[BangPypers] UML <=> Python...and other things...

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Banibrata Dutta
<banibrata.dutta at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Anand Balachandran Pillai
> <abpillai at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Vishal <vsapre80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > Does anyone know of a tool that can produce Python code from UML
>> > diagrams?
>> > Is something of this sort being added to NetBeans?
>> > Or is it that the ease of programming in Python acts as a deterrent in
>> > the
>> > way of having to create something in UML and then covert that model into
>> > Python.
>> > it would be good to have a tool of that sort (Python to UML and UML to
>> > Python)?
>>
>> For Python to UML try PyUMLGraph.  It does the reverse engineering for
>> you, i.e
>> produces UML diagrams (remember, not call graphs but UML diagrams
>> with relationships among classes/modules etc) by inspecting live
>> Python objects.
>>
>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyUMLGraph
>
> Is the project is dead and gone! Atleast, the project URL
> (http://www.pobox.com/~adamf/software/PyUMLGraph/) seems to be.


Yes, the main project site seems to have disappeared.
The new project URL is http://adamfeuer.com/~adamf/software/PyUMLGraph/
but it led me to some parking page. See if you have luck with it.

If you don't you can download the package from this mirror site.

http://cvsup1.theplanet.com/distfiles/PyUMLGraph-0.1.10.tar.gz

For good measure, I have taken a backup on my own site here.

http://harvestmanontheweb.com/programming/PyUMLGraph-0.1.10.tar.gz

>>
>> I am not sure if the latter makes sense, since Python is
>> meant for quick programming & development. How much
>> does UML-code and UML-design help in Python projects ?
>> I am not sure. I think it might even slow down the Python
>> development cycle.
>
> Reverse engineering complex but well-structured/designed Python code, that
> has stuck to some "by-the-book" OOAD, might make it easier for new enggs
> taking it up for sustenence / enhancement.
>>
>> > Also, is there a way to find Python call graphs (something like
>> > Doxygen),
>> > but not just the typical static code structure...instead something that
>> > can
>> > tell execution paths while a certain function is called.
>> > I came across 'pycallgraph'. Its good. except two things, its slow for
>> > big
>> > projects, and it goes all the way into tracing every single call...that
>> > means if I am using a COM library underneath, it traces that as well.
>> > What I
>> > was interested in is figuring out only part of the trace...may be
>> > specifying
>> > exclusions in the trace tree.
>>
>> You might also want to look at Stani's Python Editor (SPE) which
>> produces UML diagrams directly from Python code without needing
>> any other tool or plugin.
>>
>
> --
> regards,
> Banibrata
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>
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-Anand