Top 6 Tools to Turn Code into Beautiful Diagrams

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00:14 Diagrams - diagrams mingrammer - Python library
01:00 Go Diagrams - blushft go-diagrams
01:09 Mermaid - Mermaid Diagramming and charting tool
01:48 PlantUML
02:16 ASCII diagrams
02:40 ASCII diagrams - asciiflow & monodraw (Mac only)
02:47 Markmap

[pontiv]

I think the title is wrong, these tools aren't for converting code into diagrams but to create diagrams with code. It's a major difference

[saurabhzinjad]

00:14 Diagrams: A Python library to draw cloud system architectures in code for rapid prototyping and version control.
00:59 Go-Diagrams: A Go-based tool similar to Diagrams for creating cloud system architectures in code.
01:07 Mermaid: A JavaScript library using Markdown-style text to create and update diagrams easily.
01:42 PlantUML: A versatile tool using a domain-specific language to generate various types of diagrams.
02:12 ASCII Diagram Editors: Tools that render diagrams as ASCII art using plain text, like asciiflow and Monodraw (Mac Only).
02:46 Markmap: A tool that visualizes mind maps from Markdown documents, highlighting hierarchical relationships.

[purDvotion]

Finally, someone who presents this topic and helps us see what's out there since diagraming manually is very time-consuming. Amazing video and thanks for taking the time to make it!

[djordje]

We need to know how to make video from diagram as you do :D It's nice

[stonemannerie]

I think the title is mixed up. Should be "Top 6 Tools to Turn Code into Beautiful Diagrams"

[attaboyabhi]

only a developer appreciates the joy of managing diagram versions as code.

[ItaloGomesV]

I have tried mermaid and plantUML but what I enjoyed most was D2, it's very neat and with a easier syntax.

[hansisbrucker]

Graphviz is also good. It is used by Doxygen for example.

[kirillstytsenko]

The animated videos are top notch! Could you explain what tools you used to make this?

[PSPCDJ]

I'm sticking with the tried and tested graphviz

[prasaugus]

This post is extremely useful for documenting and versioning the same. Thank you.

Can you let us know which tools you use for your presentation?? #bytebytego

[rbhogxb]

Hi! Where do you create your animated diagrams? They are awesome!

[danielgospodinow]

I found Excalidraw's AI to be super helpful! You just tell it what the system looks like and it creates a diagram for it.

[eltreum]

I was hoping at first, we finally got a new diagram as code solution lol. Some of these are nice looking options you could even generate with automation from parsing your *ML or JSON formatted configs. Layout becomes a challenge sometimes when they get too complicated and best as 10, 000-foot overviews or detail fragments of more complicated systems. We are working on a network configuration database that models networks for automation provisioning and adding a similar JS library to auto generate wiring diagrams on demand for installers and design reviews and validations.

[khomo]

Great! I have been looking for tools used to "draw" the diagrams other than pure uml tools.

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[anhcoder]

I'm using mermaid for few years and now knew about Python Diagrams via your video :))
Thanks

[Stevec]

What do you use to create the animated diagrams in your videos?

[MonsieurSchue]

There are a few tools out there truly using graphic/ diagram coding, Alteryx, KNIME.. to name a few. And it's for both coder and no coder. I've known quite a few professional coder wouldn't bother doing coding anymore with those tools. Who wouldn't want to get a step by step diagram but still opt for hundreds or thousands line of codes?