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Rahul T
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How to draw flowChart(diagrams) in markdown using Mermaid!!

#markdown #diagrams #flowchart #algorithms

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Prerequisites

  1. VS Code
  2. Install the following extensions in VS Code
    1. Markdown Preview Enhanced
    2. Markdown Preview Meramid Support
    3. Meramid Markdown Syntax Highlighting (optional)

Getting Started

Create a file with markdown extension (abc.md)
Then copy this code and paste it there

graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;
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Open the file in VS Code and right click and select Markdown Preview Enhanced. Then you can see this diagram there

Render Mermaid diagram in Webpage

For this you have to use two script tags, they are :

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid/dist/mermaid.min.js"></script>
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<script>mermaid.initialize({theme: 'dark', startOnLoad:true});</script>
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For light theme you can replace that theme to light

Then you can write the mermaid diagram code inside div with class mermaid

Example:

<html>
  <body>
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mermaid/dist/mermaid.min.js"></script>
    <script>mermaid.initialize({ theme: 'dark', startOnLoad:true});</script>

    Here is one mermaid diagram:
    <div class="mermaid">
     pie title Some Title
         "FRIENDS" : 5
         "FAMILY" : 2
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
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You can see more examples of diagrams here

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