UML advice for processing

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cristian_..

in General Discussion • Other • 2 years ago

I would like to design classes for a sketch using a tool like OmniGraffle ... Can anyone share experience of using UML diagrams (or UML style) to design Processing sketches?

Should we define Class Main(), Class Setup() and Class Draw() ?
How or where might it be best to represent imported libraries?

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PhiLho

Re: UML advice for processing

2 years ago

main, setup and draw are not classes but functions (actually, methods).
UML can be useful in very complex applications with lot of dependent classes, but is quite useless in most Processing sketches.

cristian_..

Re: UML advice for processing

2 years ago

sorry, yes I suppose they are methods. Methods in the class processing.core.PApplet ?

Your reply seems to suggest that Processing is better considered like a procedural language then? that doesn't seem right

planning any project is worth doing on paper or with diagrams first, and applying some UML ideas for that, however simple , is worth the while in my opinion.

PhiLho

Re: UML advice for processing

2 years ago

Processing has been designed to make Java feel like being a procedural language, indeed.
But it doesn't prevent to use classes, of course.
What I wanted to mean is that most sketches I saw are quite simple, small (I omit those just abusing of copy/paste...). So I don't feel UML being useful there.
But, of course, if you plan to make a large sketch, a game for example, UML can help.

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