Questions tagged [case-tools]

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What replaced SADT?

Before everything became "enterprise", there was a time, when everything was "structured". About 20 years ago structured analysis and structured design (SADT), together with CASE tools promised salvation to many IT proferssionals. While the hype…
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Tools and techniques for quick-and-dirty requirements gathering overlapping with design

I've read and been taught quite a bit about formal requirements gathering, in a waterfall context: spend months grinding out use cases, turn those into a spec, and eventually deliver a bloated piece of crapware that noone wants. The projects I'm…
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Why did not CASE tools succeed?

...or why did they fail? I am going to build a proof of a concept of something which could be classified as CASE, but I want to avoid some of the mistakes done before. Thanks!
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How to generate models from database structure existing

There is some tool or application that take a backup/export (.sql file may be) of a database and can generate like result the entity-relation model, this mean, the tables in a graphic? My database is in PostgreSQL, although this will should…
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Which CASE Tools do you use?

Which Computer-aided Software Engineering tools do you use and why? In what ways do they increase your productivity or help you design your programs? Or, in case you do not use CASE tools, what are your reasons for this?
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Productivity gains of using CASE tools for development

I was using a CASE called MAGIC for a system I'm developing, I've never used this kind of tool before and at first sight I liked, a month later I had a lot of the application generated, I felt very productive and ... I would say ... satisfied. In…
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UML or CASE tool to analyze *huge* JavaScript code base?

I have to figure out how a huge JavaScript code base works and I'm wondering if there are any CASE/UML tools to analyze its structure. I understand that there are several limitations because of the dynamic typing and existence of eval(), but I…
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How to get the ERWIN diagram in one model into another model

There is a diagram in the first model say model 1 and i need to get the diagram into the 2nd model say model 2. Is ther any way to do this in ERWIN? I have copied the diagram form the first model and tried to paste it on a balnk diagram diagram…
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How to Fix Weird C++ Codes that Assume the Relative Ordering of Class Members

I need to modify the ordering of my C++ class members. For example: class B { public: int i; int j; int k; ... }; becomes class B { public: int j; int k; int i; ... }; The problem is there are weird codes in my large code bases that depend on…
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Convert a instance member function which uses this references, to static function

I have a large non static JAVA function, which uses this reference at several places inside it. I want to convert it to static function and pass "this" reference as a parameter, so that I can take it to utility class. Is there any tool which can…
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What features did you find most useful in CASE Tools?

HI All, It is not really a programming related question but definitely programmers'related. If a new Case tool was being developed. What features would you like to see in it which describe behaviour of system in from specification to design.
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case tool available for

Is there a any case tool available that support html5 for front end, java for business logic and oracle for database?
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