ComponentSource Topic | Analysis, Design and Modeling

Understand and Document Complex Java applications

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:52:51 GMT

Sequence diagrams generated by MaintainJ.

MaintainJ is a reverse engineering tool which automatically generates UML and sequence diagrams.

MaintainJ helps users understand and analyze complex Java applications. The sequence diagrams generated by MaintainJ show runtime interaction between different Java classes in your application. You can trace applications running on a single JVM or on multiple JVM's and view the end-to-end call trace in a single sequence diagram.

Features

MaintainJ generates runtime sequence diagrams using the call trace captured while you run the application. The captured information includes data for each method call, any SQL calls to the database and the response time of each call.

Find out exactly what happens when you run a use case
Generate interactive sequence diagram from call trace
Reduce the bug fix and release cycle time of applications
Document applications in minutes

About MaintainJ

Since 1997 MaintainJ have been actively involved in the design, development and maintenance of large Java applications. MaintainJ provides a better way to understand complex Java applications and was built for and tested on large scale real-world applications.

GUI Design Studio improves design options

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:48:00 GMT

Design a user interface without writing code.

Create User Interface designs and interactive prototypes without writing any code.

GUI Design Studio is a tool which allows you to create screen designs and application prototypes quickly. Get early feedback and acceptance of designs to dramatically reduce rework, costs and project risks. Try alternative designs, iron out usability issues, find missing requirements and identify areas of difficulty, all before committing to implementation.

Updates in V4.3

New Look - The application has been given a make-over with fresher icons, neater rendering and anti-aliasing of certain graphical elements.
Workspace Background Options - A new preference option has been added to set a background to the design workspace from a number of presets that include a flat color or tiled image overlaid with optional horizontal lines, vertical lines and dots.
Sketch Visual Style - Includes a new "Sketch" style option providing a hand drawn look and feel.
Image Slicing to Maintain Corners - Bitmap images now support slicing to provide resizable background images for custom elements, such as buttons, and CSS3-style borders.
Line Segments - New Line Segment elements have been added with various options for shape, text label and arrow heads.
New Shapes - New Shape elements have been added with various fill and border options, plus transparency and drop shadows
Monochrome Display Options - Project options now allow you to design with elements and/or images displayed in monochrome to focus attention on content and layout and avoid distractions caused by color.
Smoother Rendering - The new graphics engine means rendering should appear smoother. Standard font sizes have been adjusted to improve their display.
Sound Files - .wav file types now shows up in the Project File Tree and can be added to designs in the same way as adding images by using drag and drop or double-clicks.
Icons - You can now disable and display icons as a dimmed monochrome version which helps improve the visual indication of their enabled state.
Prototype Tab - Adds flexibility for conditional states and removes the need to use an additional parent container element (where a transparent Rectangle was often used).
Resize Anchors - These are now turned off by default to avoid visual distraction.
Button Tooltips - Text Button elements with preset actions (Accept/Cancel/Close) now display that action as part of the tooltip in the Elements palette.

About Caretta Software

Caretta Software was founded in 2003 with the aim to create tools that enhance the development process and help companies build better software that meets user's needs. The flagship product, GUI Design Studio, has been sold in over 35 countries. It allows developers, user experience designers, business analysts and software professionals to create interactive prototypes and get early feedback without coding. Caretta are continually working to improve their tools and develop new ideas.

GUI Design Studio improves prototyping

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:46:00 GMT

Designing a user interface without writing code.

Version 4.0 enables you to build more interactive prototypes and to easily share or reuse elements and templates.

GUI Design Studio is a tool which allows you to create screen designs and application prototypes quickly and easily before putting time and effort into coding. Get early feedback and acceptance of designs to dramatically reduce rework, costs and project risks. Try alternative designs, iron out usability issues, find missing requirements and identify areas of difficulty, all before committing to implementation. Interactive prototypes are easily shared. Specification documentation generated in HTML, PDF and RTF formats. Supports Windows, Web and custom applications including Ribbon Bar designs.

GUI Design Studio is available at a Special Offer Price until March 31, 2010.

Updates in V4.0

Export Running Prototype as an Image
Copy the state of the running prototype at any point to the clipboard as an image or export it to an image file.
Custom Element Folders
Create custom elements and element groups as design patterns and place them in special project folders for quick reuse through drag and drop.
Project and Design Templates
Create and use design templates for entire projects or insert them into existing projects as reusable design patterns ready for editing.
Interactivity on Elements
Extended interactivity on elements to change their state and enter data values when running the prototype.
Data Transfer Between Elements
Elements can share data values, embed them within text and have them set by expressions through various actions.
Navigation Based on Data Values
Use entered data values and control states in business logic to control the flow of the application prototype.
Enable/Show Based on Data Values
Use entered data values and control states to determine the visibility and enabled state of other controls in your prototype.
Conditional Content Panels
Create panels that automatically change their content while the prototype is running, based on data values.

About Caretta Software

Caretta Software was founded in 2003 with the aim to create tools that enhance the development process and help companies build better software that meets user's needs. Its flagship product, GUI Design Studio, has been sold in over 35 countries. It allows developers, user experience designers, business analysts and software professionals to create interactive prototypes and get early feedback with no coding. Caretta Software is continually working to improve its tools and develop new ideas.

GUI Design Studio patched

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:48:00 GMT

Selecting ribbon bar elements from GUI Design Studio's elements tab.

Updates in V3.5.94.0

Changed: Tree elements now have an icon selector for each item, avoiding the need for overlays.
Changed: Slider elements now have a 'reverse' option. Vertical Sliders now default to upwards unless reversed (this may have a minor impact on some designs).
Changed: The Project panel file tree context menu has been expanded and re-arranged.
Changed: References to "Simulation" changed to "Prototype" to better represent the purpose. The "Simulator" menu has been renamed to "Run".
Changed: Keyboard shortcuts changed to avoid main menu conflicts:
Go to connection source: Alt+R -> Ctrl+R
Go to connection target: Alt+T -> Ctrl+T
Swap selected elements: Alt+S -> Ctrl+W
Fixed: Redundant checking of SVN repository removed to improve performance in certain circumstances.
Fixed: Changes to project and folder links are now saved correctly. In V3.4 this became intermittent depending on whether other changes were triggering the project save or not.
Fixed: The Notes panel now behaves correctly when the Design Bar is floating rather than docked to the side of the main window.
Fixed: Property editor buttons have been made taller to ensure that shortcut key indicators are visible.