I’ve been excited about Vue.js since Sarah Drasner first showed me
the basics. Since then, we’ve started using it for client work at
OddBird, and I’m constantly impressed by the power and simplicity – so
it was a real honor being invited to speak at the first VueConf US in
New Orleans.
Video from VueConf US
Every time I hear Miriam
talk I learn a ton and laugh a ton.
She’s an amazing speaker…
Watch this talk when it’s published!
—Sarah Drasner, VP of Developer ExperienceatNetlify
I enjoyed the conference as much as I enjoy the framework. I was
particularly impressed with the way core team members talk about
community and future development. Everyone was welcoming, interested in
my contributions, and helpful when I had questions. Several of the core
team members are now helping us build Vue component documentation into
Herman, our style guide generator.
I was also able to attend Sarah’s full-day Vue animation workshop. If
you ever have the chance to learn from Sarah, I highly recommend it. I
was already using the Vue <transition> and <transition-group>built-in functionality on projects, but not to their full extent.
Revisiting an internal OddBird project, still in early development, I
was finally able to create the page transitions that I wanted all along.
The image is low-resolution in order to show more animations, without a massive file size…
All the VueConf talks are available online, and I recommend checking
them out!
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I’m working on an article about fluid typography, and relative units. But instead, I fell down this rabbit hole – or a cleverly-disguised trap? – trying to understand ‘zoom’ in the browser (not Zoom™️ the software). Since I couldn’t find any up-to-date articles on the subject, I thought I shoul…
Take your time with new CSS, but don’t sleep on the essentials
byMiriam Suzanneon
Several people have asked recently why container queries aren’t being used more broadly in production. But I think we underestimate the level of legacy browser support that most companies require to re-write a code-base.
