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How to Make Flowcharts with Mermaid.js
Mermaid.js is a powerful JavaScript library that can build a variety of charts and diagrams from a specialized flavor of markdown. While Mermaid.js supports many common and uncommon types of charts,...
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Creating Timeline Charts with Mermaid.js
Earlier this week I wrote about using Mermaid.js to create Gantt charts that help you visualize tasks or major phases in a larger project. This can be great for detailed task analysis, but sometimes...
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Creating SysML Requirement Diagrams in Mermaid.js
Mermaid.js is a powerful diagramming library built on JavaScript that can convert simple markdown into full diagrams. While it supports many common diagram types such as sequence diagrams, mind maps,...
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Diagramming Finite State Machines with Mermaid.js
In this article we'll take a look at how Mermaid.js can help you transform simple markdown into state diagrams suitable for illustrating a finite state machine, hierarchical state machine, or the...
View ArticleUnity GameDev Book Bundle Review
My students frequently ask me how to get started in Unity game development. While I have many recommendations I give based on this question, including Unity's fantastic learning pathways, I don't...
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Exploring Big O Notation in Polyglot Notebooks
Polyglot Notebooks is a great way of running interactive code experiments mixed together with rich markdown documentation. In this short article I want to introduce you to the #!time magic command and...
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Announcing “Refactoring with C#”
I'm pleased to share that I have completed my first technical book: "Refactoring with C#" with Packt Publishing. The book is in final preparation for publishing and goes live on Amazon on November...
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Writing a Book with Packt
This summer and fall I had the opportunity to write "Refactoring with C#", a technical book on C# development, through Packt Publishing. When I considered doing this project in the spring there wasn't...
View ArticlePitching a Tech Book to a Publisher
Previously I wrote on what it's like to write a tech book. In that article I deliberately glossed over the process of getting to the agreement to write the book. Let's talk about that process. There...
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Submitting conference abstracts that get accepted
I often get asked by coworkers and folks in the community "How do I get to speak at a conference", “How do I write a good talk abstract?”, “How come I keep getting rejected?” or “What does the...
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