Interesting observations about me, but entirely wrong. I wouldn't be working on ArgoUML if I didn't think UML was useful or worthwhile. The usage of UML has declined over the past 10-15 years that I've been writing code, and when I ask around, part of the reason for this is a perceived impedance mismatch between the modeling language and the implementation languages. There's also been an increase in emphasis on agile methodologies where big up front design (or anything beyond a whiteboarded diagram) is discouraged.
That said, I'd like to see a resurgence in the use of UML, primarily because I think it can actually save people time and effort, and help people communicate their ideas more effectively. I don't believe UML should be relegated to the scrap heap of arcane symbology. And if that state of affairs is to change, there must be a way to bridge what people know (the programming languages that they spend 90% of their working lives in) and the symbolic language used to express their ideas. My hope is that by improving ArgoUML, it can become that bridge between the language they know, and the language they don't. Mark Hi! > First of all: > > -The ArgoUML team helped (really tnx to Linus and Bob again) me to develop > some extensions (which never reach the release state, but this is another > problem). > -I'm a Software Engineer > > So I'd like to spend some words regarding your "usability observations". > Reading from 1 to 6, I think that except the first and the third, you have > a problem with UML in general and not with ArgoUML. You simply don't like > UML, hence you should contact the Object Modeling Group and ask to rewrite > the metamodel of UML... > Pointing to the third, instead, it is a matter of every UML software, even > big commercial ones; if they did this, there must exists a good reason. > > Cheers, > > M > > > ------------------------------------------------------ http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=2942580 To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [[email protected]]. To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list moderator, email: [[email protected]]
