Unified Modeling Language (UML) Still Widely Used

Published May 25th, 2010 Under Numbers | Leave a Comment

In 1997, the Object Management Group (OMG) made the UML a standard modelling language for object-oriented applications. Has the Agile adoption changed the way organizations use UML? Read more

1500 Tools to Assist Software Developers

Published October 12th, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment

Created in 2007, the Software Development Tools Directory has now more than 1500 references. It is one of the rare web sites where you can see on the same location both commercial and open source software development tools. Tools are categorized by programming language, license, operating system or software development function (software testing, project management, database, IDE, user interface, etc.). The Open Source category is the most important one with 770 tools.

The five most popular open source tools in the directory are:
* IceScrum – agile project management
* ERmodeller – a CASE tool for data modeling
* ArgoUML – UML modeling with Java code generation
* StarUML – UML modeling tool
* Arbiter – requirements gathering and acceptance testing tool

Scrum, Java, Testing and UML in Methods & Tools Fall 2009

Published September 22nd, 2009 Under Methods & Tools | 3 Comments

Methods & Tools Fall 2009 issue has just been published with the following articles:
* Mature Scrum at Systematic: mixing CMMI and Scrum in the same company
* Implementing Automated Software Testing: metrics that help manage the transition to software testing automation
* The Spring Framework: an introduction to this java framework, aspect oriented programming and inversion of control
* The Learning View: how to improve your learning capabilities as a software developer
* Time and Synchronization in Executable UML

75 PDF pages of software development knowledge that you, your colleagues and friends can download freely from
http://www.methodsandtools.com/mt/download.php?fall09