[Tfug] UML packages

[Jude Nelson]

We use Violet to teach UML at the University of Arizona.  It's not nearly as
advanced as Visio or even Umbrello, but IMHO it is much easier to use and
more free-form:  http://alexdp.free.fr/violetumleditor/page.php.

Personally, though, I find that writing out UML by hand works best for me
(if I even use it at all).

Regards,
Jude

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 2:42 PM, <Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com> wrote:

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> beautiful Gabe.  I'll check the books out at the library and make my
> determination later.
> Thanks.
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> Respectfully,
> Liz, Data Base Administrator,
> Methods Engineering
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> Liz,
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> I dont know that you have to "learn" Visio, if you are familiar with other
> microsoft tools like word, or excel, "learning" visio should be fairly
> intuitive.
> I am assuming that what you are really wondering is, is it worth to learn
> UML.
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> >From the varying responses already given I think you can surmise that it
> really depends on whether: you need for your job; you want to just lean it
> for its on sake, the environment you find yourself in (ie. academic,
> research, production, corporate, etc); etc.
>
> I think you would have to make that determination on your own, if you do
> decided to go ahead there is the UML bibble:
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> UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language (3rd
> Edition) (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)
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> although I like the O'Reilly books better
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> UML 2.0 in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
> UML 2.0 Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
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> hope this helps,
>
> Gabe
> Code Monkey
> Generic Defense Company Inc.
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> On Jul 28, 2009 11:42am, Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com wrote:
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> > good point Andy.
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> > Respectfully,
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> > Liz, Data Base Administrator,
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> > Claude Rubinson wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 04:17:56PM -0700,
> Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.com
> > wrote:
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> > >> Is it worth it to learn how to use it for professional development?
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> > > If, like me, you're not driven to learn new technologies then what
> > you
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> > > need to do is examine what your needs are--find out where you're
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> > > repeating yourself, wasting time, not being as efficient as you could
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> > > be--and then figure out ways to address that.
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> > In my particular area of work the field is never standing still for
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> > long. I like to learn new things, even if they have no direct, obvious
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> > or immediate application because I will be aware of them when
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> > encountering future problems, and they may help me solve that problem or
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> > see it in a different way, a way that I wouldn't have known about.
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> > I think that learning about new technologies or processes also helps a
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> > person to continue to be marketable for future employers.
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> > I've come across situations in the past where I started to look at
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> > something new that I just decided to investigate and found an immediate
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> > use for it in my work. If you don't look into something how will you
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> > know that it could be useful?
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> > I suspect that the members of this list have a wide range of jobs and
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> > problems they solve. I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all
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> > approach. Some may have looked at UML and found it to be useless for
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> > them. Others may have found it to have unlocked doors to problems.
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> > Personally I have no experience with UML, except for creating UML-like
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> > diagrams to describe databases.
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> > Andy
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