Though I have been checking, thus far I have not been able to find a 'standard' way of implementing UML as PERL code or vice/versa.

Generally speaking though, UML is usually used at the beginning of a project, before you have code. This is by no means a hard & fast rule because, of course, if you are picking up a project from where someone else left off, or any one of a dozen other situations you will have code first. But the point here of course is about visualization & planning of your project.

Personally, I use UML often when doing Java projects. But I mostly take advantage of it to use something like Rational Rose ($ack$) or ObjectPlant (Mac only )-: ) to build code skeletions. It's also a very good documentation method, or at least a place to start your development docs.

There are some tools that you can use to help, or at least give you a push in the right direction, such as Dia or togethersoft but to tell the truth, there's nothing that I have discovered which is a complete UML IDE for any language yet. (..and some of those tools are very expensive.)

I see a lot of space here to break new ground.

I am and have been personally interested in building a toolkit that would be more complete & that would generate PERL code as well, but it's a BIG job, so right now it's still a '| dream'... Of course anyone interested, please /msg me, or send me e-mail.



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In reply to Re: Perl UML conventions by gregor42
in thread Perl UML conventions by gildir

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