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Summary	UML tool for C++ code generation
Category	construction
License	GNU General Public License
Owner(s)	astade

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Mission

The goal of this project is to develop a UML tool where you can develop at model level and automatically generate source code for C++.

The program shall be a complete front-end (GUI) for software development (in C++) which can be customized for any compiler (also the GNU compiler will be the first one).

At the first look this seems to be a big deal. But by combining some tools, already available, it will be possible!

The main ideas to minimize effort are:

• the model tree is built in the directory structure of the operating system.
• all graphics are done with graphviz except sequence charts. They are done with Trace2UML
• the documentation is done with doxygen

So we end up with a little "user dialog" and a good "code generator"; that should be possible ;-).

Why reinvent the wheel?

After working with a UML tool for over a year now in my job I've learned:

• It's great to work with a UML tool. You'll never want to write source code by hand after that experience!
• Commercial tools are expensive! Really!
• Open source tools are not really usable yet :-(
• Both the commercial and the open source ones are too complicated. You will see that, if you see how simple Astade works at the end (look at the software architecture).

Information

If you have any questions concerning the Astade project, feel free to mail to the users mailing list. If you look for information about the project in general, browse the website or go directly to the mailing lists.