C4 Models as Code
summary
Presents a practical model-as-code workflow: author a single Structurizr DSL workspace (people, systems, containers), render with Structurizr Lite, export via CLI exports to PlantUML/Mermaid/Graphviz or generate navigable HTML. Demonstrates automatic layout and editable coordinates, styles/tags and auto-generated diagram keys, implied relationships to avoid duplication, workspace extensions for team catalogs, and JVM/.NET/TypeScript APIs to augment models from live AWS/Azure code. Examples compile and render reliably and support scaling to many microservices.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00C4 models as code intro
- 1:05What is C4 model hierarchy
- 4:52Problems with diagramming tools
- 7:43Diagrams as code and C4 PlantUML
- 10:10Structurizr DSL and modeling
- 11:12Demo of Structurizr Light
- 17:08System context and container diagrams
- 21:01Exporting diagrams and tools
- 24:13Structurizr Site Generator tools
- 28:47Handling complexity in systems
- 33:17Graphviz for hierarchical data
- 34:45Programmatic Structurizr integration
- 37:13Team collaboration extensions
- 40:23Summary and Structurizr start
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