textuml

TextUML Toolkit

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TextUML Toolkit is an open-source IDE for UML that lets you create models at the same speed you write code. By adopting a textual notation, the TextUML Toolkit provides benefits you will not get elsewhere:

• increased modeling productivity
• compatible with any tools that support Eclipse UML2 models
• the features you like in your favorite IDE: instant validation, syntax highlighting, outline view, textual comparison
• live graphical visualization of your model as class diagrams

The TextUML Toolkit can be used as a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE, as an independent command-line tool, and as a part of a multi-tenant server-side application - as seen in Cloudfier.

Using the Toolkit

• Instructions for installing the TextUML Toolkit. Note you can also use TextUML in Cloudfier, an online IDE and deployment platform for TextUML-based applications.

• TextUML Tutorial
  • a step-by-step tutorial showing how to create a model with inheritance, attributes, operations and associations
• TextUML Structural Notation
  • a reference guide to the TextUML notation for structural modeling.
• TextUML Behavioral Notation
  • a reference guide to the TextUML notation for behavioral modeling (a.k.a. action language).
• TextUML Toolkit features
  • a summary of the features in the TextUML Toolkit, grouped by release.
• Repository Properties
  • customization properties that change the way the compiler works (to enable built-in types, aliases etc).
• FAQ
  • frequently asked questions about TextUML and the Toolkit
• UML 101 with TextUML
  • a series of articles explaining UML concepts using the TextUML notation: multiplicity, profiles and stereotypes and templates.
• Contributing
  • everything you need to know to contribute as a developer or tester.