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Caleb Reath edited this page Jun 4, 2020 · 4 revisions

Overview

ERD Explorer will be a vscode extension designed to make schema visualization and debugging as painless as possible. The extension will support generating interactive ER diagrams which will allow developers to jump directly to SQL definitions of tables, columns, and user defined functions visible in the ERD.

Requirements

  • Automated ERD generation
  • ERD element click events to SQL

Instructions

  • Clone repository and open the .vscode-workspace workspace file in vscode.
  • Run npm install and npm run compile in the erd-generator folder located in /Extensions/ERD Explorer/erd-generator.
  • Start debugger using the Run ERD Generator Configuration.
  • Inside the new vscode window create a new PostgreSQL connection in the PostgreSQL context panel.
  • Right click the Database context and click Generate ERD
  • Save the file if necessary.
  • To view the generated ERD install Vuerd vscode extension and click the small 2 boxes icon in the top right corner of the generated .vuerd.json file.
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