preface

I previously posted an article “Ten diagrams to show you how ES works! Why ES is quasi-real-time!” , many friends are curious about what drawing software is used in the picture in the article? Look at the obvious style of hand painting, of course it is hand painting! I’m actually using Draw. IO, and I’m going to share my drawing software, Draw. IO.

Why do we need to draw pictures?

As the saying goes: “A picture is the best hundred words!” , all right! This is the saying that I came up with.

In new project development, technology sharing, reading code notes, or interview, draw a flow chart, architecture diagram, etc., more intuitive, easy to understand, etc. Advantages of what is not much introduced, here mainly introduces my drawing software.

The basic requirements

  1. free
  2. Easy to use
  3. Support offline use

Other software used

  1. Visio: Easy to use, Visio was used from the very beginning, but only in WIN system.
  2. Processon: The online version is easy to use and compact. Free for individuals, but limited in number of files.
  3. Omnigraffle: Mac client, charge, lots of features, but it’s a little tricky for me.
  4. Whisperfinch: Whisperfinch also supports simple flowcharts.
  5. A few others I haven’t thought of yet.

I tried a lot of drawing software, but I chose Draw. IO (for the time being). The reason is very simple, support multi-platform (web /Win/Mac/Linux), open source and free, the files are stored locally, you can also choose the storage location.

Let’s talk a little about Draw. IO

draw.io

use

Online version can be used directly visit https://draw.io or https://app.diagrams.net/, go in is as follows:

Can choose to store, of course, also have the offline version, namely drawio – desktop, download address: https://github.com/jgraph/dra…

Select the corresponding platform to download and install:

Set the language

After opening the APP or entering the APP, you can set the language as follows:

use

Have arrived here, needless to say how to use it! Here is the previous drawing:

Hand-drawing style

What about the hand-painted style?

The secret is in the right toolbar, select Sketch and the image will be hand drawn!

conclusion

This article mainly shares my commonly used drawing software, interested partners can use a try. There are tons of software out there, and what works well for you is the most important thing. However, Draw. IO is recommended.

I will also share some other software tools in the future. If you are interested, you can pay attention to them. If you think there is something interesting or productivity software can be recommended.