Chapter 2, UML Based OOA&D provides an overview of UML based OOA&D, including a guide to getting ArgoUML up and running.
Chapter 3, Requirements Capture through Chapter 6, Build (To be written) then step through each part of the design process from initial requirements capture through to final project build and deployment.
As each UML concept is encountered, its use is explained. Its use within ArgoUML is then described. Finally the a study is used to give examples of the concepts in use.
Chapter 7, User Interface Reference is an overview of the user interface and provides a summary of the support for the various UML diagram types in ArgoUML. Separate chapters Chapter 10, The Explorer through Chapter 9, The Menu bar describe each of the sub-windows of the user interface, known as Panes, and the menu bar.
Chapter 14, The Critics gives details of all the cognitive critics within the system. Eventually ArgoUML will link directly to this manual when giving advice on critics.
Chapter 15, Top Level Artifact Reference is an overview of the artifacts (i.e. the UML entities that can be placed on diagrams) within ArgoUML. The following chapters (Chapter 16, Use Case Diagram Artifact Reference through Chapter 23, Built In DataTypes, Classes, Interfaces and Stereotypes) describe, the artifacts that can be created through each ArgoUML diagram, and their properties, as well as some standard artifacts provided with the system.
A complete Glossary is provided. Appendix A, Supplementary Material for the Case Study provides material to supplement the case study used throughout the document. Appendix B, UML resources and Appendix C, UML Conforming CASE Tools identify background information on UML and UML CASE tools. Appendix E, Open Publication Licence is a copy of the GNU Free Documentation License.
A future ambition is to provide a comprehensive index
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