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[DJ]

Once again I've managed to tie my spaghetti code into a veritable Gordian Knot. The problem is that I've never made any actual plans, I just plan as I code. I often end up realizing I don't actually need a function weeks after I've written it, but then some other functions rely on it, and it gets really messy if it's a part of it's class' public interface.

Anyway, I've come to conclusion that I need to plan out all my classes and their public interfaces before I actually start programming. I've thought about drawing diagrams on paper or in Paint, but both of these seemed too unwieldy. A bit of googling convinced me that UML is what I need. And this is where you come in - I need a recommendation for good and most importantly free software for making UML diagrams.

[Footkerchief]

UML is so 90s.  But if you need it, paper and pen is much less of a pain in the ass than any of the software I've used.

[DJ]

Hmm. So how do people plan classes and their relations nowadays?

[Siquo]

"Plan"?