software design/database design/case tools

**AtW** · 6 April 2004, 20:00

yeah

Use these cheap and cheerful tools:
1) pencil or pen
2) paper (and lots of it)

**reynolds** · 7 April 2004, 01:52

re

www.smartdraw.com

Pencil and paper is good too!

**SandyDown** · 7 April 2004, 15:43

Re: re

what's wrong with visio???

**Mark Snowdon** · 8 April 2004, 13:49

tools

To do what exactly ?

**Cojak** · 14 April 2004, 17:32

Re: tools

I find Dia very useful...

**BlasterBates** · 30 April 2004, 09:10

Re: tools

There are some freeware UML tools, ArgoUml or something. You have to be careful though (I used it until it deleted a Use Case specification); although there is a commercial version.

Together is pretty good, especially if you're using java, as it allows you to develop java classes. (C++ is more difficult coz it often includes templates and C functions which screws everything up).

If you want diagrams, Visio is fine; all the projects I've worked on have used Visio with diagrams being done on an adhoc basis. Usually there's no budget for these kinds of tools.

software design/database design/case tools