Bogdan Szanto wrote:
Tony |
"Zearin" wrote:
It seems like it would be a great way for
ArgoUML to promote itself, especially since the project has so many
classes…
I guess this is why it hasn't been done. It would be too big to make
something of it.
This got me thinking…
- Diagrams are more useful on larger projects than smaller
projects. When you can wrap your head around a simple idea, like
the obligatory MVC "Calculator" programming example, diagrams help
less. When it's hard to visualize a complex set of relationships,
diagrams communicate this information such that you can glance at the
part you are interested in and instantly know what you need about a
piece of software.
- If ArgoUML does not use itself for diagrams, what does that
say about the project? Why would anyone want to use this software
if it's not good enough for its creators?
- What better way is there to test? Seriously! ArgoUML can
test itself. This would get everyone looking at the application
on the
same page, looking at the same strengths and weaknesses, and motivate
people towards the most important things that need fixing.
- Automate what works, revise what doesn't. I just tried
importing a direct SVN Export of my branch. (It's old and has not been
touched in months, but I svn-updated it first.) To whoever contributed
to ArgoUML's import process: BRAVO. The generated diagrams aren't all
that great, but the model is there, in full.
I propose that the repository include a file of a similar import, and
then we can just delete the diagrams that don't work and create the
ones that do. That would make a lot of information in the Cookbook
"glanceable" information, rather than something that needs to be looked
up, read through, and mentally constructed.
After all, when conceiving of a project, doesn't your brain try to
create a mental diagram? I know mine does. Cut out the middle-man!
Save your brain's processing power and look up an existing diagram
instead.
Thoughts / questions / comments welcome. (Flames that are repackaged
as thoughts / questions / comments are also welcome. :)
—Zearin
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