Hi Mich, Thanks for sharing! Highly appreciated. I always looked for an easy and intuitive tool for drawings.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 10:28 PM Mich Talebzadeh <mich.talebza...@gmail.com> wrote: > Few weeks ago we discussed the choice of IDE for Spark and a number of > great approaches were pointed out. It is good to know how different methods > are deployed. > > I was always keen on having a visualisation diagram which is fast and > resembles natural hand-draw. In the past I used MS Visio > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visio> and MS Powerpoint > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint>t but these are > neither cheap nor free. Then I tried those expensive toys like Wacom > Intuos > <https://www.wacom.com/en-hk/discovery/draw/digital-sketch-and-draw> etc > but these were awkward to work with and a part-time job. Then someone > suggested Excalidraw. It is a free virtual whiteboard for sketching > hand-drawn like diagrams. You need to be creative to use it fully. > However, out of the box it will take a few minutes to get the hang of it. > Personally what I like about it is the fact that it imitates paper sketches > which are easier to throw in a meeting. There is an article called "How > to Sketch your Data Science Ideas With Excalidraw > <https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-sketch-your-data-science-ideas-with-excalidraw-a993d049f55c#:~:text=Excalidraw%20is%20a%20virtual%20whiteboard%20for%20sketching%20hand%2Ddrawn%20like%20diagrams.>". > You can start on this tool by going to https://excalidraw.com/ and trying > for yourself. You can save it to a shared drive, local disk or as an image. > I did one and added some canvas to it. I don't know of any other ones. > draw.io is one as well but this one seems to be becoming popular. Happy > to hear other ones as well. > > > cheers > > > view my Linkedin profile > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mich-talebzadeh-ph-d-5205b2/> > > > > *Disclaimer:* Use it at your own risk. Any and all responsibility for any > loss, damage or destruction of data or any other property which may arise > from relying on this email's technical content is explicitly disclaimed. > The author will in no case be liable for any monetary damages arising from > such loss, damage or destruction. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe e-mail: user-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org
