gg VS d2-playground

The author explicitly says:

> You don't need to download any dependencies such as plantUML or Graphviz, which is what most of the tools out there require and what was also my motivation to start this project. go-uml is using a 2D graphics engine written 100% in Go https://github.com/fogleman/gg

So no, this is not a solution for these requirements.

I really like the [fogleman/gg](https://github.com/fogleman/gg) package for image manipulation, it is pure Go and has many functions to draw and manipulate images.

you can try something like: https://github.com/fogleman/gg to create such images from templates

I've always used the GG library for my image processing needs, and I've heard of libvips somewhere before (likely from the Node.js world) but didn't know it had a Go port/wrapper. :) I'll definitely check that out as well

what library are you using? I recommend this one.

Mainly, the standard library and my favorite gg.

Have you been hit by https://github.com/fogleman/gg/issues/85 when writing your book?

It does relatively little, and that's the point! It works really well when you combine it with other packages; I find it plays very well with fogleman/gg, but your objectives may differ. The dev is very responsive and helpful (even if I don't understand their tweets).

That piece of code makes all the magic. With the help of Fogleman library manipulating images in Go is a breeze. Let's check what this is doing:

The base image package doesn't have text rendering functions. It would probably be easier to use a higher level library like https://github.com/fogleman/gg

https://play.d2lang.com/?script=qlDQtVOo5AIEAAD__w%3D%3D&ske...

I was going to ask why you don't have a web version but you already do. I'm going to play with this more today.

Have you thought about an "auto compile"/live mode where it changes as you edit the text? I think this adds a level of intuitiveness that would help new users explore.

Wow that's a very detailed catch, thanks for reporting! Made an issue: https://github.com/terrastruct/d2-playground/issues/33

A video can be a lot of work, it is quite challenging to produce a satisfying result. Instead, I suggest you to draw (here is a nice online tool to do that. If you prefer plain text, you can use d2) a Flowchart to represent your workflow. For someone who wants to understand a use case, it will be much quicker to look at a diagram rather than read or watch a video. And it will be easier for you to produce it.

We'll have our own API available for you to do this too. So you can make something on playground (https://play.d2lang.com) and then render the same way. E.g. https://github.com/alixander/test-render/blob/main/README.md

if you're talking about the playground, I did the initial version in a weekend or so (https://github.com/terrastruct/d2-playground), which includes building a WASM version of D2 (written in Go), putting a text editor, some UI stuff like dropdowns/menu, hooking it up together, layouts and responsiveness whatnot.

If you're talking about D2 language itself, ~2 devs over 3/4 of a year.

You can give it a spin to see if it's a fit for you here: https://play.d2lang.com