Kerri and Ash kick this one off by chatting about time! ⏱️
JavaScript libraries mentioned:
Also an old blog post by Ash showing how to avoid accidental object mutation with Moment. tl;dr for 2023 and beyond: Don't use Moment. They say so too!
For this episode's main topic, Kerri introduces Mermaid, which is a:
JavaScript based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically.
Kerri takes us on a tour of the live diagram editor, and then through the docs where our cohosts ponder on different diagram types like user journeys, sequence diagrams, mindmaps, timelines, and more.
At the end, Kerri and Ash call out some of their favorite diagram or diagram-adjacent tools.
Kerri's list:
Ash's list:
