For many years, I was looking for an app to create sequence diagrams which could be easily editable by me or a peer later without hair pulling. Then, I found PlantUML.
During a recent work, one colleague gave me the best solution I found so far. PlantUML
By default, PlantUML is a java application. For any changes, the diagram image file needs to be regenerated via a shell command. From my experience, it was a bit time consuming.
Luckily, PlanUML is also available directly from PyCharm as a plug-in.
Install plantuml plugin for PyCharm: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7017-plantuml-integration
Then click on Invalidate/Restart PyCharm.
Create a new puml file with an example content
https://plantuml.com/fr/sequence-diagram
@startuml
Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
@endumlMake a change and the visual will be updated automatically
You can also create more advanced diagrams. Like this one created for a previous work.
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