Just caught a glimpse of Quadrant;
VSTS generates a cool sequence diagram of any operation... tho it does introduce a new bit of notation for calls beyond a user set depth, namely a black dot ( leveraged from state and activity notation ).
Once you've got your UML model into the Repository; ( who will be the first to produce a parser image to accomplish this I wonder? ) why would you wanna emerge it again in EA ( how long you reckon, will Sparx's take to dream up the import capability to even try in EA )?
It doesn't quite shout model simulator ( a kind of Runtime )... so we all feel rather pleased .... any ideas about what ya'd call doing it, would be cool suggestions....
Prof Fowler say's Quadrants a Language workbench...
All those Unique Interface characteristics of the EA Ui/x... cured, ya modify the application model ( of EA ) in Quadrant ( change a worlflow, add states and vairables ) so that it works how ya want. Send the modification history to Sparx; couple hours later ( to allow for release and publication testing ) you got what ya wanted.
In Quadrant, this is a realtime experience. As soon as repository has included the modifications, these are reflected in the Quadrant application instance. CHANGE as you USE IT [smiley=engel017.gif] [smiley=engel017.gif] has appeal to some user populations
Parrellism and Concurrency the big thing for Framework v4 ( not in the language ). Dark coloured lines for Tasks, lighter for threads; Did you know that the CLR Profiler Log, can be parsed and imported into the repository; a simulator would enable you to explore the execution dynamics of any changes, without incuring the overhead of potentially costly hardware and software expenditure... coupled with PEX you should be able to discovery the with, what, when and how of anything that can be executed.
Microsoft's joined the OMG... so UML won't remain colourless and 2D for too much longer ( oh and the UML in VSTS 2010 is 2.4 )... [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif].
In the UML Model they have a 'Logical Class Diagram' for UML, and the VS Class Diagram for the physical classes contained in projects.
Anyone played with it?
Kevin
