Editor to draw program logic and focus on big picture?

Question

Hello

This question has probably been asked before, but I don't know what keywords to use to find previous answers.

When writing code, I tend to get lost in details, and would like some editor that I can use to be able to move from the little picture (actual code) to the big picture (big blocks of logic).

Ideally, it should integrate with the Delphi IDE (2007 or 2009), but it's OK if it's a stand-alone Windows application.

Does someone know of such a tool?

Thank you.

Answer 1

I sometimes use Microsoft Visio - it works for organizational charts, as well as flowcharts for complex algorithms.

Any Visio alternative like OpenOffice Draw should work just as well.

Answer 2

Try writing skeleton frameworks of your classes, so that you define what sort of accessors and methods they contain, and how they relate to other classes in your application. This is more of an architectural process than writing the implementation of each method, which you can proceed to do afterwards.

Answer 3

I've used SmartDraw for a long time with no complaints - it's one of the best IMO.

Answer 4

Argo UML works well.