Hi I was about to reply with very similar comments to Tom and also support the comments from Hans.
Stick to the last _stable_ release. This is currently release 0.24. Most problems I deal with relating to release 0.24 is the user running out of memory. In particular when saving their project which can cause corruptions (although there will be an archive). So make sure that the heap space is increased to some adequate level before this has an impact. I think what would be very useful would be for us to introduce a meter on the status bar to show current available heap space. That way the low memory resource would become apparent to the user before it becomes an actual problem. Regards Bob. On 26/09/2007, Tom Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
