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EclipseUML

Lately I’ve been looking at UML modelling tools. Tried quite a few of them (freeware, shareware etc.). Even downloaded the new freely available Java Studio Enterprise, but didn’t like the fact that I had to leave Eclipse . Now I don’t have to thanks to EclipseUML from Omondo.

This is what plugin architecture is all about !! I have used the Free Edition so far and it’s amazing. No major hiccups, would have liked to install through an update site, but their installer was OK too.I liked the fact that they have maintained the overall look and feel and icon set remains faithful to Eclipse. Auto-layout is not very smart though and the export is to SVG only (the commercial edition add more export formats). I like the fact that I can version-control this along with my source code so that I can keep them updated so that there is no “lag” between design and development. I am going to go all crazy with use cases and sequence diagrams too

If all goes well I want to suggest that we use this plugin in all our teams and maybe I can push for the commercial version too.

PS : I am using w.bloggar to write this post and the spell check suggests “unholy” as a correction for UML appropriate you say !!!