I saw a tweet by @EelcoVisser about yUML, an online tool to create UML models from text. This page, by Tobin Harris, allows you to create small and quick class models right from text.
So I entered the follow text:
[Customer]<>1->*[RetailTransaction], [RetailTransaction]<>1->*[RetailTransactionLineItem], [RetailTransactionLineItem]<>1->*[RetailTransactionLineItemModifier], [BusinessDay]<>1->[RetailTransaction]
and the page generated the following model:
From just that text. You can also generate more detailed class diagrams and Use Case diagrams:
I created this Use Case from a recent bad experience with Direct Energy:
Amazing stuff. Because this page serves the image, you can make use of this for quick (and SMALL) data model to be posted to our discussion groups.
Very fun, and a great idea.
Create UML diagrams online in seconds, no special tools needed.
