John wrote:
> Think this thread has come up before and Phil contributed his thoughts to
> it. Is there an archive to dig this out of some where?
Well, there is a TurboNote sitting on my desktop containing these
words of wisdom, I think from Phil, waiting for me to get a round
tuit. But I just tried the URL and it refused me entry:
http://www.delphicase.com/
I use it all the time. It is where I start whenever I need to build
something. The only time I go into Delphi now is for Building forms
and for implementing the bodies of methods.
Good Things: Tight integration with Delphi. I've only once had
anything go wrong with keeping the source and the model in sync
and that was an error on my part and easy to fix. Open
Architecture for creating plugins (I've done three now - they're quite
easy) Supports Class, Sequence Diagrams, Unit Dependency
Diagrams, and (comming soon) State Diagrams Mailing list which
is read and contributed to by the MM5 developer Parameterised
Code templates Implements Patterns on your classes at the click
of a button Continually being maintained and improved based upon
discussion in the mailing list Unit Difference Tool! Documentation
for most things. It is CHEEP compared to other design tools.
Bad Things: Can't export to anything except Windows Meta Files
Can't handle overloading Can't handle conditional defines Doesn't
know about IDL Documentation for writing plugin experts is a little
on the sparse side (but examples are provided) I don't get to use
CodeRush as often as I used to.
Stability: I've not had any major problems with it. The occassional
small bug (as with any software) but certainly stable.
I've used Rose and the Delphi Link for Rose and they are painful
compared with MM5. If you've ever used TogetherJ, then that is
what it is like as far as having the code and the model grow
together.
cheers,
peter
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