> What kind of software design aids do you use for your project? Perhaps 
> you feel that it is not always necessary to have the design 
> documentation before you start coding?

I don't intend to code anymore ...

>
> I tend to draw most of my diagrams/flowcharts in CorelDraw (can't 
> stand Visio), then copy them into a Word document, and add the text. 
> It works, but somehow I feel there ought to be better tools for the job.

After drawing flowchart (or better finite statemachine),
and even adding extra comment to it,
I think the job is completly done !!
The coding can be done by a *simple* program.
Yes, where are those programs, I thought we lived in 2005 ;-)

>
> Also, what do you guys think of UML?

I don't understand why these programs have to be so difficult ;-)
If you want to try, try argo-UML, it's one of the simplest I found and 
totally free.

Stef Mientki

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