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Dear Group !

Although this is slightly off topic within the JBuilder IDE newsgroup, I
want to raise this discussion here, because I think this is the most
frequented JBuilder newsgroup.

In our project we use JBuilder 4.0 as the main Java IDE. The project is a
partly web-based information system for our governmental organization
(Bavarian Geological Survey), which will utilize  J2EE technology on top of
an Oracle 8i RDMBS.

The user requirements and the resulting system will be modeled using UML. As
a supporting tool our partner company uses Rational Rose, which seems to be
the leading modeling software. It apparently allows also two-way engineering
of Java code - model-based or code-based.

Then I had a chance to evaluate Together 4.2, a pure Java modeling software,
built on UML 1.3 . Together even has an integrated Java compiler and
debugger. Model and source code are kept always in sync and there are tools
to apply patterns, to deploy EJBs etc. So, Together impressed me a lot
because it seems to integrate modeling and implementation so well.

Therefore, I would like to ask the group about their opinions about modeling
software. Especially I am interested to hear about the user's experiences
working with Rational Rose or Together in medium-sized to large projects -
drawbacks, problems, advantages etc. How do these tools work together with
the JBuilder IDE ? How do they compare ? Are there even better tools ? I
know, this could be a quite complex discussion, but I think it may interest
other people on this group as well. I haven't seen any *usefull* review of
modeling software with emphasis on day to day business, yet. Recently a
German computer magazine (IX) issued an article, which wasn't too favorable
for Rational used in large projects - so I am concerned.

If you do not want to post a comment to the group, you can e-mail me
directly at Thomas.Guelden@t-online.de .

In hope for some interesting feedback - kind regards ...

Thomas G�lden