MermaidJS
Mermaid is a text-based diagramming and charting tool that generates visualizations from declarative markup.
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Mermaid is a diagramming and charting tool that generates visual diagrams from text-based definitions.
- How it is used
- Documents application architecture and project design through text-defined diagrams.
- How deep it goes
- Progresses from class relationships to C4 context, container, component, and code views.
- Examples
- Demonstrates an ITAM system with Hardware, Asset, FundingDetails, depreciation strategies, and C4 diagrams.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Mermaid to create and iteratively refine architecture and class diagrams from textual requirements.
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Mermaid is a text-based diagramming tool that generates diagrams from a declarative syntax.
- How it is used
- Uses declarative diagrams to map application flows before implementation and reveal usability problems.
- How deep it goes
- Defines Mermaid briefly and demonstrates generated flowchart syntax, but does not explain rendering tools or language internals.
- Examples
- Demonstrates a ham-radio practice test with entry, questions, submission, early exit, results, and home navigation.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Mermaid and ChatGPT to turn a rough process description into a reviewable application flowchart.
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