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You've heard of README-driven development, where you start by writing a README and documenting what you're going to code you start coding.<\/p>\n\n
I've recently been doing diagram-driven development, where I start with a diagram and build a flow chart of the functionality, what pieces I'll need and what the information flow or user journey looks like.<\/p>\n\n
I've been using Mermaid<\/a>, so the diagrams are easy and quick to create, are version-controlled and a stored in the same code repository.<\/p>\n\n You can see an example in the Build Configs repository<\/a>, which is now public and open-source<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Similar to writing the README first, creating a diagram upfront helps me clarify what I'm going to build and how I'm going to do it.<\/p>\n\n And using Mermaid means I can create it and push a temporary branch or create a pull or merge request to share it with colleagues to review before I start.<\/p>\n\n ",
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