Grouper Developers Forum

[Kathryn Huxtable <>]

Title: Re: [grouper-dev] UML Tools Survey

My comments are included. -K


On 3/30/07 12:00 PM, "Dave Donnelly" <> wrote:

> I conducting an informal survey about which UML tools people
> are using and some indication of suitability.
>
> I am currently using Jude-Community from Change Vision
> (http://jude.change-vision.com/jude-web/index.html). On a
> scale of A to F, I would give it a C+. It's easy to use
> but does not support round-trip engineering. Also the
> print capability is rather limited. However, the free
> version does most of the things I require.
Only runs on Windows.
> Other tools I have used:
>
> Rational Rose from IBM
> link: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/rose/index.html
> grade (A-F): A
> comments: Excellent UML tool if you can afford it. The last time I used
> it was about 5 years ago.
Only runs on Windows.
> EclipseUML from Omondo
> link: http://www.omondo.com/
> grade: B- and falling
> comments: Nice integration with Eclipse IDE (I use Eclipse).
> Stopped using it because as new free versions were released, they
> started removing more and more functionality. Also, EclipseUML
> was _very_ sensitive to versions of other Eclipse plugins making
> it difficult to upgrade either. The last time I used it was
> about 2 years ago.
>
> TogetherJ from Borland
> link: http://www.borland.com/us/products/together/index.html
> grade: (not enough experience with the product)
> comments: I used this briefly about 4 years ago. It seems to be
> on par with Rational Rose in functionality and price.
>
> ArgoUml
> link: http://argouml.tigris.org/
> grade: (see comments)
> comments: I could not get ArgoUML to run reliably on either of 2
> computers. Not only did it crash, it required a power-down/reboot
> to recover (and just to set the record straight, this occurred on
> both Windows and Linux). Used it about 4 years ago.
Wow! I had no idea you had that much trouble. I have been running it on a Mac and haven’t had any serious problems. Its user interface could be more functional.
> Poseidon from Gentleware
> link: http://www.gentleware.com/
> grade: C+
> comments: This is a commercial product based on ArgoUML but a free
> version is available. Not as buggy as ArgoUML. Round-trip engineering
> is supported using comment blocks. This can cause problems if you use
> other development tools (e.g. Eclipse's Java comment generation tool).
Does this do anything other than class diagrams? I couldn’t find it.

-K