I'm excited to share that Demo Time just reached version 1.1.0 — and it's packed with features to help you run smoother, more dynamic live presentations directly from Visual Studio Code.

💡 What's Demo Time?

Demo Time is a VS Code extension built to simplify live coding demos, workshops, and technical presentations. It helps you control the pace, structure your flow, and keep everything running stress-free — all within your editor.

✨ What’s New in v1.1.0?

🎬 Slide Animations

You can now animate slide content using:

  • fade-in: For a smooth entrance
  • text-typewriter: Type text one character at a time
  • text-highlight: Highlight important phrases with emphasis

Text highlight

These are great for storytelling, guiding your audience's attention, or adding that little extra polish.

📊 Mermaid Diagram Support

We now support Mermaid.js syntax directly in slides! That means you can:

  • Sketch flowcharts
  • Show sequence diagrams
  • Visualize architecture
  • And more...

All without leaving VS Code.

Mermaid support

Example:

graph TD;
  A-->B;
  A-->C;
  B-->D;
  C-->D;

This will render directly on your slide during the demo!

📦 How to Get It

📥 Install or update from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace

📖 Full docs: demotime.elio.dev

📹 Bonus: See It In Action

I created a short demo video showing the animations and Mermaid integration in action.

🙌 Feedback Welcome!

I’d love to hear what you think if you try it out!

Have ideas or run into bugs? Open an issue on GitHub or drop a comment here on DEV.

Thanks for supporting Demo Time, and happy presenting!

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👉 Get Demo Time for VS Code