The New Dev’s Guide

Matt Eland

Pitching a Tech Book to a Publisher

How to succeed when approaching a publisher about writing a programming book

10 min readDec 2, 2023

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Pitching a Tech Book to a Publisher

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Matt Eland

Creating SysML Requirement Diagrams in Mermaid.js

Modelling complex SysML requirement relationships using Mermaid.js markdown

5 min readApr 18, 2023

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Creating SysML Requirement Diagrams in Mermaid.js

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Creating Timeline Charts with Mermaid.js

Using markdown to create high-level project or product timelines

6 min readApr 16, 2023

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Creating Timeline Charts with Mermaid.js

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How to Make Flowcharts with Mermaid.js

Using markdown to create flowcharts that illustrate software systems

7 min readApr 16, 2023

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How to Make Flowcharts with Mermaid.js

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Mind Maps in Markdown with Mermaid.js

Simple Brainstorming in Markdown using Mermaid.js to generate Mind Maps

4 min readApr 15, 2023

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Mind Maps in Markdown with Mermaid.js

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Matt Eland

Creating Gantt Charts with Markdown and Mermaid.js

Using Mermaid.js to Create simple Gantt charts to communicate project timelines

7 min readApr 14, 2023

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Creating Gantt Charts with Markdown and Mermaid.js

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Mapping User Journeys with Mermaid.js

Identifying & communicating key points in the user experience with simple markdown

5 min readApr 13, 2023

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Mapping User Journeys with Mermaid.js

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Illustrating git Branching with Markdown & Mermaid.js

Illustrating git branching workflows in markdown with Mermaid.js

5 min readApr 12, 2023

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Illustrating git Branching with Markdown & Mermaid.js

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Sequence Diagrams in Markdown with Mermaid.js

How Mermaid.js sequence diagrams take the pain out of an important visual tool

9 min readApr 11, 2023

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Sequence Diagrams in Markdown with Mermaid.js

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Creating Class Diagrams with Mermaid.js

Defining Class Diagrams in text for use in GitHub markdown, Notebooks & more

8 min readApr 9, 2023

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Creating Class Diagrams with Mermaid.js

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The New Dev’s Guide is designed to help developers early in their career extend their skills by covering new topics in beginner-friendly ways.
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Matt Eland
Microsoft MVP in AI, AI Specialist at Leading EDJE. Author of "Refactoring with C#".

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