BLOG TOPIC-:"TOOLS TO DRAW UML DIAGRAMS" NOW-A-DAYS VISUALIZATION PLAYS KEY ROLE IN COMMUNICATING/UNDERSTAND PARTICULAR TOPICS/SCENARIOS,UML(UNIFIED MODELLING LANGUAGE) DIAGRAMS ARE USED WIDELY TO DESIGN STACTIC AND DYANMIC MODELS IN SOWTFARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE. TO MODEL THE DIAGRAM WE USE TOOLS VISUALLY,WITHOUT DRAWING TOOLS WE CANNOT EXPRESS UML DIAGRAMS IN USER/SYSTEM PERPECTIVE.TOOLS PROVIDE BASIC PLATFORM TO CREATE UML DIAGRAMS.WE HAVE CERTAIN TOOLS AVAILABLE IN SOFTWARE MARKET TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT UML DIAGRAMS. AS PER MY KNOWLEDGE,SUCH TOOLS LISTED BELOW: 1.MSVISIO 4.CONCEPT DRAW 7.STARUML 10.ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT. 2.RATIONAL ROSE 5.MAGIC DRAW 8.VISUAL PARADIGM 3.SMART DRAW 6.AGROUML 9.CASE COMPLETE FEW OF THESE TOOLS ARE FREE TO USE IN MARKET,AND DESIGN USER FRIENDLY PATTERN-(DRAG AND DROP) TO IDENTIFY AND DRAW EASILY. SEVERAL TOOLS AVAILABLE IN MARKET,USER MAINLY PREFER FREE TOOLS TO ADPOT AND UNDERSTAND HOW THE TOOL SOFTWARE WORKS,CHECK EACH COMPONENT PRESENT INSIDE TOOL.AS OF NOW SO MANY VERSION CREATED ,UPDATED TO ANALYSE AND ADOPT TOOL COMPONENTS TO DRAW UML DIAGRAMS. EACH SOFTWARE COMPANY HAS THERE OWN TOOLS TO DRAW,OR ADOPT AVAILABLE TOOLS IN MARKET TO DRAW UML DIAGRAMS. BASED ON THE COMPLEXITY,PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY WISE FEW COMPANIES BUY ONLINE AVAILBLE TOOLS-SUCH AS RATIONAL ROSE..ETC.., SOME OF THE AVAILABLE TOOLS PROVIDE CERTAIN TEMPLATES AND STANDARD TO FOLLOW/IMPLEMENT UML DIAGRAMS . TOOLS SUCH AS (MAGIC DRAW,CONCEPT DRAW,SMART DRAW AND MORE..,) HAVE BASIC UML TEMPLATESLIKE -CLASS TEMPLETE,USECASE TEMPLATE,ACTIVITY TEMPLATE..ETC..,PROVIDE CERTAIN EASY PRE-DEFINED TEMPLATES TO VISUALISE AND IMPLEMENT UML DIAGRAMS EFFECTIVELY AND TIMELY MANNER. THESE TEMPLETES SAVES TIME AND REDUCE COMPLEXITY OF UML DIAGRAMS. WE HAVE OVERALL 9 UML DIAGRAMS ,FEW TOOLS WONT HAVE ALL THE FUNCTIONALITIES TO ADOPT/IMPLEMENT ALL UML DIAGRAMS,EVERY TOOL HAS ITS OWN SPECIFICATION AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS,MAYBE/MAYNOT SATISFY USER REQIREMENTS TO CREATE UML DIAGRAMS. VERSIONS OF TOOLS VARY DEPENDENDING ON THE REQUIREMENTS IN PRESENT IT -INDUSTRY, TO REDUCE COMPLEXITY LEVEL,TIME MANAGEMENT TOOL DESIGNERS DEVELOP CERTAIN PLATFORMS, ALLOWS USER CAN CUSTOMIZE THE REQUIREMENTS TO DESIGN UML DIAGRAMS(STATIC/DYNAMIC).UML DIAGRAMS ARE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF A PROJECT ,DESIGNER CHOOSE APPROPRIATE TOOLS TO SUPPORT AND CREATE UML DIAGRAMS.
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