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UML Case Tools.1.UML CASE Tools:: Ashesh Ramjeeawon:: University of Mauritius Software Engineering Student 03 Feb. 2009 Blog: Am also on Facebook! .Agenda Recap -UML Choosing UML CASE tools Open Source UML CASE tools 1. 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 it’s 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 it’s very likely the developer is going to do it the way I want them to, because it’s easier. It’s 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. O’Reilly Media Visit: 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 Let’s filter by downloads  Are we going to look at all these 513 tools?

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. 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. 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.

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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.

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.