xtUML Editor Developer Training

This course teaches you how to become an xtUML Editor developer. It covers installing the required tools, downloading and building the open-source code, and practical exercises that add features to xtUML Editor. The lessons stay in module order. Each video lesson links to its YouTube video. Opening a lesson does not require an account, and the site does not record progress.

The lesson material is shared under CC0.

Module 1. Welcome

• Unit 1. Welcome

Module 2. Prepare xtUML Editor Development Environment

• Unit 1. Install xtUML Editor for Windows
• Unit 2. Install xtUML Editor for Linux
• Unit 3. Install the Development Environment Add-ons
• Unit 4. Create an Account on Github

Module 3. Downloading and Building the Source Code

• Unit 1. Fork the Repository and Import the Source Projects
• Unit 2. Build the Source Code

Module 4. Running and Debugging xtUML Editor

• Unit 1. Execute the xtUML Editor Launch Configuration

Module 5. Understanding the OOAofOOA and Source Code Layout

• Unit 1. Tour of the OOAofOOA
• Unit 2. Tour of the source code
• Unit 3. Exercise - Attribute Default Type
• Unit 4. Compare and contrast select statements in OAL and Java
• Unit 5. Exercise - Selections
• Unit 6. Exercise - Inspect data via context menu entry

Module 6. Life as a xtUML Editor Developer - Common Tasks

• Unit 1. Export a modified plug-in and install it into xtUML Editor
• Unit 2. xtUML Editor Development Process
• Unit 3. Branching
• Unit 4. Connecting to remote repositories
• Unit 5. Staying in synch with the xtUML Editor mainline code repository
• Unit 6. Contributing updates - submitting a pull request
• Unit 7. Exercise - Compare and Merge with a remote repository
• Unit 8. Exercise - Create a builder

Module 7. JUnit Testing

• Unit 1. Tour of the JUnit plug-ins
• Unit 2. Setting up to run JUnits
• Unit 3. Exercise - Run JUnit tests