Specifically, I have numerous buttons that will be changing color based on state information from operator input and input from various subcomponents and sensors. I would like to use UML or some other type of design diagrams to be able to capture the color transition.
Some folks have suggested sequence diagrams, but I haven’t been able to find any good examples that show how to incorporate this design artifact. I would really like to head in this direction to help developers.
Are sequence designs in fact, appropriate, or is there a more appropriate design?
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Use wireframes. Basically a drawing or artificial screenshot of the UI in each state, with transitions marked with the user input that causes the transition. These tend to be clear to both designers and coders.
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