Monday, January 30, 2012

Lucid Charts

http://www.lucidchart.com/ 

The other day I was working on a group project (whose entire summary would be beyond this quick post, but will more than likely soon to be coming) and was creating some diagrams to model the general flow of the programs execution. I was doing this in my notebook, but got the compulsion to create a flow chart. I had just moved over to start up paint.net when I decided to see if there was a free online flow chart maker available. Wonderfully, there was. The above link is a fantastic resource for anyone who organizes and likes to keep a stable head during their projects. Signing up is free and can be done through a google or yahoo account, although the free version does limit the number of objects you have in your diagram to about 60.

Despite the limit on the free version, the software is fantastic and you edit the diagrams directly in your browser. My favorite part about this is that there's built in UML tools. Which is really great for creating project documents.