SDE for NetBeans is a comprehensive UML tool that seamlessly integrates with NetBeans. It allows users to create all types of UML diagrams while providing features such as code engineering and enhanced project saving/loading speed. The software also comes with a shape editor and data flow diagram.
With SDE-NB, you can draw all manner of UML diagrams in NetBeans, reverse engineer Java code to class diagrams, generate Java code, and create documentation. Plus, there are numerous features that make this plug-in stand out from the crowd. For instance, it supports UML version 2.1, has a workflow diagram and shape editor, and offers data flow diagrams. It also boasts an enhanced project loading and saving speed.
Other features that are highly appreciated by users include the Use Case Details Editor, a single environment for specifying everything related to a use case; full screen diagram editing, which takes advantage of the entire screen to create and edit diagrams; and EJB Code Generation and Deployment, which generates beans for your application development and deployment.
In addition, this UML CASE tool supports ORM, including generating Java objects from the database, and can generate database tables from ERD. It even offers database reverse-engineering, allowing you to go from existing DBMS to ERD with ease. And anyone looking for reverse engineering will appreciate the easy code to model and code to diagram workflows.
Other features that make this tool valuable include instant reverse engineering for Java, C++, .NET exe/dll, XML, XML Schema, and IDL; code generation from the model or diagram; round-trip engineering; automatic synchronization between source code and diagrams; automatic diagram layout; and the ability to import a Rational Rose project or export XMI. Finally, it includes PDF/HTML Report generator, version control, Visio integration, and more.
In short, SDE for NetBeans is a feature-packed UML CASE tool that can help you build applications better, faster, and more affordably than you thought possible. It integrates tightly with NetBeans and provides a full suite of features for building applications from concept to deployment. Other UML modeling tools or UML plugins include SDE for Eclipse, Oracle JDeveloper, Borland JBuilder, IntelliJ IDEA, Sun ONE, WebLogic Workshop, and Microsoft Visual Studio.
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