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Vizdom: Diagrams as Code

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Re: Vizdom: Diagrams as Code

#43

Post by s0l0ist »

moltar wrote: post #42

This is very nice and something I’ve been looking for for a while. Any chance icons can be included? I want to design AWS diagrams and use service logos.

Thank you! Custom icons - not yet. I’ve been mulling over how to do it on server and client that isn’t hacky and that plays nice with edge intersections (how edges will point to the bounding box of the icon/logos)

It’s definitely something I want to support.

Re: Vizdom: Diagrams as Code

#44

Post by foundry27 »

Veuxdo wrote: post #13
s0l0ist wrote: post #6

I’m the author, I just got tired of using a DSL and wanted a way to programmatically write/build a graph and quickly see the rendering. DLS-based diagramming tools like Terrastruct, mermaid, or graphviz definitely have their perks and are very well established for manual graph curation. But I found the lack of programmatic tooling (except terrastruct) a bit of a pain point.

"DLS-based diagramming tools like Terrastruct, mermaid, or graphviz definitely have their perks and are very well established for manual graph curation. But I found the lack of programmatic a bit of a pain point." Hi, creator of Ilograph[0] here. I agree with this if the DSL doesn't provide an IDE with autocomplete and instant-rendering (which I think applies to the technologies you mentioned). With auto-complete and…

This looks really interesting and I love how well put-together it feels! I wish your offline desktop software version had a one-time payment option though. Forcing SaaS subscriptions for non-SaaS is a big turn-off IMO.

Re: Vizdom: Diagrams as Code

#45

Post by cdchn »

cpill wrote: post #24
s0l0ist wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The npm package is free to use, but closed source until I have bandwidth. To be clear, you don’t need an account to use the npm package which has all of the functionality to perform layout and rendering. An account is only needed if you want to sync the graph and have a web page to view renderings. This is useful if you’ve instrumented a long lived application with Vizdom, but don’t want to produce a local layout/ren…

an account. to make a diagram. sigh diagrams-as-a-service. sign . "turn your OCD side project into a business: turn something that people do for free and don't really care that much about into a paid subscription service because..."

I don't think its even OCD side project its just a contrived "how 2 make saas business?"

Re: Vizdom: Diagrams as Code

#46

Post by Veuxdo »

foundry27 wrote: post #44
Veuxdo wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"DLS-based diagramming tools like Terrastruct, mermaid, or graphviz definitely have their perks and are very well established for manual graph curation. But I found the lack of programmatic a bit of a pain point." Hi, creator of Ilograph[0] here. I agree with this if the DSL doesn't provide an IDE with autocomplete and instant-rendering (which I think applies to the technologies you mentioned). With auto-complete and…

This looks really interesting and I love how well put-together it feels! I wish your offline desktop software version had a one-time payment option though. Forcing SaaS subscriptions for non-SaaS is a big turn-off IMO.

Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate the feedback and understand where you're coming from.
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