramming plugin for Eclipse exists, at the very least.
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Real UML tools Posted Feb 24, 2012 13:16 UTC (Fri) by angdraug (subscriber, #7487) [Link] If there's one word to describe Enterprise Architect, it's byzantian. It's the most complete UML CASE tool I've used so far, and the basic diagram editing is rather sensible, but around the corners it has some very rough edges. I'm not fond of its collaboration mode (sticks everything in an sql db with all-or-nothing locks on whole sections of project tree, makes roundrips to the db when you least expect it, and has no revision management to speak of), also it's Windows-only and won't run in Wine without some serious voodoo and CrossOver. I'm not sure I would agree with your assessment of Eclipse. I know I is many things to many people, but, being a vim+xterm person myself, I find it unwieldy and often at odds with my workflow. I'd rather have a CASE tool that's integrated with a distributed SCM like git, so that I could track the design right next to the code. Integrate it with anything beyond that, especially a monster such as Eclipse, and I won't touch it with a 10-feet pole.
Real UML tools Posted Feb 24, 2012 13:31 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] Thanks for the review. As I said I prefer Xfce Terminal + vim, but Eclipse is fine e.g. for developing Android apps (and much better than the competition). I am not sure if I would still feel comfortable with it for anything more complex. To be honest I am in a "Back to basics" mood with respect to dev tools; I even prefer to do refactorings by hand. Probably a secondary effect of being test-infected!
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