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Best example of multiple inheritance ever (thanks to Jean Bézivin)
I´m reproducing a picture that Jean posted in google plus to exemplify multiple inheritance. I don’t like the mechanism of multiple inheritance (at the conceptual level is sometimes useful but too easy to get it wrong and at the implementation level is just a nightmare since most technologies do not support it so you are
5 Great Web-based Modeling Tools
The demand for web-based applications plus the need for online collaboration plus the amazing web interfaces that can be created with new technologies (e.g. HTML5 canvas) has created a “new” market for modeling tools: web-based modeling tools. In fact, they are more drawing tools than modeling tools but still, they at least offer you a
Feature Matrix summarizing existing Language Workbenches
Pedro J. Molina has posted a very useful summary of the main features of all language workbenches (i.e. frameworks to facilitate the definition of textual and/or graphical domain-specific languages) presented at the Language Workbench Competition 2011 . Worth taking a look at!
My new stories OF a (failed) entrepreneur blog
After the announcement of my research rants blog, now it’s the turn TO introduce my “stories of a (so far failed) entrepreneur blog” WHERE I talk about the business side OF this portal AND the code-generation services
My new “research rants” blog
Sometimes I feel the need to explain (non-technical) situations I face in my daily research activity. Since most of them would not fit the goals of this modeling portal I’ve decided TO CREATE a blog FOR ALL my research rants , ( because research IS NOT ONLY a passion but also a job AND AS ALL jobs, it sometimes sucks!)
Design Patterns Quick Reference
I´ve just discovered this flash card showing the class diagrams AND purposes FOR the basic GoF (Gang OF Four) patterns. Very handy!
Top seven UML cheatsheets
This information has been consolidated AND moved TO the portal’s page about Best UML Cheatsheets and reference guides .
Modeling Safe Interface Interactions in Web Applications
My colleague Marco Brambilla has just presented our tool demo (Marco Brambilla, Jordi Cabot, and Michael Grossniklaus.
A periodic table of visualization methods
Via Robert Clarisó , a link to a nice periodic table of visualization methods .
The classification of the methods is not very relevant but it’s really nice TO see a graphical example OF each method TO have an idea OF what they looks LIKE (hover over the cell OF each method WITH the mouse).
Another grammar zoo
Frédéric Jouault sent me the link OF another collection OF grammars (IN this CASE FOR SableCC) TO ADD TO my collection OF grammar samples FOR popular languages/domains.
