Abstract
This chapter looks at a couple of advanced features of Eclipse that are also of value to embedded developers, source code control using CVS, and software design modeling using UML. UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a mechanism for expressing the constructs and relationships of complex systems, in particular software systems. More specifically, it is a graphical notation that can be used to describe the various models of a software system. It is a powerful tool for visualizing complex software and deriving code templates from the graphical models. Although most open source UML tools tend to be oriented to Java, there's nothing to prevent tools that have a C++ flavor. Eclipse plug-in Central lists 35 plug-ins in its UML category. CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) is an Open Source software package that supports simultaneous development of files by multiple developers. It is commonly used in large programming projects, but its use is not limited to software development. It can be useful in any task that involves managing files of data on a computer system. CVS is an integral part of Eclipse that brings some order to the potential chaos of team development. Project resources are checked in and out of a central repository in an orderly fashion, and conflicting changes can be easily identified for resolution. CVS tracks every change so that the code can be rolled back to any previous version if necessary.
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