CASE tools

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CASE tools

• CS361
• 3/8/07

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Outline

• Quick overview of some CASE tools
• Not meant to be exhaustive
• Revamp of material in Sommerville 4.5

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What are CASE tools?

• Case Computer Aided Software Engineering
• A set of tools to aid us in performing different
  parts of the software engineering process and
  tasks
• What CASE tools have people been using for their
  projects?

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CASE vs. case

• Upper CASE sometimes used to differentiate
  analysis and lifecycle tools from
• Lower case tools primarily aimed at the
  implementation phase code and db generation,
  implementation and testing tools
• Is this a useful definition?

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Other classifications of CASE tools?

• By function
• By process
• Any real difference?

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By process

• Planning tools Estimation tools, Spreadsheets,
  MS Project, Excel, Word, Mindware
• Editing tools text editors, diagram editors,
  word processors, MS visio, UML tools, Visual
  Studio, Eclipse
• Change management tools requirements
  tractability tools, document tracking tools, code
  repositories, wikis, darcs, svn/cvs, Onenote,
  email
• Configuration management tools system building
  tools, make files, install wizards
• Prototyping tools High-level languages,
  graphical editors, photoshop, powerpoint, Visual
  Basic, HTML
• Testing debugging tools Code analyzers,
  debuggers, JUnit

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Other classifications