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Object Oriented question

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:03 am
by akimm
Whenever one is begining the learning of OOP my book tells me of UML, at first, I thought it was simply a planning procedure for writing OOP, but later found out there are actual clients for it, certain UML diagramming programs, am I correct with this? My book claims it so, and if there are these programs, do I need to really use UML for basic purposes, just trying to learn how to implement OOP.

Thanks!

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:46 am
by itsmani1
yes UML is good, its use for notations purpose of OO. you can use it.

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:25 am
by akimm
Is it how I thought it was, an actual program which helps diagram the class divisions so you can visually see what you need to write?

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 3:35 am
by itsmani1
exectly, one the software that can do this type of stuff is Rational Rose, using this you can make use cases, activity diagram, class diagram etc.

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:03 am
by akimm
Thanks for the assistance.

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Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:09 am
by itsmani1
No problem its ok,

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:10 pm
by jmut
just make sure you don't get too obsessed by UML.. it is not panacea.
yes..it is good for communicating idea in OOP world....but from what I've read and experienced it is not worth it to obey the standard strictly.

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:30 pm
by akimm
Thanks, that response is fair enough, thats sort of where I wanted someone to take it, because, I know so little of OOP.