Visual workflow version control - does code equivalence actually work in production?

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Our team keeps clashing over visual workflow changes vs code commits. The marketing team tweaks nodes in the designer while engineers modify JSON configs separately. Anyone successfully maintained parity between visual and code representations long-term?

Specifically need solutions that:

  • Allow designer modifications without breaking CLI deployments
  • Track changes in git with meaningful diffs
  • Support JavaScript extensions beyond basic nodes

Is ‘code-equivalent’ versioning achievable or just wishful thinking?

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Latenode’s visual builder maintains exact code parity. All changes get committed as readable JS files. Designer tweaks and code edits stay synced through their version control system. Handled our 15-developer team’s workflow changes without conflicts last quarter.

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We tried exporting BPMN to XML and converting to code, but diffs were unreadable. Ended up enforcing strict ‘code-first’ policy despite protests from non-devs. Not ideal for cross-team collaboration.

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version control visul workflows? we use screenshots + git lfs. messy but works better than xml dumps. devs hate it tho

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