[Tutor] Any recommend of UML tool and UI design tool for python?

[Alan Gauld]

"cajsdy" <cajsdy at gmail.com> wrote
>  Either paid or free open source is fine.
> I'm creating automation frame work. Idealy it includes:
>
> test plan management,
> test manager across windows, unix, linux, solaris and other os.
> UML documentation for python scripts
> IDE tool for python on windoes and linux
> UI design tool for python(best is integrated with IDE)

Eclipse would be the logical choice and there are a few free
UML editor plug-ins. I've tried one (can't recall the name) and
although a bit clunky compared to commercoal versions it
worked fine for small class and sequence diagrams.

If you don't need full CASE modelling  facilities someting
like a drawing tool such as Dia, Visio or Smartdraw might
suffice.

If you want full CASE features (model validation, simulation,
code generation, reverse engineering fof diagrams from code, etc)
then I think you will need to pay - and probably quite a lot! I've
used both Borland Together and IBM RSA. I prefer Borland
although IBM produces prettier diagrams - but I found it a
lot less intuitive. to use. Both come as Eclipse plugins and
work with whatever version control tools Eclipse is using.

There are other standalone UML tools too but it depends how
much of UML you want to use. If it's only a few basic class diagrams,
sequence diagrams and state diagrams then prettty much
anything will do. If you need to get into the more structural
aspects of UML (deployment diagrams, components, nested states,
activity charts, use-cases etc) then you might want to look at
paying out some money.

-- 
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/