CodeDesigner

The Internet is filled with all sort of applications and software solutions that allow you to enhance features on your computer and do your job faster. One of such applications is CodeDesigner.

It's a free and open-source RAD tool suitable for easy creation of various diagrams describing applications' structure and logic (class diagrams, state charts) and for generation of production-ready source code from them.

The application doesn't take long to install and it doesn't come with a complicated setup that you would need to complete before you can actually use it. It's packed with lots of nice tools and features, together with many options that you can explore.

The first thing that you need to do after launching the application is to open or create new projects. It creates projects in .cdp format or lets you load all sort of source files.

There's the option to create diagram or code packages, simple sate charts and diagrams. You can also create generic variables and functions or edit all sort of elements inside the application.

CodeDesigner is aimed to generation of production-ready source code from supported diagrams. It means that not only the application skeleton can be generated from diagrams but complete full-featured application including its entry point (main function) can be produced by one click.

It supports all sort of diagrams like UML class diagrams, simple state chart, hierarchical (UML, Harel) state charts. It also supports multiple programming languages, including ANSI C, C++ or Python.

You can also manage your diagram bank and set categories, arrange diagrams by name or type, set descriptions and dependencies. It comes with some settings that allow you to make changes to code generators and state charts found inside the application.

CodeDesigner is a very nice application for drawing UML diagrams, code generation and reverse code engineering.