Comments on: Model Driven Architecture (MDA)

By: Rob van der Krogt

Rob van der Krogt — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 22:13:45 +0000

Hello Abdelhak, if you have still questions left or if you need documentation, send an e-mail to me (rob.v.d.krogt@amis.nl).
Right now I’m writing an tutorial for OptimalJ. This tutorial demonstrates how simple it’s to create a basic crud applicaton with OptimalJ.

By: Abdelhak JIJANE

Abdelhak JIJANE — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:08:25 +0000

As part of a study/comaprison of MDA tools (especially AndroMDA and OptimalJ), I have to judge which of them is the most adequate to my company’s features/needs and developpment constraints/rules. So, I would like to ask you how you (can) judge/compare these tools (apart from their compliance to Mda’s spec.), and discuss it with you. I’m interested in their advantages (I can find it out in their own websites and docs) and drawbacks (it’s turning out to be difficult to analyse), when it comes to set these tools (and the MDD ‘esprit’) in a professional context: some may need more docs, others only contain a generator (need to buy or use an extern modeling tool..), some others may turn out to be difficult to customize?
Let me know.

By: Wolfgang Fahl

Wolfgang Fahl — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:48:01 +0000

You might want to add smartGENERATOR to your list. It’s also on the OMG website.
Please let me know how I can help you to also evaluate it.

By: Rob van der Krogt

Rob van der Krogt — Wed, 03 May 2006 21:56:18 +0000

If you are still looking for an UML tool to document take a look at MagicDraw. Because AndroMDA and OptimalJ have support for the models created by MagicDraw. So it may be possible to import your models into one of the MDA tools.
MagicDraw has a Community Edition, so you can try it out.

By: Scott Schwab

Scott Schwab — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:58:46 +0000

Great timing, I was looking at UML tools last night, to help document a project, and I was wondering what MDA stood for.

I look forward to reading about your expirences.