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UML CASE Tools
:: Ashesh Ramjeeawon :: University of Mauritius
Software Engineering Student
03 Feb. 2009
Blog: http://asheshr.wordpress.com
Am also on Facebook!
Agenda
Recap -UML
Choosing UML CASE tools
Open Source UML CASE tools
1. StarUML
2. Umbrello
3. AndroMDA
4. BOUML
5. ArgoUML
Commercial CASE tools
1. IBM Rational Rose
2. Microsoft Visio
What is UML?
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a language for specifying, constructing, visualizing, and documenting the artifacts of a software-intensive system.
-Source - SoftwareEngineeringReferences.com
Choosing UML tools
Tool should support most UML analysis diagrams (class, use-case, collaboration, sequence, and activity).
It be easy to use, reliable, scalable.
It be free or almost free to universities.
There be a free-ish Windows and/or Linux version that students may install on their home machines
Source: SoftwareEngineeringReferences.com
UML Case Tools
Tools are very important element of defining a path of least resistance. If I can set up a tool so that its easier for a developer to do something the way that I want the developer to do it, and harder for the developer to do it some other way, then I think its very likely the developer is going to do it the way I want them to, because its easier. Its the path of least resistance." - Steve C McConnell
Author: Code Complete
Open Source UML Tools What is Open Source?
Open Source is defined as
Open source usually refers to software that is released with source code
under a license that ensures that derivative works will also be available as source code,
protects certain rights of the original authors, and prohibits restrictions on how the software can be used or who can use it. - OReilly Media
Visit: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php for another definition
Googling the Open Source tools
A keyword search on Feb 2009 of
UML modeler on
Sourceforge.net
Reveals 513 results.
Choosing the popular tools
Lets filter by downloads
Are we going to look at all these 513 tools?
1. StarUML - 781,246 downloads
StarUML is an open source project to develop fast, flexible, extensible, featureful, and freely-available UML/MDA platform running on Win32 platform.
The goal is a compelling replacement of commercial UML tools such as RationalRose, Together and so on.
1. StarUML - 781,246 downloads
User Interface: Win32 (MS Windows)
Translations: English
Programming Language: Delphi/Kylix
Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP)
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Intended Audience: Other Audience, Developers, Quality Engineers
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
1. starUML screenshots
1. starUML screenshots
2. Umbrello - 248,031 downloads
An UML modeling tool for KDE. It supports most UML diagrams, code export (C++ and Java) and reverse engineering. [Open Source, GPL]
2. Umbrello - 248,031 downloads
User Interface: KDE
Translations: English, Esperanto
Programming Language: C++
Operating System: Linux, All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes)
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Intended Audience: Developers
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
3. AndroMDA 155,165 downloads
AndroMDA is a code generation framework that follows the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) paradigm.
It takes a UML model from a CASE-tool and generates classes and deployable components (J2EE or other) specific for your application architecture.
3. AndroMDA 155,165 downloads
Translations: English, German
Programming Language: Java
Operating System: OS Independent (Written in an interpreted language)
License: BSD License
Intended Audience: Developers
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
4. BOUML 104, 064 downloads
BOUML is a free UML 2 tool box allowing you to model and generate code in C++, Java, Idl, Php and Python.
BOUML runs under Unix/Linux/Solaris, MacOS X and Windows.
It is very fast and doesn't require much memory to
manage several thousands of classes.
4. BOUML 104, 064 downloads
User Interface: Qt
Programming Language: C++
Operating System: All POSIX (Linux/BSD/UNIX-like OSes), All BSD Platforms (FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD/Apple Mac OS X), All 32-bit MS Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP)
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Intended Audience: Developers
Development Status: 5 - Production/Stable
BOUML -Use Case Diagram
BOUML Sequence Diagram
BOUML Sequence Diagram
BOUML State Diagram
BOUML Class Diagram
BOUML Activity Diagram
5. ArgoUML
ArgoUML is a powerful yet easy-to-use interactive Java based graphical software design environment that supports the design, development and documentation of object-oriented software applications.
A free research modelling tool; fairly fully featured; the main goal is to have a Really Useful user interface, unlike almost all existing CASE tools;
The users of ArgoUML are software designers & architects, software developers, business analysts, systems analysts and other professionals involved in the analysis, design and development of software applications.
Note that there is a commercial version of this tool that goes by the name Poseidon and is marketed by a Gentleware; they offer a free community edition as well as fancier editions that cost real money.
ArgoUML class diagram
Argo UML Use Case Diagram
Argo UML State Chart Diagram
Other Open Source Tools
Gaphor, a GPL modelling tool written in Python using GTK+
Astade is aimed at aiding in autogenerating C++ source from UML models. It is meant to be practical rather than research oriented
FUJABA (the rather unlikely acronym stands for Forward Unto Java And Back Again), supports both reverse engineering of and code generation for Java systems
Coral is an open source research-based modelling and meta-modelling tool, from Akademi University in Finland
Other Open Source Tools
DIA, a freeware/GPL multiplatform (!!) drawing tool based on GTK; supports UML and other kinds of diagrams; this is intended to be a freeware Visio-like drawing tool rather than a modelling tool
Violet, a very simple GPL drawing tool written by Cay Horstmann
UMLet, a small, very simple, and easy-to-use drawing tool (as opposed to a fully fledged modelling tool) from the Technical University of Vienna.
Commercial Tools
Commercial Tools
IBM Rational Rose
Microsoft Visio
SmartDraw
Enterprise Architect
Poseidon for UML
Borland Together
Sybase Power Designer
IBM Rational Rose
Rational Rose[rational] is often considered the definitive UML tool because the founders of the Rational company also include the creators of UML.
Early versions of Umbrello described it as an equivalent of Rational Rose and screenshots indicate that it has a similar user interface layout.
perhaps the best known UML tool; free to universities (if you ask)
Hotel Reservation
System in Rational
Rose
Microsoft Visio
Instead of static pictures, create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data, are easy to refresh, and dramatically increase your productivity.
Use the wide variety of diagrams in Office Visio 2007 to understand, act on, and share information about organizational systems, resources, and processes throughout your enterprise.
Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/HA101656401033.aspx
Other CASE Tools Oracle JDeveloper
MetaUML
Agent UML Tool
Delphia Object Modeler
Magic Draw
Borland Together
JUDE
OmniGraffle (Macintosh)
Eclipse UML
Visual Paradigm for the Unified Modeling Language
Other Case Tools
Visual UML
iLogix Rhapshody
gModeler
And the list goes on!
Conclusion
Use the tools that make us most productive
Efficiency is the key!
References
http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/umltools_byCompany.html
http://www.oose.de/umltools.htm
http://geekswithblogs.net/flanakin/archive/2004/01/28/1594.aspx
http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~migod/uml.html
Sourceforge.net
Istockphoto..com
Softwarequotes.com
The End
Slides downloadable on: http://asheshr.wordpress.com
Tag: Computing, Open Source
Category: Software Engineering