Welcome to another episode of Screaming in the Cloud, where we're joined by Anthony Fu, a framework developer at Nuxt Labs and the creator of Slidev. Anthony has diversified the way presentations are crafted by integrating coding directly into slide development. In this episode, Corey and Anthony discuss the benefits of using markdown to craft slides, the challenges associated with traditional presentation tools like Keynote, and the open-source contributions that have propelled the development of this innovative software. Anthony also shares his inspiration for creating a tool that streamlines and enhances the presentation creation process for both developers and non-developers.

Show Highlights: 

(00:00) Introduction 

(03:13) The origins of Slidev  

(04:47) The challenges with traditional presentation tools and the advantages of using Markdown for slides

(06:04) How Slidev simplifies slide creation for presentations 

(07:01) Corey shares his surprise at the utility of Slidev for non-frontend developers 

(09:56) Addressing the challenges of aligning text and images in presentations 

(11:09) Anthony discusses his design philosophy for Slidev

(15:14) Balancing feature requests and maintaining simplicity for Slidev

(16:38) Anthony explains the importance of community contributions to Slidev 

(20:13) They discuss implementing new features into Slidev's evolution

(24:15) Anthony’s insights into the open-source philosophy behind Slidev 

(27:09) Slidev's approach to redistributing sponsorships to support its dependencies through Open Collective

(31:46) Corey mentions contributing to Slidev's documentation to make it more accessible

(33:41) Closing remarks & where to connect with Anthony 

About Anthony Fu:

Anthony is a fanatical open sourceror. Core team member of Vue, Nuxt, and Vite. Creator of Vitest, Slidev, VueUse, UnoCSS and Elk. Working at NuxtLabs. 

Links referenced:

Slidev: https://sli.dev/
Slidev Github: https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev
Anthony Fu’s Personal Website: https://antfu.me/

Anthony Fu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antfu/?originalSubdomain=fr 

Anthony Fu on Twitter: https://x.com/antfu7

NuxtLabs: https://nuxtlabs.com 

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