PlantUML advanced features

PlantUML advanced features

With PlantUML you can create diagrams as plain text code. This article covers several advanced features, e.g. how to choose the right output file format, or using the include-mechanism effectively. I also explain how you can generate code from PlantUML diagrams (and vice versa), or how to work on a model-layer by extending PlantUML’s syntax. … Read more

PlantUML layout

PlantUML layout and styles tutorial

With PlantUML you can create diagrams as plain text code. PlantUML takes off the burden so that you don’t need to worry about the looks and layout of your diagram’s elements, by applying opinionated defaults. This article is both a PlantUML layout tutorial, which explains how you can customize the layout, and also explains how … Read more

PlantUML tutorial

PlantUML tutorial to create diagrams as code

PlantUML is one of the most feature-complete tools that lets you create diagrams as code, using plain text. It supports UML diagrams and beyond, and has a large ecosystem. In this basic PlantUML tutorial I present an introduction on what PlantUML is and how to learn it. I go into detail about the very useful … Read more