Markdown vs PlantUML
A side-by-side look at Markdown and PlantUML. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Markdown
Office & Productivity
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, which is then converted to structurally valid HTML.
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PlantUML
Development
PlantUML is an open-source tool for creating UML diagrams from plain text. It supports all standard UML diagrams like use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc. PlantUML allows users to write simple textual descriptions which are then transformed into UML diagrams.
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