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Review: Altova UModel 2005

by Drew Falkman

Unified Modeling Language™ (UML) is more than a construct for designing applications. It is an entire system for planning applications—from determining use cases to outlining a program's flow down to more code level planning like components and class design, then synchronizing with source code. The ultimate ideal: programming with pictures. Many enterprise level development shops and in-house teams are using UML, but after ten years, it hasn't yet acquired the mass momentum one would expect for such a revolutionary concept. Still, development companies including Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM (with their notable buyout of Rational, the UML pioneers) provide toolsets and integration with their IDEs. But these tool are traditionally quite expensive, and that's where Altova plans to capitalize. At an introductory rate of just $129.00, UModel seems like a good tool for smaller development shops to test the UML waters.

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