From: Scott Brooks Date: 2003-01-14T14:01:23+09:00 Subject: Re: UML tool for Linux? I've never really used UML myself, so these are just my random impressions of what UML can be used for. UML seems to be a bit more detailed, enough so that you could create a UML diagram for your application, and others could implement the code following the interfaces defined in the UML diagram. This would allow for more independent development. Just my thoughts On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:53, Phil Tomson wrote: > In article <200301131517.24081.tim@bates.id.au>, > Tim Bates wrote: > >Does anyone know of a good OO modelling (UML?) tool for Linux, that works well > >with the Ruby way of doing things? ie not one loaded with features specific > >to C++ or Java... > > > >Tim Bates > > I'm not answering your question, but asking you a question... please don't > take this wrong, but I've been curious about this UML stuff and since > you're asking about UML I'm assuming you know it and use it. I've never > done any UML and I don't know much about it other than it's a graphical > way to model the interactions in an OO system. So with that in mind... > > What good is UML? I mean, it seems to me that especially with languages > like Ruby you could just code your OO system and then refactor as needed. > You could even use Ruby as a prototyping tool to come up with an OO design > for your application and then code the final app in C++ or Java after > you've done some experimenting in Ruby. > I remember that when I was first learning programming (longer ago than I > want to admit) flow charts were still in vogue.... now nobody does a > flowchart, they might do pseudo-code, but I haven't seen a flowchart in > years. It seems to me that UML is kind of like flowcharting... am I > wrong? > > Phil -- Scott Brooks