campbell@cc.usu.edu (Russell Anderson) (05/23/91)
I would like to know if anyone has a recommendation for a CASE tool to be used on the PC? I have seen a couple. Easycase can be purchased as shareware and it is a toy. I have seen a demo of the Iconix on a Mac and it seems good. Any experience? Russell Anderson Campbell Scientific email: campbell@cc.usu.edu
oman@med.cs.uidaho.edu (05/25/91)
In article <1991May23.163451.47885@cc.usu.edu> campbell@cc.usu.edu (Russell Anderson) writes: >I would like to know if anyone has a recommendation for a CASE tool to be >used on the PC? I have seen a couple. > Easycase can be purchased as shareware and it is a toy. > I have seen a demo of the Iconix on a Mac and it seems good. > >Any experience? I've used EasyCASE, TurboCASE, System Architect, MacBubbles, Excelerator, Info. Eng. Workbench, Anatool, Powertools, Teamwork, and probably 2-3 others. Here's my opinion: TurboCASE is unsurpassed for the Mac, System Architect is very good for the Win 3.0 environment because it has embedded SQL, and EasyCASE is the best for a DOS environment. Note, you used the shareware version of EasyCASE: What did you expect? Try their professional version, it's definitely worth the money (about $300). Also, you shouldn't expect much from a DOS-based CASE tool because you don't have multiple views into the design (like you do with the tools running on Macs, Win 3.0, OS/2, and X-Windows). The bottom line is that it's hard to separate the CASE power from the OS platform -- the more flexible the platform, the more flexible the tool. The best front-end CASE tools I've seen, run on the Mac or under X-Windows. Win 3.0 and OS/2 tools are improving, though. Paul Oman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Paul W. Oman, Ph.D., C.S. Dept., Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 83843 -- -- em: oman@cs.uidaho.edu ph: 208-885-6589 fx: 208-885-6645 -- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
grooke@tcom.stc.co.uk (Gill Rooke) (05/29/91)
>>I would like to know if anyone has a recommendation for a CASE tool to be >>used on the PC? >I've used EasyCASE, TurboCASE, System Architect, MacBubbles, Excelerator, >Info. Eng. Workbench, Anatool, Powertools, Teamwork, and probably 2-3 >others. Here's my opinion: > > TurboCASE is unsurpassed for the Mac, System Architect is very good > for the Win 3.0 environment because it has embedded SQL, and EasyCASE > is the best for a DOS environment. > And on Unix? Gil