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UML is very useful to communicate ideas and designs to the rest of your team. It doesn't have to be 100% strict UML. It just has to get the point across. I use
by davidcuddeback 14y ago
UML is very useful to communicate ideas and designs to the rest of your team. It doesn't have to be 100% strict UML. It just has to get the point across. I use http://www.asciiflow.com/ http://www.asciiflow.com/ to make simple UML diagrams that I add to my code when it helps clarify the code's structure. So I disagree that you have to "live in the land of too-tight blue ties" to find UML useful.
- eropple 14y ago> It doesn't have to be 100% strict UML. It just has to get the point across. So, not-UML?
- davidcuddeback 14y agoWhen you write a text message without proper punctuation or capitalization, do you say that's not English because it doesn't follow strict grammar rules? No. It's less formal English, but it's still English.
- eropple 14y agoBad analogy. If I have <a><b>something</a></b> I do say it's not XML.