Introduction
UML (Unified Modelling Language) is used to organize coding and development projects visually while being language agnostic. This is powerful because you can greatly decrease development time by creating a high level map of your entire program. In essence you create a visual map that defines class packages, class relationships, and the core methods and properties of those classes. In doing so you have a visual map of your program that you can reference to plan your development strategy and timing. UML is nothing new, but the implementation as well as the features of Crocus Modeller make UML simple, efficient, and fun.
Crocus Modeller
Crocus Modeller is an AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) application that really empowers development. It is designed specifically for the Flash Platform, but in communicating with the developer via email, they are considering supporting languages other than just Actionscript 3. You can read about the tool at the official website http://crocusmodeller.com/ to learn more and test drive the application. Below I’m simply going to point out my favorite features of the tool.