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Ask HN: Do you create flow diagrams to map out program logic for features?
I have done so in the past and have always found it helpful. Do others do this? I am interested to know if it a widespread practice.
- rumanator 7y agoI've used UML activity diagrams on a project to document how some high level aspects of a REST API were expected to work, but mostly I've been using sequence and communication diagrams for the same effect.
- laurentl 7y agoI will usually doodle a diagram flow of the expected process or customer interaction. Sometimes it translates directly into program logic, sometimes not so much. Slightly different but I like to reason in states and will often draw up cellular automata to represent the different states of the system and how to move from one to another.