

This will open the PlantUML Preview window on the right side of the text editor for the diagram. I have pasted the example from PlantUML website -> Bob: Authentication RequestĪlice -> Bob: Another authentication RequestĪlice <- Bob: Another authentication see the preview use Alt+D while you are in the. Make sure the server is pointing to Create new file SequenceDiagram.puml (Note that by default these are the supported types. In this basic PlantUML tutorial I present an introduction on what PlantUML is and how to learn it. It supports UML diagrams and beyond, and has a large ecosystem. Next step is to install the PlantUML extension to Visual Studio Code. PlantUML tutorial to create diagrams as code by Marius PlantUML is one of the most feature-complete tools that lets you create diagrams as code, using plain text. You can test that it was successful by opening You should see something like that.

Java Graphviz I think everyone know how to download, install and setup Java, and Graphviz, you need to add its dot. VSCode has a PlantUML extension supporting review, export for multiple file-formats(png, svg etc.) Get Started Prerequisite. The command above will install the PlantUML server locally. For PlantUML itself, it is a Jar package, but with VSCode, it can be even more powerful. docker run -d -p 8080:8080 plantuml/plantuml-server:jetty However when I try to render a class diagram I get the me. It is up to you if you want to pick jetty or the tomcat version. I installed the PlantUML extension (by jebbs) in Visual Studio Code for Windows and everything is working perfectly for sequence diagrams.

Here I am assuming you already have Docker installed and running. It allow to be used from the internet server, but today I will talk on setting it up locally.įirst you need to start the docker container. PlantUML is a great … I will call it tool for creating so many different diagrams – Sequence, Usecase, Class, State, Deployment and more.
