Flowmaker is an VSCode extension used to generate a flowchart in SVG format of javascript code to demonstrate Code flow scheme from different level of conduct.
Note: For only using the onEditor SVG generation follow the livepreview branch code.
- Write Javascript.
- Select a function or object or entire file.
- Hit ctrl-f1.
- Choose either 'Flowmake onEditor' or 'Flowmake onBrowser'.
- 'Flowmake onEditor' generates the SVG layout in side column of editor itself.
- 'Flowmake onBrowser' starts a node server on localhost with port 8080 to view and download the SVG code.
From VS Code Market Install Flowmaker:
Install Flowmaker extension
Open any .js file
hit Fn+f1 or F1
choose Flowmake onEditor or Flowmake onBrowser
or, Clone the source locally:
$ git clone https://github.com/aryaminus/flowmaker
$ cd flowmaker
$ npm install
and, Start the application in development mode
hit Ctrl+f5
hit Fn+f1 or F1
choose Flowmake onEditor or Flowmake onBrowser
- JSX support
- Flow,CLI and Typescript support
- Chrome extension for dev-tools
- Fetching SVG to generate and manipulate code to genrate code from flowchart
- Node server installed
- Socket.io and express installed ie.
npm install --save express socket.io
- Fork it (https://github.com/aryaminus/flowmaker/fork)
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/fooBar) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some fooBar') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/fooBar) - Create a new Pull Request
Enjoy!



