A number of our Google Summer of Code interns have been exposed to ArgoUML through undergraduate classes, so I know it is being used in undergrad courses.
Depending on how you are running things, your Java Virtual Machine (JVM) may have quite a small default heap size. See the FAQs for how to increase this. If you are running the Java Web Start version, you should have a more reasonable heap size. Printing is an area that uses a surprisingly large amount of memory because of an inefficient implementation algorithm (probably done by undergrad students!) that allocates the entire image in memory. There's a bug open about this behavior and I've got a partially complete band buffer implementaiton to fix it, but I've been off working on other stuff. Perhaps some of those using ArgoUML in their classes could share some introductory material that they use with students on how to install, configure, and get familiar with ArgoUML... Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Fleck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [argouml-users] Is ArgoUML stable enough for student use? > > > Hi All, > > I am teaching an intro software engineering class and have been > promoting use of ArgoUML. My students are really learning the basics > of UML diagramming (not code-generation to/from UML) in addition to > software process, etc.. > > My question is do you feel the product is stable enough to have them > use? Many have reported crashing and difficulty using it > during their > first assignment a simple class diagram. I have seen an issue or two > also and wonder what the feeling is from people who have used it a > lot? I'm trying to get the students excited about UML and modeling > and don't want the tool to be the hard part. I'm sure they run a > variety of operating systems and have a variety of memory/cpu > configurations. > > I see the benefit of open source as them being able to use this at > work after this class ends without a big cost associated with > it (and > I tend to favor open source tools because I like the open source > model anyway :-) > > Just thought I'd take a poll if people have opinions on using > this at > the under-grad level in a University. If so, what kinds of problems > should I expect and be able to deal with? (Printing seems to > be one.) > Should I be using the latest dev build or the stable build? > > Thanks, > Dan Fleck > George Mason University > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
