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How To Draw Like A Coder

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March 14, 0204
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How To Draw Like A Coder

A brief exploration of whiteboard symbols.

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Transcript

  1. How to Draw Like A Programmer A Primer On Whiteboard

    Diagrams

  2. There are some symbols that pretty much everyone uses.

  3. You can create new symbols for whatever you are trying

    to diagram.

  4. The flow of information is usually expressed using arrows.

  5. Relationships between database entities can be represented using hashes.

  6. A real database diagram looks like this.

  7. Put it all together and you have everything you need

    to diagram your app.