Diagramming with Mermaid!
Intro: Time!
Kerri and Ash kick this one off by chatting about time! ⏱️
JavaScript libraries mentioned:
Also an old blog post by Ash showing how to avoid accidental object mutation with Moment. tl;dr for 2023 and beyond: Don't use Moment. They say so too!
Main topic: Mermaid
For this episode's main topic, Kerri introduces Mermaid, which is a:
JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically.
Kerri takes us on a tour of the live diagram editor, and then through the docs where our cohosts ponder on different diagram types like user journeys, sequence diagrams, mindmaps, timelines, and more.
Closer: Diagram tool shoutouts
At the end, Kerri and Ash call out some of their favorite diagram or diagram-adjacent tools.
Kerri's list:
- Sequence Diagram (Mac App Store)
- OmniGraffle
- ditaa
Ash's list:
