UML (Unified Modeling Language)

Unified Modeling Language was proposed by OMG (Object Management Group) and now it has become a OMG Standard. UML is the basic step a software programmer or designer must know and implement before any advance progress. Normally Software Engineers learn languages to begin software development career, but UML is the one which must be focus before learning any software development languages such as (C, java, C#, etc). UML is also a language but unlike Java and other Programming languages, UML is visual, pictorial representation of a software system. Something like a blue print of a software before its construction. It is a pictorial or abstract description of a software system. UML is not a programming language but it can be used to generate codes for different languages using its diagrams. It is also used in non software systems designing purposes such as manufacturing units.

UML detailed attributes and cycle will be discussed in the next post so stay tuned.