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Editor for HMIs in Java

I found this question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1159349 and mine is roughly the same, except, that I need a Java version. What I would need, is a editor which can be used standalone to create the GUI. It should support some kind of abstraction of datasources and data items which can be bound to the symbols placed on the view. I...

Looking for a diagram to explain WSGI

To help further my understanding of WSGI I'm looking for a diagram which explains the flow of an application, from webserver (eg. apache) through a number of middlewares to "code" (as in, the print "hello world" bit). I've read various articles regarding WSGI from wsgi.org, but it's still not "clicking" for me and as for diagrams Googl...

Simple UML Drawing Tool for Windows That Supports Eiffel

I don't want anything that reads or generates code just drawing diagrams. I also must be able to enter code as text because i'm pretty sure it will not support the Eiffel langauge and i really don't want to click through a dozend buttons and dialogs just to enter a method signature (who ever invented this shit has no idea about usabilit...

Topology diagram in silverlight

I have a web application which lets users create entities, and define relationships and associations between the entities. I'd like to use silverlight to visually show a topology diagram of the entities. Hopefully it would be able to have some smarts to figure out initial positions of each entity, and then potentially allow the user to...

Javascript Canvas Flowcharting Project?

I am looking for a Javascript project which makes use of canvas to allow the creation of diagrams/flowcharts in the browser. Are there any active projects like that alive? ...

Visual Representation of Program Logic

I want to represent the logic of my program through a diagram, since the program is pretty complex; I need a way to explain to another person, why and how something happens in my program. Is flowchart the only option? ...

DIA : creating connections

In a recent post on my blog, I showed how to transform the description of the mysql table to a DIA file using XSLT. Now I'd like to create the connectionsbetween the classes. Does anyone knows what would be the algorithm to create a connection between the given rows of two classes (I know how to get the connector ID but I would also ne...

Simple free diagramming tool for Mac OS X?

I want to create a diagram that shows how my app works. Not a class diagram. Don't know the word. Just a nonscientific, simple diagram that helps keeping track of what happens when user does something, i.e. press a button or delete something. Flow thing maybe. You may know how it's called. Basically, I just need some boxes where I can p...

Does this .NET tool/utility exist?

When I generate a Class Diagram using VS2008, say for a C# file XYZ.cs - I get a Class Diagram detailing all the Fields,Properties,Methods and Nested Types. Is there a tool/utility, which will do the same for all the internal Class/Interface references I have used within this file. For eg. I have a Property of the type ABC in XYZ.cs .....

Visual / artistic representations of code

I don't know if there is a name for this. What I am interested in is what sort of graphical programs there are for representing code or code development in a high level, abstract and beautiful way. The only example I know of something like this is a video I saw a while ago which used glowing orbs moving around a repository to show user...

How can I represent a Map class member in UML?

When I have a class with a Map member, I don't want to draw a separate class/interface object to represent the Map itself, but I'd prefer to treat the map as if it was a native type, rather than a complex object. Consider the following example public class IndexManagerImpl implements IndexManager { /* ... */ private static Map...

A UML way to describe a key/value datastore ?

Hi all, I'm currently writing the documentation for a database using berkeleyDB. I'd like to draw UML diagram describing the keys and the values of the datastores. Is there a 'standard' way to describe this kind of database using UML ? Thanks ...

What modeling technique/tool/diagram would you recommend for a rails/grails application?

I am interesting in a diagramming methodology that can capture user-interaction in a way that will incorporate the "screens" along with the "actions", and how those are driven by controllers,views and services. ...

Display visibility in Argo UML

How do I get Argo UML to display the visibility of properties and methods in a class diagram? ...

Graphviz top to bottom AND left to right

Hi there I want to have a uml sequence diagram with dot language, now I have the following problem I want to have the layout as follows with a, b, c and d in a straight line at top but with the lines going straight to the bottom. How can I achieve that? a b c d | | | | | | | | perhaps can I achieve that the a, b, c ...

Edge direction in network diagrams

When I draw a network diagram with, say, browser A communicates with http-server B which talks to a database C, I draw the nodes for A, B and C and edges between A and B and between B and C. Then I want to materialize the flow direction by adding arrows. On which side should I place the arrowheads? Variant 2 is the intuitive one, but ...

List of diagram / image editors for Delphi

I need a good diagram / image editor for a Delphi application. I need the ability to place an image in the editor, and use freely positioned balloons / tips to describe parts of the image. The result must be exported as an image. So far, I have evaluated KSDev Block Engine and TMS Diagram studio but am not completely satisfied with bot...

Is there a good diagramming library for Python?

I should say I'm looking for something interactive, equivalent to what Nevron offers in it's .NET Diagram product, where a user can create nodes, interact with them by dragging them around, etc. I know there's GraphViz, but as far as I know it's static, and just renders a graph/diagram, there is no interaction with it. I have a bad feel...

Create a diagram HTML5 HTML parsing algorithm

HTML5 describes an algorithm for parsing HTML. It is based on state machines. What is the best way to create a diagram for this algorithm? ...

What do you use to make programming flowcharts, diagrams, etc?

I've always just used OpenOffice Draw and it just occurred to me that there has to be something better out there. So what do you use? Do you like it? Bonus points for free things and for web apps. ...