Ask HN: Is UML modeling before developing software relevant any more?

3 pointsby cubovor 13 Jahren4 comments

I am web developer outside of school, and an MIS major in college. One of the main focuses on my major is software analysis and design, were they teach non programmers how to draw UML diagrams to create software.

This methodology seems slow and bulky. Any developers out there able to give some more insight into how widespread diagramming before coding is?

4 comments

hcarvalhoalvesvor 13 Jahren

Learn it. Although translating UML into code is mostly a dream from the 90's, it's useful to communicate with other developers at a whiteboard with less ambiguous semantics, as opposed to just scribbling boxes away. The class and sequence diagrams are specially useful.

biofoxvor 13 Jahren

For projects of any size, I always draft a design on paper first. It helps me ensure my ideas makes sense and that I won't forget them. I've found the real benefit of modeling though to be in solving novel problems that I'm unsure how to approach.

laveurvor 13 Jahren

Nope I find it very useful to quickly make a model of classes sometimes before I start writing code. Esp. when I know there is gonna be some complex interactions that I need to work out.

bobobhaivor 13 Jahren

As a college student doing ERDs and DFDs, would like to know the answer to this as well.