YUML – Easy Embeddable Diagrams • Hacker News Board

asicsp wrote: post #21

mcqueenjordan wrote: post #2

Anyone familiar with PlantUML[1]? That's been my goto for declarative text-based diagramming. I've always thought "there really could be a better tool," but I've never found anything better than PlantUML. I don't think YUML is going to be my answer, though -- it's paid and doesn't seem to be a local tool, but rather a SaaS model. This product feels like it should be a local compile-into-image workflow. But that's pro…

I haven't personally used it so far, but check out mermaid[1] which I bookmarked from a HN[2] discussion [1] https://mermaidjs.github.io/ [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16889181

I found mermaidjs to be interesting in cases where you want to put down some diagrams quickly. However the renders/SVG export are really wonky at the moment.

Re: YUML – Easy Embeddable Diagrams

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Post by andreareina » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 11:06 AM UTC

afandian wrote: post #24

andreareina wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Graphviz is one of the things that I make sure is installed when I get a new computer, along with PlatUML (also mentioned).

Don't buy a Mac then. Apple managed to break the build on the latest version.

Broken as in, `./configure && make && make install` doesn't work?

ETA: I actually am on a Mac, but I've decided for other reasons that my next one won't be. As far as I'm concerned the 2015 Macbook Pro was the last of the good ones.

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Post by victor106 » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 11:20 AM UTC

WestCoastJustin wrote: post #7

lnyng wrote: post #3

Not exactly for the same purpose, but anyone knows about Graphviz [1]? Super expressive and you can visualize online in viz.js [2]. [1] https://www.graphviz.org/ [2] http://viz-js.com/

I've been using Vis.js and http://shaky.github.bushong.net/ . You can do really cool stuff with them. Highly recommend them both. I will import those into gimp and create all types of animation with them [1, 2]. I've built a db backend for vis.js and it makes to super simple to connect things and saves the positions for Vis.js. You can see a demo of it here: https://sysadmincasts.com/map . Try zooming in/out, moving…

This looks really cool. Will check it out

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Post by afandian » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 11:47 AM UTC

andreareina wrote: post #35

afandian wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't buy a Mac then. Apple managed to break the build on the latest version.

Broken as in, `./configure && make && make install` doesn't work? ETA: I actually am on a Mac, but I've decided for other reasons that my next one won't be. As far as I'm concerned the 2015 Macbook Pro was the last of the good ones.

Broken as in there was no official working binary last time I checked. Maybe the binary does build but I quite liked the auto preview and other GUI features.

> Graphviz.app currently doesn’t build on OSX Mojave because of Apple API changes. It would be wonderful if someone can fix this.

https://graphviz.gitlab.io/download/

It's a general theme that Apple doesn't take compatibility very seriously but each case is annoying.

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Post by max_sendfeld » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 11:49 AM UTC

tobinharris wrote: post #14

weekay wrote: post #5

Class, activity and use case diagrams are not in vouge with the development teams. And if they do use them , they tend to be in Visio or with similar tools when they need to be created for requirements / design documentation etc., Somewhat related , https://bramp.github.io/js-sequence-diagrams/ could be used as well.

What diagrams do you see used in dev teams these days? In our team (non enterprise), there's a lot of visual flow models for UX, and still some class/interaction/activity diagrams for explaining how stuff hangs together.

Been using https://arcentry.com/ for architectural diagram. They offer a 3D viewer that can be embedded as well

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Post by ndnxhs » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 12:31 PM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #30

Is UML cool again? I’ve been waiting 2 decades. Please say it is! Surely now that monoliths are the new black, UML must be respectable.

I am convinced uml was created to sell expensive tools for using uml. If I never have to see it again I will be happy.

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Post by beardedwizard » Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 12:59 PM UTC

tobinharris wrote: post #13

mcqueenjordan wrote: post #2

Anyone familiar with PlantUML[1]? That's been my goto for declarative text-based diagramming. I've always thought "there really could be a better tool," but I've never found anything better than PlantUML. I don't think YUML is going to be my answer, though -- it's paid and doesn't seem to be a local tool, but rather a SaaS model. This product feels like it should be a local compile-into-image workflow. But that's pro…

yUML creator here. Think I know what you're saying. That said, there are many people using a command line wrapper to generate yUML diagrams as part of an automated workflow. The paid features are more for people who want better management of diagrams.

Ya but I have to leak you my diagrams. Websequencediagram already does this. Plantuml allows a local renderer.