Copying and pasting from the MS-DOS tree command might also work for you. Examples: tree C:\Foobar>tree C:. ├───FooScripts ├───barconfig ├───Baz │ ├───BadBaz │ └───Drop … tree /F C:\Foobar>tree C:. ├───FooScripts │ foo.sh ├───barconfig │ bar.xml ├───Baz │ ├───BadBaz │ │ badbaz.xml │ └───Drop … tree /A C:\Foobar>tree /A C:. +—FooScripts +—barconfig +—Baz ¦ +—BadBaz ¦ … Read more
Using UML is like looking at your feet as you walk. It’s making conscious and explicit something that you can usually do unconsciously. Beginners need to think carefully about what they’re doing, but a professional programmer already knows what they’re doing. Most of the time, writing the code itself is quicker and more effective than … Read more
They are simply showed like this: _______________________ | <<enumeration>> | | DaysOfTheWeek | |_____________________| | Sunday | | Monday | | Tuesday | | … | |_____________________| And then just have an association between that and your class.
I love schemaspy for schema visualisations. Look at the sample output they provide, and drool. Note the tabs! You’ll need to download the JDBC driver here, then your command should look something like: java -jar schemaspy-6.0.0-rc2.jar -t pgsql -db database_name -host myhost -u username -p password -o ./schemaspy -dp postgresql-9.3-1100.jdbc3.jar -s public -noads Sometimes using … Read more
Yes you can use SQL Server 2008 itself but you need to install SQL Server Management Studio Express (if not installed ) . Just right Click on Database Diagrams and create new diagram. Select the exisiting tables and if you have specified the references in your tables properly. You will be able to see the … Read more
Try MySQL Workbench, formerly DBDesigner 4: http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/ This has a “Reverse Engineer Database” mode: Database -> Reverse Engineer
You may have heard of Pylint that helps statically checking Python code. Few people know that it comes with a tool named Pyreverse that draws UML diagrams from the Python code it reads. Pyreverse uses Graphviz as a backend. It is used like this: pyreverse -o png -p yourpackage . where the . can also … Read more
ObjectAid UML Explorer Is what I used. It is easily installed from the repository: Name: ObjectAid UML Explorer Location: http://www.objectaid.com/update/current And produces quite nice UML diagrams: Description from the website: The ObjectAid UML Explorer is different from other UML tools. It uses the UML notation to show a graphical representation of existing code that is … Read more
Some context: Recently for graduate school I researched UML tools for usability and UML comprehension in general for an independent project. I also model/architect for a living. The previous posts have too many answers and not enough questions. A common misunderstanding is that UML is about creating diagrams. Sure, diagrams are important, but really you … Read more