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Rating UML Editors: Open ModelSphere

judebert@judebert.com (Judebert) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:43:19 -0400

I'm still looking for the best UML editor. I've just moved to a new project, so it's time to start the cycle again. At least now I've got a reference of everything that failed in the past!

Today I tried Open ModelSphere, another Open Source editor, recommended by one of the commenters in a previous review. It didn't work out very well for me. Let's see what happened.

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Rating UML Editors: ArgoUML

judebert@judebert.com (Judebert) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:13:36 -0400

I intend to keep going until I find a UML editor that fits my criteria. Onto the burning sands a new challenger comes: ArgoUML! As a developer, I chose the latest beta: 0.28.Beta_4.

I never would have found this if it hadn't been for Laurent's review of UML tools; I just searched aptitude for anything with UML in the description, and it's not in the Ubuntu or Debian repositories. Of course, Laurent just wants to draw diagrams. I want some more modeling functionality.

Let's see what ArgoUML has to offer.

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UML Editors: Umbrello

judebert@judebert.com (Judebert) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:00:00 -0400

I'm still rating UML editors. Last time, Gaphor disappointed me tremendously. After two contenders, can Umbrello restore my confidence in Open-Source programmers?

Let's check that list!

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UML Editors: Gaphor

judebert@judebert.com (Judebert) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:07:00 -0400

I'm still rating UML editors. Last time, BOUML failed to impress me. This time, I'm trying Gaphor.

I thought Gaphor would be terrific, since it's a Python/GTK project, and therefore native to my system (Ubuntu/Gnome). Should be easy to modify, too. And the home page looks good!

But Gaphor failed miserably for my purposes. Let's see why.

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Rating UML Editors

judebert@judebert.com (Judebert) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:28:15 -0500

In my job, I go through a Software Design phase for every task I'm given. That includes drawing a class diagram and a sequence diagram in more-or-less standard UML.

Now, I've drawn my diagrams in a variety of tools in the past, ranging from the highly specialized to the wildly simplistic (like PowerPoint). I've come to understand the shortcomings of UML modeling tools in general. And as a good geek, I'm going to write them down.

Rather than being negative, I'm going to write down what I want from a modeling tool. Then I can use that wishlist as criteria for evaluating the available tools, until I find a good one. If any such thing exists.

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