On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai < abpil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Vishal <vsapr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Does anyone know of a tool that can produce Python code from UML > diagrams? > > Is something of this sort being added to NetBeans? > > Or is it that the ease of programming in Python acts as a deterrent in > the > > way of having to create something in UML and then covert that model into > > Python. > > it would be good to have a tool of that sort (Python to UML and UML to > > Python)? > > For Python to UML try PyUMLGraph. It does the reverse engineering for you, > i.e > produces UML diagrams (remember, not call graphs but UML diagrams > with relationships among classes/modules etc) by inspecting live > Python objects. > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyUMLGraph > Is the project is dead and gone! Atleast, the project URL ( http://www.pobox.com/~adamf/software/PyUMLGraph/) seems to be. > > I am not sure if the latter makes sense, since Python is > meant for quick programming & development. How much > does UML-code and UML-design help in Python projects ? > I am not sure. I think it might even slow down the Python > development cycle. Reverse engineering complex but well-structured/designed Python code, that has stuck to some "by-the-book" OOAD, might make it easier for new enggs taking it up for sustenence / enhancement. > > > > Also, is there a way to find Python call graphs (something like Doxygen), > > but not just the typical static code structure...instead something that > can > > tell execution paths while a certain function is called. > > I came across 'pycallgraph'. Its good. except two things, its slow for > big > > projects, and it goes all the way into tracing every single call...that > > means if I am using a COM library underneath, it traces that as well. > What I > > was interested in is figuring out only part of the trace...may be > specifying > > exclusions in the trace tree. > > You might also want to look at Stani's Python Editor (SPE) which > produces UML diagrams directly from Python code without needing > any other tool or plugin. > > -- regards, Banibrata http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutta
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