The latest articles on DEV Community by Samuel Buzas (@samwisebuze). https://dev.to/samwisebuze https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F136480%2F7738a549-bb24-4443-b718-8e5c600f355d.jpeg https://dev.to/samwisebuze en Samuel Buzas Wed, 15 Jan 2020 18:56:55 +0000 https://dev.to/samwisebuze/ask-dev-what-tools-do-you-use-for-designing-and-planning-software-1npf https://dev.to/samwisebuze/ask-dev-what-tools-do-you-use-for-designing-and-planning-software-1npf <p>What do you do when you start planning a new project or a major new feature? Do you simply start coding or do you draft some design documents (Class Diagrams, Database Designs, Use Case Diagrams, Component Diagrams etc.)?</p> <p>I usually start with class diagrams to try and understand my resources and their relations. Then I'll move on to flowcharts of uses cases.I'll admit that this isn't very comprehensive, but I'm never sure what to do when planning. I do all this using google draw, which feels horribly inefficient and cumbersome. </p> <p>So my questions for the software engineers of dev.to is this: </p> <blockquote> <p>What best practices do you recommend when planning new software?</p> <p>What tools do you use for designing and planing software?</p> </blockquote> discuss help