Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.netfront.net!not-for-mail From: Wanja Gayk Newsgroups: alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML?? Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:59:28 +0200 Organization: Netfront http://www.netfront.net/ Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <7b5978a1-16bd-4700-acd8-b6446f5c3218@j4g2000yqf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 93.130.21.139 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: adenine.netfront.net 1342889965 95037 93.130.21.139 (21 Jul 2012 16:59:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@netfront.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:59:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:16189 In article <7b5978a1-16bd-4700-acd8-b6446f5c3218 @j4g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>, ramon@conexus.net says... > > Every time I see newfangled gizmos like "UML diagrams' (which remind > me of the old-fashioned flowcharts, NOT the best of tools, since it > leads to spaghetti code) I can't help but remember the saying: > > - "Those who know, do. Those who don't manage". > > I guess my question should be: Under what circumstances is advisable > to use UML? I find that UML class diagrams aree very good to visualize database structures that are built from entity beans. I also think that UML activity diagrams are a great way to visualize the broad path the user can take through an application. By "broad path", I mean not drawing a decision node for each "if"-statement, but rather a more general decision node, like: [Order form] --ok--> --yes--> [Error page] !--no--> [ confirm order page ] Activity diagrams have a lot in common with flow charts, but by adding the object flow you have a good overview which entity or value object is passed between the different views (activities). Kind regards, Wanja -- ..Alesi's problem was that the back of the car was jumping up and down dangerously - and I can assure you from having been teammate to Jean Alesi and knowing what kind of cars that he can pull up with, when Jean Alesi says that a car is dangerous - it is. [Jonathan Palmer] --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to news@netfront.net ---