Questions tagged [diagrams]
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UML design for a nodeJS web application
I am designing an web application based on 3rd tier architecture
client side : HTML5 , CSS , JS , jQuery ..
middle tier : nodeJS
Database : mysql
I need to do the general design of the middle tier part using UML diagrams.
what's confusing is that…

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How to alternative way (!pic2plot) to generate sequence diagrams from some declarative textual form?
There is pic2plot component from UMLGraph to draw sequence diagrams (sequence.pic).
Input format is like:
.PS
copy "/usr/local/lib/sequence.pic";
object(N0,"0");
object(N1,"1");
step();
message(N0,N0,"doSomething()");…

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Sources for visual explanations?
Does anyone has sources for visual explanations of algorithms (or maths) that is even more expressive, more intuitive, maybe aesthetically appealing ? Or, animations of algorithms?

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Do you make a Use Case Narrative of a general use case?
I have this use case diagram. As you can see, "Rate Service Provider" is the general use case of "Rate on Computer" and "Rate Online" use cases. Since those two use cases are specific, I know they have separate use case narratives. Now my question…

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Precise process event timeline diagrams (e.g. in Excel)
I need to prepare such diagrams:
I think it's quite intuitive how to read this diagram and this is why I want to create a few of them for my project.
I am quite confused how to create them efficiently; I've painted the one above in Paint just to…

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What tools do people from Android Dev Team use to create Diagram and flowcharts?
I really like the diagrams and flowcharts from the official developer.android.com website and I was wondering what was the name of the tools they were using. Anyone has an idea?
What is also a good tool for eclipse to create such things…

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web based workflow solution
The main task is to work on documents which go through some specific workflow which is represented by a lucid graph (diagram). We need document versioning, different roles & permissions and most importantly we need to let the users create the…

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Tool for creating domain model diagrams that can be "dynamically" browsed
I want to create and maintain domain model / high level concept models for my project. Currently I am using jDeveloper and creating UML class diagrams. This does not work well, and I would like to find a better alternative.
Problem is that once the…

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Tools for diagrams like MSDN magazine (Architect's Journal)
I'm searching for tools for creating diagrams (illustrations) for my articles in my blog about software architecture. Often I read Microsoft Architect's Journal and illustrations at this magazine are very beautiful and comprehensive. Can you help me…

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Recommendations for a ERM, DMD and ORM Diagram Creation Application for OSX
I need to produce several ERM, DMD and ORM diagrams for several projects I am working on. Obviously I'd like them to be a sleek and professional as possible, and while a simple Google search provides a plethora of options, they're all…

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UML diagrams- use case diagrams
The scenario:
Customer goes to the counter and asks the employee to select a specific movie
Which one of the following would be correct?

Yhgg Gyiuh
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use case diagram for basic teacher login
I am creating a very basic use case diagram to show a teacher login, the login includes a forgot password for obviously if user forgot password and a reset password if they wish to reset password after logging in. My question is that is the below…

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App for designing server farm
I was wondering. Is there an app for designing server farm layouts? I know that this can be achieved using UML designer apps or Visio but I was looking for something more specialised on this particular part of a startup deployment. An app for…

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What is the way to visually outline application logic flow?
We are looking for a way to visually describe to each other the logic flow of particular module or the application itself. I constantly stumble upon different block diagrams here and there, but still not sure if this is any kind of standard and has…

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