Articles filed in category 'UML'

  • Architectural Tools in VS
    John explains the dependency graph and the layer diagram tools in Visual Studio. Once you see how they work and what they can do, you’ll use them as part of every project.
  • The Simplest Thing Possible: Understanding the Visual Studio Architectural Tools, Part 2
    John builds on the modeling tools he showed us in the last issue (Dependency Graph and Layer Diagram) using UML diagrams in Visual Studio.
  • UML Class Diagrams
    Kevin McNeish introduces UML class diagrams as essential tools for designing well-structured, maintainable application classes, explaining class notation, visibility, and the key relationships—generalization, dependency, association (including multiplicity, aggregation, composition), and realization—while illustrating how abstract and concrete classes, interfaces, and careful modeling produce flexible, extensible business-object families that form a solid foundation for component-based software.
  • UML Collaboration Diagrams
    In this article, Kevin McNeish highlights the value of UML collaboration diagrams as effective tools for illustrating both the dynamic interactions and static relationships between business objects in software design. He contrasts collaboration diagrams with sequence diagrams, emphasizing their unique ability to visualize object relationships and validate static models. Kevin explains the core elements of collaboration diagrams—objects, links, and messages—and discusses ...See More
  • UML Sequence Diagrams
    In this article, Kevin McNeish explains how UML sequence diagrams document the time-ordered message exchanges that implement use-case logic, describes their core elements (objects, lifelines, messages, focus of control), and shows step-by-step how to create diagrams (including object creation/deletion, recurrence, color/notes) using a checkout example; he argues sequence diagrams clarify object responsibilities, reveal unnecessary interactions, and improve design of proc...See More