The Hitchhiker’s Guide to PlantUML

Post by dang » Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

Post by zmmmmm » Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 10:05 PM UTC

samatman wrote: post #8

robador wrote: post #7

Can someone explain the difference with graphviz?

graphviz makes graphs, and PlantUML makes UML diagrams: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language Not being flippant, that's the difference. graphviz/dot is general-purpose and can be configured to produce UML-like diagrams, but that's labor intensive. PlantUML takes text and produces UML diagrams from it. It's configurable... as long as you want UML. If you want something else, reach for graphviz. In m…

Post by _ZeD_ » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 1:50 AM UTC

bauerd wrote: post #5

>It has a simple intuitive syntax The code example reminds me of Latex: https://crashedmind.github.io/PlantUMLHitchhikersGuide/Netwo...

Post by grmartin » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 3:08 AM UTC

vasergen wrote: post #13

I like plantUML, I really do. but I think more people will be attracted by it, if they improve design and colors, so it looks modern out of box without any hacking

Post by emmelaich » Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 4:37 AM UTC

grmartin wrote: post #18

vasergen wrote: post #13

I like plantUML, I really do. but I think more people will be attracted by it, if they improve design and colors, so it looks modern out of box without any hacking

I was originally a proponent of it, but I find these days i prefer Mermaid. It doesnt hurt that there are more Markdown editors/viewers integrated with Mermaid than PlantUML.