Re: Usefulness of UML?

From: Ingvar Nilsen (telcontr_at_online-not-this-part-.no)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:58:59 +0100

Jim Cooper wrote:

> Code is always the complete view of a piece of software (even if it
> is hard to read sometimes). UML only ever provides an incomplete
> view, no matter how many diagrams you have.

Are we talking about the same thing?
Saying "view" implies looking for something. I don't use UML to
visualize how a method is implemented. I use it to visualize how
entities in my software interact, seen from above. I use UML when
needed, as appropriate so to say, and read the code in addition, when
needed. 

-- 
Ingvar Nilsen
http://www.ingvarius.com

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