UML Support for Python [was IDLE development - Call for participation]

[Warren Postma]

I have yet to see the wisdom in Draw Blobbygram First, Code Later.  Can
anyone point me at a book which might change my mind?   I use Delphi a lot,
and I feel a certain affinity to Smalltalk, but none at all to C++ or Java,
because Delphi and Smalltalk programmers have the "learn by experimenting,
then build your own tool set" mentality pretty much down, so if they can
adopt UML, then perhaps it can work for a Pythonista.

A book on UML with Smalltalk (since there are probably none for Python)
would be interesting to read. Anybody got a recommendation? Perhaps it could
lend some insight into UML on dynamically typed languages.

IMHO, it is better for me to prototype than draw blobbograms and type in
use-cases.     Customer feedback can be tracked, and specs can be written
and agreed on, and the right design becomes obvious, by doing it via 'RAD'
principles.

Okay, Okay, I'll admit I'm a sucker for nice visuals.  Some times I use
Visio or Corel Draw to illustrate my ideas, but that's only where I think a
visual model helps.  If it was easier, or automatic, then sure I'd use a
Python UML tool, but I think a visual form builder would actually save me a
lot more time, and get my prototypes done faster. Then after that, I would
*maybe* worry about what lines go from what cloud to what other cloud.

Anybody agree with me? Anybody think I'm nuts?

Warren