Use cases

Use cases

FlowTrace is an educational visualization. It is useful anywhere you want to make the hidden path of a web request easy to see and explain.

Where FlowTrace helps

Understand the web stack

See how a single interaction moves through the browser, network, server, cache and database before the screen updates.

Teach and explain

Pause anywhere and read what each component is doing in plain language. A clear visual aid for lessons and onboarding.

Demo and present

Run a guided cinematic tour or a first-person ride to walk an audience through what really happens after a click.

Flows you can visualize

FlowTrace ships with ready-made scenarios so you have something to point at in a lesson or demo. A few to start with:

  • Click ButtonThe simplest round trip, good for a first walkthrough.
  • Sign InA familiar flow your audience already recognizes.
  • Simulate ErrorWhat a failure looks like, useful when teaching error handling.

See the full stage-by-stage breakdown

You can also build your own flow in the Scenario Builder. See how it works