Yesterday, I told you about mdBook, with a little reminder of Deckset, and today I came across Slidev, a really nice tool to help you design your PowerPoint-style presentations.
But with this tool, no more hours wasted struggling with formatting and layout of your slides. Thanks to its intuitive Markdown-based syntax, you can really focus on the content and let Slidev take care of the rest. In addition to its integrated editor, Slidev even offers a VS Code extension that allows you to enjoy an optimal development experience with all the benefits of your favorite IDE.
But be careful, Slidev is not just a simple Markdown to slides converter. It offers loads of super cool features like impeccable syntax highlighting, and even the ability to run code, no matter the language, live during your presentation. I invite you to check out this example to get a sense of what it’s like. There are plenty of examples like that.
Slidev also offers a variety of professional themes that you can customize as you like or even create from scratch. Your presentation will then have a unique look that reflects your personal style. It also offers advanced features like presenter mode, video recording, export to various formats (PDF, PNG, SPA), and much more.
And thanks to its perfect integration with Vue.js, you can even create interactive components directly in your slides to display, for example, dynamic graphs, quizzes, real-time surveys, and much more. In short, as you can see, it’s a great open-source project, totally hackable, that will save you a lot of time.
To start a new Slidev project, use the command:
npm init slidev@latestAnd if you prefer to use the online interface, go to sli.dev.
I’m sure you’ll like it!
Now it’s your turn to play, and remember, the only limit is your creativity!
