UML is a globally accepted standard for software modeling in the technology community. Visualization with UML gives a punch to the whole development process. We’ve gathered over 20 Tools & Tutorials to help you get going with UML.
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Tools
ArgoUML - ArgoUML is a prominent open source tool for UML modeling environment on Java platform.
Enterprise Architect - An advanced level software modeling tool from Sparx Systems with support for UML 2.1.
MagicDraw - A cross-platform commercial UML tool. It is based on Java and is compatible with latest UML standards. There is a free limited featured community edition and paid professional version.
IBM Rational Rose - Rational Rose is easily one of the best and widely used UML tools. It is backed by great support from the community and is fully compatible with popular IDEs like Eclipse and IBM Websphere.
Omondo - Omondo for Eclipse features a plugin for use in Eclipse programming environment. It includes a 30 day trial ware and the paid version is fully-functional studio edition.
Poseidon for UML - Poseidon for UML comes in 4 different versions including a 30 day trial ware community edition.
Rhapsody - Rhapsody is a cross-platform visual modeling tool for UML. It features support for UML 2.1.
SmartDraw - SmartDraw is more popularly billed as the competitor of UML. It works on Windows platform only and is recognized primarily for its drawing capabilities.
UMLStudio - A light weight commercial version for visual modeling in UML. It is compatible with 32 bit version of Windows.
Visio - A Microsoft owned UML tool. Of course, it is a commercial application but it does offer extensive support for UML diagrams.
Visual Paradigm - Visual Paradigm features a basic free for use community edition tool for UML modeling.
Visual UML - A widely used UML modeling tool with fully featured support for UML 2.0 and compatibility with Visual Studio .NET and Visual Basic 6.
Tutorials
Guide to UML Diagrams - A detailed guide to the two major categories of UML diagrams.
Objects by Design - An online guide to choose the best UML tool.
Practical UML - A hands-on UML introduction tutorial for developers.
Ultimate Source of UML Resources - A resource center for UML from Visual Paradigm. It contains links to UML documentation, interactive UML tutorial, UML articles and links, UML books recommendations and reviews, and much more.
UML Exercises - A comprehensive listing of exercises from the book Learning UML 2.0 (O’Reilly).
UML Quick Reference - A constantly revised descriptive reference list for UML.
UML Resources - A collection of definition, diagram and resources for UML.
UML Tutorial - A chapter-wise downloadable UML tutorial.
Unified Modeling Language Guide - A basic UML guide featuring diagrams, principles based on actual experiences of a learner.
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