questions about diagram

I'm looking for a good slideshow/pdf/video explaining the differences in approach and thinking from hand-written threading of applications compared to the more abstracted and easier to use message passing and actor models. Does anyone know of existing resources to explain these concepts with good diagrams and visualizations? ...

multithreading

concurrency

diagram

teaching

UML class diagram: to add fields used to implement relationships or not?

Hi all, I am trying to figure out if it is correct to put in the fields of the particular class a reference to an object/collection that this class is related with. Let's say I have a class University that aggregates many instances of Student class. When I put on my diagram both classes, I add the relationship of aggregation between th...

Can I save a DMBL layout as a jpeg/png?

Hello, Is it possible to save the layout diagram from a DBML file as a jpeg/png or any other image format? A manager wants to know what we are storing in our database and the print out wasn't enough he wants an electronic version. I know I can use a screen-shot but wonder if there are any other options? I've just thought about printin...

tools to generate database tables diagram with postgresql ?

are there any Free tools to generate tables diagrams with postgresql? ...

postgresql

diagram

creating diagrams/schemas of a PHP project

Hello, The main goal is create relationship diagrams/flow schemas from a big and complex PHP project automatically. I have a one big framework and it is not documented. Structure looks good but modules and additional codes not. If you can give me the ideas, may be i can code myself an analyzer with PHP but it would be good if you can ...

Upgraded VS 2010 Ultimate - Modeling Project - Layer Diagram freezes visual studio

I just updated VS 2010 from Professional to Ultimate, specifically to gain access to the Architecture Modeling utilities. After successfully creating a new Modeling Project, I have been unable to create a usable Layer Diagram. Each time the VS designer shows the diagram, VS freezes, requiring a forced close via Task Manager. I have don...

Installing dia on macports: invalid command name "post-deactivate"

I'm trying to install dia on Mac OSX, but I get an odd error: invalid command name "post-deactivate" $ sudo port install -d dia ---> Computing dependencies for diaError: Unable to execute port: invalid command name "post-deactivate" Before reporting a bug, first run the command again with the -d flag to get complete output. I can't f...

mac

diagram

macports

Is there a document highlighting WPF and Silverlight controls available in the framework?

I'm looking for something like a pdf or anything else that would show a chart of available controls in SL and/or WPF. Ideally, the chart should have a drawing of the control, some succinct description and the hierarchy if possible. Has anyone seen such a thing? Freeware or Payware, can even be from a book I could buy. ...

Diagramming in functional languages

Hello, I would like to know if there are some tools and techniques for diagramming in functional languages like Lisp, Clojure, etc. Something like UML in OOP languages, perhaps? ...

functional-programming

diagram

Examples of software architecture diagram and tools

Whenever i talk of software architecture diagram, people would say that go for UML 2.0/2.2 etc. But, i want to make software architecture diagrams for the end user to understand the model or maybe beginners who want to get started. What would be some good examples of such diagrams and the software tools to design them? ...

software-architecture

A "Google wonder wheel" or "visualthesaurus" like diagram control for .net?

Hi Guys, I'm looking for a graph control that works just like Google wonder wheel or Thinkmap visual thesaurus. I don't know what do these types of diagrams called. Any help would be appreciated. I have a series of non-hierarchical related data entities (should be shown as big and small circles) and I want to show their relation (lines ...

cool diagram software or art libraries?

Looking for some ideas for good diagram software, OR diagram art libraries.. looking for web/technology style of diagram art such as the one here: http://www.strangeloopnetworks.com/products/ I am aware of 2 so far: http://www.smartdraw.com/ http://lovelycharts.com/ ...

charts

management

diagram

How to show Enterprise Architect diagrams in Power Point in an appealing way?

I create my diagrams in Enterprise Architect. Sometimes I need to embed them in Power Point presentations but it does not look good in the UI as it would if I would write them there from scratch. Is there a way to do it nicely? Which tools would you recommend to manage a long persisting architecture and also present it nicely in present...

Is there a programming language for designing and web publishing electronic circuits ?

Hi, there are good languages to publish math contents on the web. But, is there any such language for electronic circuits diagrams. Which can help you design circuit diagrams, save in several formats [.pdf,.ps, .djvu etc] and publish on the web? By, publishing on the web I don't mean first save in some picture format and then use html to...

Class Diagrams - questionably useful?

How is a class diagram actually any different to just looking at the class definition with all the functions collapsed? I've been asked to write some and realized that this is all just .. read the source .. it has comments. What's the point of a class diagram, how is it different to even minorly commented definitions, and what makes a go...

language-agnostic

class

diagram

Class diagram for eclipse java project

Possible Duplicate: What is your favorite automatic class diagram generator for Eclipse? Hi Guys, Can you please tell me if its possible to automatically generate class diagram for a java project in eclipse? Can you please suggest a plugin or a tool that is free. If not in eclipse, is it possible in Netbeans? Thanks in advan...

Diagram or other way to describe analysing threading vulnerabilities?

I'm working on a complex data structure, think of it as an OODBMS storing single-user CAD info, and want a way to explain vulnerability points to justify where I'm locking and the scope of the critical sections that are being used. IO is via memory-mapping to files that are potentially opened multiple times in different threads. You cou...