MindMeister Mermaid: Like Markdown for Diagrams When I work on books my editor always seems to push for more diagrams. Diagrams are useful, but drawing tools are a chore to use. When I get really stuck I resort to pen and paper or ASCII art. Writing suffers from the same issue: people love playing with writing tools and fonts before realising writing in Markdown or something similar is far more productive. That’s why I thought Mermaid (GitHub: knsv/mermaid, License: MIT, Bower: mermaid) sounded cool: Generation of diagrams and flowcharts from text in a similar manner as markdown. Rather than playing with stroke styles and colours, fonts, and other distractions, you can focus on the meaning the diagram is trying to encapsulate. I noticed Mermaid has two Jison files, which seems like a sensible way to parse the diagram syntax. d3 is used for drawing, so you should be able to use Mermaid anywhere you use d3.
Online Drawing Tools & Free Online Painting & Sketching Tools Free Online Drawing Tools, Online Painting Tools, and Online Sketching Tools and Programs As Graphic Designers, we are all creative individuals. I thought that most of you would love to know about all of the fantastic online drawing and painting tools that are available online. Not only are they fun, but they are also quite useful for sketching out some of our ideas. Some of these tools can also be used as design collaboration tools to use with your co-workers, clients, friends, teachers, and family. Enjoy and don’t hesitate to send me links to online drawing tools that I might have missed. Art Pad I think that Artpad is my favorite online drawing program. All My Magic Sketching Tool AllMyMagic is an online drawing tool that allows you to draw, paint, upload image, use provided graphics and even add music to your one-of-a-kind WizCards. Ajax Sketch AjaxSketch is a web-based drawing tool that provides a familiar environment for diagramming, creating flow charts, free hand drawing and more.
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