Posts under ‘UML’

UML seems to be a polarizing factor in the software development debates. The Learning LISP blog chimes in with observations on the lack of added value UML brings to the design and development process.

UML is applying an abstraction at the wrong end of the problem. It is primarily used to sketch object models for inferior [...]

Peter Friese attended the Model Driven Software Development Today conference and posted a recap with overviews, items and a good deal of images. If you weren’t able to attend, this provides a good overview of what you missed out on.
http://www.peterfriese.de/mdsd-today-2008-recap/

Recently I have come across a number of MDD related blogs suggesting that UML is inadequate to support precise and abstract models, which are a prerequisite for a model-driven development approach.
For example, in his post Microsoft DSLs + UML = ???, arguing against the use of UML as a precise and abstract modelling language, Steven [...]

Earlier this month we covered Bill Gates mentioning the Oslo-project - Microsofts answer to the growing interest in DSLs. Steven Kelly posted an interesting observation on his blog, where he comments on Microsoft’s ideas to combine both UML and DSLs on an implementation level.
Putting UML before DSLs in this way isn’t just putting the cart [...]