The Official Guide to Mermaid.js: Create complex diagrams and beautiful flowcharts easily using text and code

This is a way of making drawings that are generated from text descriptions: flowcharts, class diagrams, state diagrams, and interaction diagrams are among the supported tools. I am using Typora which has mermaid.js inside and find the documentation useful. Ultimately, the configuration details are controlled by the text you enter and the platform's choices so there are some options that may not be achievable on all platforms although one can always go to mermaid.live and generate an image file.There were a few places where the example code and associated content don't match up but it is easy to work through. I think the UML drawings have the arrows backwards (on inheritance for example) but it is clear how to encode things correctly. Don't treat the book as the authority on the notation system but rather the drawing tool for you to craft your drawing with.

I bought this as a symbol of support for the authors of the library. Other than that, this book does not have anything that you can't learn online. Moreover, the images are next to useless (b&w only)

Gute Einführung in Mermaid und didaktisch gut aufgebaut.Die Autoren verstehen es, den Leser von einem Thema zum nächsten mitzunehmen und z.B. die Sequenzdiagramme von einfach in Richtung komplizierter zu strukturieren und zu erläutern.Es ist gleichzeitig eine gute Darstellung der Möglichkeiten von Mermaid als auch eine Möglichkeit zum Nachschlagen, wenn das eigene Diagramm verbessert werden muss.Gutes Buch, klare Empfehlung.