vscode-drawio
Dev tools
vs code extension
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for drawing workflows and to-do diagrams without leaving the editor
From 1 comment
Thanks a lot for these! I don't know if I'm going to use real time collaboration precisely, but porting Draw.io to VSCode allowed me to have a much better experience in personal…
lukasdanin on HN
Looking forward to trying it
From 1 comment
I love draw.io .. looking forward to trying this out.
lwhi on HN
Objections
Draw.io is point-and-click and tedious compared with keyboard-driven mind mapping
From 1 comment
While I enjoy tools like draw.io---I much prefer something like XMind because I don't want to have to manually connect nodes, and it becomes overly tedious. Tools like draw.io…
markawesome on HN
Lacks textual, drag-and-drop hybrid editing like PlantUML
From 1 comment
I wish Draw.io was textual/visual, something like PlantUML but in interactive way I mean you be able to drag & drop components, as well as see its "easy-to-use" textual code to…
ReD_CoDE on HN
Requests
Text-based YAML diagram format with automated layout and mind-map summaries
From 2 comments
While I enjoy tools like draw.io---I much prefer something like XMind because I don't want to have to manually connect nodes, and it becomes overly tedious. Tools like draw.io…
markawesome on HNWhile I'm only interested in an open source solution, the YAML formatting they are using is almost exactly the style I was looking for. That would be a huge improvement to the…
markawesome on HN
Questions
When to use Miro versus Draw.io for collaborative editing
From 1 comment
Can anyone share opinions on when to use say Miro versus Draw.io? Ideally for collaborative editing, and then incorporating in GitHub Markdown, Jira and Confluence. I dither…
stevesimmons on HN
Alternatives named
Miro
From 2 comments
Can anyone share opinions on when to use say Miro versus Draw.io? Ideally for collaborative editing, and then incorporating in GitHub Markdown, Jira and Confluence. I dither…
stevesimmons on HNMiro’s UX is fantastic, ‘it’s quite smooth and responsive to use. I can’t think of many advantages Draw has over it, other than the lack of paywall on useful features I used to…
scanny on HN
dbdiagram.io
From 1 comment
There's also dbdiagram.io that focuses exclusively on database diagrams. Nice thing about it is you can just write simple DSL code and they render the diagrams automatically. The…
huy on HN
XMind
From 1 comment
While I enjoy tools like draw.io---I much prefer something like XMind because I don't want to have to manually connect nodes, and it becomes overly tedious. Tools like draw.io…
markawesome on HN
PlantUML
From 2 comments
While I enjoy tools like draw.io---I much prefer something like XMind because I don't want to have to manually connect nodes, and it becomes overly tedious. Tools like draw.io…
markawesome on HNI wish Draw.io was textual/visual, something like PlantUML but in interactive way I mean you be able to drag & drop components, as well as see its "easy-to-use" textual code to…
ReD_CoDE on HN
Ilograph
From 1 comment
Not sure if this has anything to do with what you had in mind, but user veuxdo pointed me at it earlier today https://www.ilograph.com/ I found it interesting anyway. Everything…
jcims on HN