Daniel Haischt wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> i would like to introduce a discussion about uml in general
> and its advantages/disadvantages, cause using uml seems to
> be 'trendy' for some people today.
Probably out of scope for this mailing list...
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> finally, i don't think that uml was ment to show the work you have
> done (by importing all your classes into a case tool and generating
> class diagrams).
Yes it is. "Think" is a bad word. Read the spec. It will *tell* you
that this is one of its uses. It just helps visualize a package design
for programmers new to a project.
> frankly, i don't think that it's quite usefull to view a 200 KByte png image
> of a class diagram in a framed window. maybe it could be usefull for
> someone who is involved into the (jetspeed) project for some time,
> cause he knows all the processes.
> but someone who is pretty new to the project, needs more information
> (documentation).
Then just open that frame in a new window....
> maybe some of you remember, that i whould like to initiate some kind of
> a 'jetspeed/java apache documentation project'. a requirement was that
> we switch from 'just implementing by coding' to
> 'modeling via uml and finally implementing by coding'.
> in this case a CASE tool whould be a inteligent way of generation the code
> infra structure
> out of the uml diagrams you have created.
Good luck. This would require a *lot* of interconnect between
developers (many of whom work in different time zones). Also the fact
that you will never find a round trip and cheap UML tool that supports
all operating systems. :(
Finally "a requirement... we switch.. to modeling via uml and finally
implementing by coding" is counter productive in OSS. Most good hackers
worth their weight don't want to model or do documentation... they want
to hack :)
> last but not least, you should allways consider that now one really needs
> nice pictures,
> so using uml could be a complete waste of time if a project works without
> it.
hm... I always thought a "picture was worth a 1000 words" :)
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