Comments on: starUML and argoUML – compared http://veerasundar.com/blog/2008/11/staruml-and-argouml-compared/ Java / Web developer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nigel Deans http://veerasundar.com/blog/2008/11/staruml-and-argouml-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-45824 Nigel Deans Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:33:37 +0000 http://veerasundar.com/blog/?p=145#comment-45824 I've used ArgoUML for a few years - hard to believe is STILL isn't developed entirely. I love the fact that it's free to use at it's fullest capacity but I can't get over it's ugliness. I much prefer the style of the diagrams in other products that I usually wind up using instead. Last year I was using the community edition of Visual Paradigm, which I love but I hate the watermarks... This year I'm using StarUML, which I think is the best unobstructed and free UML tool I've found yet. I keep going back to ArgoUML because of it's popularity - maybe I'm missing something. Which is how I got here. Overall, I have to say ArgoUML is good, but for me StarUML rules - now if they can just export to SVG I would never have to look for anything else. I’ve used ArgoUML for a few years – hard to believe is STILL isn’t developed entirely. I love the fact that it’s free to use at it’s fullest capacity but I can’t get over it’s ugliness. I much prefer the style of the diagrams in other products that I usually wind up using instead. Last year I was using the community edition of Visual Paradigm, which I love but I hate the watermarks… This year I’m using StarUML, which I think is the best unobstructed and free UML tool I’ve found yet.

I keep going back to ArgoUML because of it’s popularity – maybe I’m missing something. Which is how I got here. Overall, I have to say ArgoUML is good, but for me StarUML rules – now if they can just export to SVG I would never have to look for anything else.

]]> By: Veera http://veerasundar.com/blog/2008/11/staruml-and-argouml-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-9221 Veera Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:48:32 +0000 http://veerasundar.com/blog/?p=145#comment-9221 have heard about BoUML. need to give it a try. have heard about BoUML. need to give it a try.

]]> By: Michal Slonina http://veerasundar.com/blog/2008/11/staruml-and-argouml-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-9197 Michal Slonina Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:34:33 +0000 http://veerasundar.com/blog/?p=145#comment-9197 VP cons: - free version doesn't do uml code conversion The best UML tool around for me is BoUML. Pros: - free/open souce - solid - fast - UML 2.0 - good UMLcode round-trip - packages for almost every linux distro. VP cons:
- free version doesn’t do uml code conversion

The best UML tool around for me is BoUML.
Pros:
- free/open souce
- solid
- fast
- UML 2.0
- good UMLcode round-trip
- packages for almost every linux distro.

]]> By: danny0085 http://veerasundar.com/blog/2008/11/staruml-and-argouml-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-2504 danny0085 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:22:05 +0000 http://veerasundar.com/blog/?p=145#comment-2504 VP Suite 4.1 for Linux http://tips-linux.net/en/content/visual-paradigm-suite-41-linux-license VP Suite 4.1 for Linux

http://tips-linux.net/en/content/visual-paradigm-suite-41-linux-license

]]> By: Byron http://veerasundar.com/blog/2008/11/staruml-and-argouml-compared/comment-page-1/#comment-2477 Byron Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:27:31 +0000 http://veerasundar.com/blog/?p=145#comment-2477 I don't understand why anyone would recommend a UML tool that fails to parse valid syntax during reverse engineering. It's one thing if additional features such as generics are discarded by the reverse engineering feature. But StarUML completely discards a class when it encounters any generics in the code. This makes the reverse engineering feature totally unusable. Generics have been around for 5 years now, and current applications commonly make use of it. I have generics in nearly all my java code. StarUML should be considered obsolete until generics are at least recognized by the parser. Meanwhile, I'll be looking for another UML tool. I don’t understand why anyone would recommend a UML tool that fails to parse valid syntax during reverse engineering. It’s one thing if additional features such as generics are discarded by the reverse engineering feature. But StarUML completely discards a class when it encounters any generics in the code. This makes the reverse engineering feature totally unusable.

Generics have been around for 5 years now, and current applications commonly make use of it. I have generics in nearly all my java code. StarUML should be considered obsolete until generics are at least recognized by the parser. Meanwhile, I’ll be looking for another UML tool.

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