Not a symfony related blog entry but I ran into this tool yesterday and I pretty like it. So I want to share my finding with you. Maybe you know it: You are working on some documentation in your favorit wiki (trac, redmine…) and you like to add some UML diagramm fragments to it. Switching to a vector drawing or UML-Tool, creating the diagram, saving it as a bitmap graphic, uploading it to the wiki and linking it in the wiki-markup… *phew* A lot of work for a simple task.
It can be done easier 
Just use yUML for creating the UML fragments. The free service use a different, more declarative, approach.You can add UML via image tags to your blog or wiki.
For example:<img src=”http://yuml.me/diagram/class/[Order]->[Position]“>” /> results in
Of course you can create more complex diagrams like this one (from the yUML documentation).
<img src=”http://yuml.me/diagram/class/[Customer]<>1-orders 0..*>[Order], [Order]++*-*>[LineItem], [Order]-1>[DeliveryMethod], [Order]*-*>[Product], [Category]<->[Product], [DeliveryMethod]^[National], [DeliveryMethod]^[International]“/>
It is surprising, what can be done with this solution
- Aggregation
- Relations
- Composition
- Inheritance
- Cardinality
- Labels
- Classes with methods and properties
All included. Beside class diagrams Use cases can created also.
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Jordi Cabot · 3. May 2009 at 17:46
If you liked this tool you may be interested also in checking other similar tools I list here: http://modeling-languages.com/blog/content/textual-notationslanguages-define-uml-models-list-tools
Admin comment by thaberkern · 3. May 2009 at 18:36
Hi,
thanks for the link. I have known TextUML but none of the other
Timo
Duane Gran · 3. May 2009 at 18:41
Another approach out of the box is the sfPropelGraphviz plug in:
http://trac.symfony-project.org/wiki/sfPropelGraphviz
There is also one for doctrine.
Rubino · 3. May 2009 at 21:38
That’s pretty cool.
Just need a generator that parses the schema yml now
Tobin Harris · 4. May 2009 at 13:47
Nice review Timo, thanks for the positive feedback
I loved your phrase “UML fragments” for describing what yUML is about. Might use that if you don’t mind!
Alex Stoneham · 15. May 2009 at 23:34
I am drooling for Rubinos comment, You give the world something great and they want more hey
Great work yUML
Great work Symfony Core team, I am a happy individual knowing I have chosen a winning strat