Flyde is a visual programming tool for VS Code that allows people to create programming flows using a graphical interface.
It is designed to be used alongside the actual code base, allowing developers to switch to the lpow-code interface in situations where a visual representation is more useful.
“Flyde is not built to replace text-based programming, but to extend it with higher-level abstraction, only when it makes sense,” documentation States.
The tool integrates with TypeScript and JavaScript on Node.js and frontend projects.
Flyde consists of four main parts: .flyde files that represent streams, a visual stream editor, a runtime library, and a standard library.
The project also offers a Playground so that developers can see flows that others have created and get inspiration. In Playground, developers can also experiment with creating their own flows directly from the browser.
“Flyde offers experienced developers a new dimension of efficiency for designing, prototyping, and visually managing APIs and microservices while retaining the flexibility and power of traditional coding,” GitHub page he says.