A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique.
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What's the best UML diagramming tool?
I'm trying to choose a tool for creating UML diagrams of all flavours. Usability is a major criteria for me, but I'd still take more power with a steeper learning curve and be happy. Free (as in beer) would be nice, but I'd be willing to pay if the…
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How to generate UML diagrams (especially sequence diagrams) from Java code?
How can I generate UML diagrams (especially sequence diagrams) from existing Java code?
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What's the best way to generate a UML diagram from Python source code?
A colleague is looking to generate UML class diagrams from heaps of Python source code.
He's primarily interested in the inheritance relationships, and mildly interested in compositional relationships, and doesn't care much about class attributes…
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Auto Generate Database Diagram MySQL
I'm tired of opening Dia and creating a database diagram at the beginning of every project. Is there a tool out there that will let me select specific tables and then create a database diagram for me based on a MySQL database? Preferably it would…
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Generate table relationship diagram from existing schema (SQL Server)
Is there a way to produce a diagram showing existing tables and their relationships given a connection to a database?
This is for SQL Server 2008 Express Edition.
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Tools to generate database tables diagram with PostgreSQL?
Are there any free tools to generate table diagrams with PostgreSQL?
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UML class diagram enum
I am modeling a class diagram. An attribute of a class is an enumeration. How do I model this? Normally you do something like this:
- name : string
But how does one do this with an enum?
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Is UML practical?
In college I've had numerous design and UML oriented courses, and I recognize that UML can be used to benefit a software project, especially use-case mapping, but is it really practical? I've done a few co-op work terms, and it appears that UML is…
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What tool to use to draw file tree diagram
Given a file tree - a directory with directories in it etc, how would you write a script to create a diagram of the file-tree as a graphic file that I can embed in a word processor document.
I prefer vector (SVG, EPS, EMF...) files.
The tool must…
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Why is a database always represented with a cylinder?
This question came up today and I couldn't find any historical answer as to why a database is always represented as a cylinder. I am hoping someone in the stack world would know why and have a link or something backing it up.
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Tools for creating Class Diagrams
Please suggest tools for creating Class Diagrams with the following criteria:
It should be platform-independent because I use Linux and the file is expected to be edited by other members of the team using Windows/Mac
Free, because there no such…
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Easiest algorithm of Voronoi diagram to implement?
What are the easy algorithms to implement Voronoi diagram?
I couldn't find any algorithm specially in pseudo form. Please share some links of Voronoi diagram algorithm, tutorial etc.
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Sankey Diagrams in R?
I am trying to visualize my data flow with a Sankey Diagram in R.
I found this blog post linking to an R script that produces a Sankey Diagram; unfortunately, it's quite raw and somewhat limited (see below for sample code and data).
Does anyone know…
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Django - Model graphic representation (ERD)
I'm searching a way to represent my Django project model graphically.
Is there a "native" way to do this kind of ERD (diagram) ?
Update following @Etienne instructions
Here is an example of how I finally view the PDF representing some models of my…
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constructor with parameters in UML class diagram
How would you create an uml class diagram for constructors with parameters?
For default constructors (no parameters) you do
policyholder() for the diagram and in the pseudo-code
For constructors with parameters would you do the same…
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