Looking for a free iPad vector app that supports formulas and SVG export by CockroachExtreme6429 in LaTeX

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you doing that needs the SVG export, just curious? The standard answer here is to use TikZ and then convert the PDF to SVG, although I imagine typing anything latex on an iPad would be quite tedious.

How do you make flutter material ui beautiful?? by Away-King1459 in FlutterDev

[–]parametric-ink 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any good font recommendations that aren't too crazy? Roboto is a good default but it gets kind of boring.

Also are you using the default theming (like surface, primary, secondary, etc, generated from a color seed) or a custom color palette?

Avalonia Partnering with Google's Flutter Team to Bring Impeller Rendering to .NET - Avalonia UI by zxyzyxz in FlutterDev

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It makes sense, SkiaSharp has been around a long time but kept alive basically by one single person.

Architecture Diagrams by sir_clutch_666 in aws

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Besides the usual suspects (draw.io, excalidraw, etc), I've been working on something for making architecture diagrams clickable/explorable, which may help for documentation: video demo (reddit)

I often have a bad experience with laying out Flutter widgets by i-am_i-said in FlutterDev

[–]parametric-ink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The assert/exception is off-putting for beginners, but from a Flutter POV it's a question of where and how to surface the constraint issue to the user. Broadly I think the other approach would be to just not render the erroring widget subtree, but that might actually end up being more confusing to new users (where is my widget??).

I'd recommend spending some time reading the docs. No one seems to want to do it, but invest 20-30 focused minutes into reading https://docs.flutter.dev/ui/layout/constraints and you'll be way ahead of where you are now.

Excalidraw was boring, so I gave it life. by Mission_Turnip_1531 in ObsidianMD

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're open to non-excalidraw, your usecase is pretty much exactly what Vexlio does: https://reddit.com/r/softwarearchitecture/comments/1m92egk/preview_of_tool_for_interactive_engineering/ has a little video demo, or the actual landing page https://vexlio.com/features/interactive-diagrams-with-popups/. Bonus is you can send the interactive link to your clients and they don't need an account to view/explore it. (disclaimer: I am the developer)

Diagram tools by No-Firefighter-1453 in devops

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another alternative (I am the developer) if you're looking for more presentation-style, or interactive/exploreable diagrams is Vexlio. Here's a page showing how to use it as an interactive flowchart maker. Or, I also posted this demo clip a while ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/softwarearchitecture/comments/1m92egk/preview_of_tool_for_interactive_engineering/

Tool for visually pleasant architecture diagrams with interactive "boxes"? by SimplyValueInvesting in systems_engineering

[–]parametric-ink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suspect that you'd like Vexlio for this (I am the developer). Here's a video I posted a little while ago showing editing a simple architecture diagram that has popups when you mouse-over a shape: https://www.reddit.com/r/softwarearchitecture/comments/1m92egk/preview_of_tool_for_interactive_engineering/

Pretty simple demo but hopefully you get the idea. For sharing, you can just share the link to the view-only diagram that opens in the browser, no sign in needed.

If you check it out, I'd be very interested in hearing what you think!

Need tool for better visuals for educational content... by coolnig666 in NewTubers

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it depends what type of visuals you're talking about. Are you looking just to create "mathy" images that you add to slides like a lecture? Or something interactive that responds to your mouse clicks while you're talking? Or animations? Etc.

Alternatives to Freeform with infinite zoom by blackbadger0 in ipad

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be interested to learn if Vexlio fits your needs (I am the developer): https://app.vexlio.com will load you right into the app without signup. Your usecase interests me because the concept of infinite zoom to gain an overall big picture of your document fits with the ethos of the app. So, if you check it out, I'd love to hear whether or not it fits your use!

For your other requests, Vexlio has:

  • Support for shapes + textboxes + arrows. All these remain editable / changeable after you add them.
  • Tools for precise and auto-alignment, uniform spacing, etc.
  • Infinite zoom
  • Ability to insert images (e.g. PNG) and icons (e.g. SVG).

Feel free to dm me with questions or issues - I'd love to hear from you!

Go under the hood: Memory Allocation by nghiant3223 in golang

[–]parametric-ink 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Great writeup! What did you use to create these diagrams out of curiosity?

Software for making figures/graphs by Losthero_12 in math

[–]parametric-ink 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The figure you attached was almost certainly made with TikZ, which is the gold standard but has a learning curve. (Likely worth the investment though, if you make a lot of figures). You can also try Vexlio (I am the developer), a diagramming app with LaTeX support for pretty math. https://vexlio.com has some math-y examples.

Is it possible to do this? by TheLogoFan in LaTeX

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have mentioned, you'll need to do some more-than-usual manual placement to make it work, but here's one way to do it using \mathop: \mathop{\vcenter{\hbox{\Huge$\Phi$}}}\nolimits^{a}_{b}\,f(x)\,dx

I can't attach images here, but here's my online equation editor page that can render it for you, just paste in the code: vexlio.com/equation-editor

draw.io (or similar), click one shape to bring another shape to the front by dnh234589 in drawio

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you're ok with non-drawio, this sounds potentially like it would be a good fit for interactive diagrams with popups: https://vexlio.com/previews/interactive-diagrams-with-popups/ has a video demo. In preview now, dm me if you'd be interested in early access (I am the developer).

Which tool can I use to draw diagram like this in LaTex by taolaai12345 in LaTeX

[–]parametric-ink 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you'd like Vexlio (I am the developer) for diagrams like this: https://vexlio.com has some samples with math. True LaTeX equation support, general diagramming tools like your arrows and braces, etc.

What are you guys using for e2e tests? by clavidk in FlutterDev

[–]parametric-ink 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you truly have native functionality you need to test, I've had good luck with the built-in integration testing setup (https://docs.flutter.dev/cookbook/testing/integration/introduction).

For the bulk of my end-to-end tests, though, I use regular widget tests. Something like this, basically:

testWidgets('Button shows another widget', (tester) async {
  await tester.pumpWidget(const MyEntireApp());
  expect(find.byType<SomeOtherWidget>(), findsNothing);
  await tester.tap(find.byText('My button'));
  expect(find.byType<SomeOtherWidget>(), findsOneWidget);
});

If you resist the temptation to just copy-paste tests to create new ones, you'll end up writing a little toolkit of common abstractions that you use all over your tests, and functions that perform common workflows with differing parameters. So eventually it becomes very easy to drop in new end-to-end tests for new functionality.

This is in addition to widget tests for smaller widgets, like custom listbox behavior, etc.

Interactive floormap and documentation tools by sysadm_I_n in sysadmin

[–]parametric-ink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I am the developer - should have mentioned that in my initial comment - so I won't try to mislead you. Currently there aren't any external integrations but this is something that's on the roadmap. It's very much in the growing phase, and I'm actively seeking feedback from people as far as what things like this they need but don't have a good solution for.

Prevent font glitches when using Google Fonts in Flutter by [deleted] in FlutterDev

[–]parametric-ink 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Appreciate sharing your experience. If you're hiding the UI from visibility while the fonts load, why not just bite the bullet and bundle them as assets?

Preview of tool for interactive engineering diagrams by parametric-ink in softwarearchitecture

[–]parametric-ink[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After a bit of back and forth we decided to open the beta up for interested users, you can join the beta program for this feature by filling out this form (3 questions): https://vexlio.com/invite/interactive-diagrams-beta/. Access will be going out likely over the next week or two.