Re: why can't vs 2005 class designer do UML ?

I am not sure of all of the specifics. The class designer is very similar to
UML, although it misses many of the diagrams. I still use UML for use case
diagrams, etc., but I will stick with the class designer for work in VS
2005.

The reasons stated for moving away from UML in Visual Studio 2005 are:

1. does not translate very directly into today's technologies (in the case
of .NET, not all types)
http://weblogs.asp.net/pgielens/archive/2005/11/01/429138.aspx
2. UML has not significantly contributed to productivity
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vstsmodel.asp

It could also be that additional licensing for UML was cost prohibitive or
even that Microsoft found it easier to create a new type of meta-language
rather than implementing UML in VS.

Microsoft is moving towards a software factory approach, with domain
specific languages for the designers. The idea is further productivity. Will
it work?

I would say that is certainly will for those solutions that have been done
before (in nearly the same implementation). A software factory can, for
example, save time on items like workflow, which often takes a lot of time.
Software factories are not a silver bullet, however, so on has to have other
tools to simplify the R&D aspect of programming.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"bonk" <schwertfischtrombose@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) schrieb:
>> As the class designer information is stored as XML, you can create a tool
>> that consumes the XML and makes valid UML. The main reason it is not
>> valid UML is the fact that UML is running behind .NET at this point so MS
>> scrapped the idea. If you have Team System Architect, you also have
>> access to Visio for Enterprise Architects, 2005 version, which can create
>> UML, although it is a bit of a painful route from my experience.
>>
>
> In what way is UML behind. I don't really see a .NET construct that can't
> be visualized using UML ....


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