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Everyone has had to present during their lifetime. We've all spent agonizing hours trying to make those PowerPoint presentations engaging. Well now there is a tool that will make those presentations look like child's play.
Impress.js is a powerful library that eases the task of creating presentations with smooth animations without depending on a software tool. You are no longer limited to desktop tools as these presentations run on any supported browser anywhere on the Internet.
"Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js" is a quick guide to creating professional presentations using the best aspects of CSS3. It will also guide you through several practical examples which go beyond the conventional slide-based presentations, covering each aspect of the Impress library.
From simple presentations to your own personal website this handy practical guide will ensure you get the most out of Impress.JS as quickly as you can. Starting with a simple slide-based presentation we move quickly on adding in sliders, galleries and portfolios to utilize this amazing tool. 3D transitions, rotations, scaling, and transforms are also covered to give your presentations that something extra. The final step is bringing all this together to create a personal website that is viewable on all impress supported browsers.
"Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js" gives you the chance to stand out from the competition and engage with audiences in a way you never have before.
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Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js
Building Impressive Presentations with impress.js
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Credits
Author
Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
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About the Author
Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake is a software engineer working in a leading software development firm in Sri Lanka. His work there includes planning and implementing projects in a wide range of technologies based on PHP frameworks.
He is the creator of www.innovativephp.com, where he writes tutorials on the latest web development and design technologies. He is also a regular contributor to a number of popular websites such as 1stwebdesigner, the tuts+ network, and the Sitepoint network.
He likes to watch cricket and stay with the family when he isn't working on coding or writing. Make sure to visit him online at www.innovativephp.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/innovativephp.
I would like to thank my parents and my brother for providing great support throughout the book. This was my first book and I really appreciate the encouragement they gave in tough periods while writing the book. Special thanks to Bartek Szopka, who is the creator of impress.js, for helping me in the early stages of this book.
I would also like to thank Packt team members, Shrutika Kalbag for finding my article on 1stwebdesigner and providing me with the idea about this book, Maria D'souza for the support throughout the book and being the editor, and Esha Thakker for being the project coordinator of the book.
Finally, I would like to thank you for reading my book and being one of the most important people who helped me to make this book a success. Thank you.
About the Reviewers
Chetankumar Akarte is an Electronics Engineer from Nagpur University located in central India. He has more than 6 years of experience in the design, development, and deployment of Web, Windows, and mobile-based applications with expertise in PHP, .NET, JavaScript, Java, Android, and more.
He likes to contribute on the newsgroups and forums. He has written articles for Electronics For You, DeveloperIQ, and Flash & Flex Developer's Magazine. In his spare time, he likes to maintain his technical blog http://www.tipsntracks.com to get in touch with the developers community. He has been the technical reviewer for three books published by Packt Publishing. He has released some Marathi and Hindi e-book applications in the Android market (https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Sahitya+Chintan).
He lives in the hilly Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai with his son Kaivalya and wife Shraddha. You can visit his websites http://www.SahityaChintan.com and http://www.tipsntracks.com, or get in touch with him at <[email protected]>.
I would like to thank my wife Shraddha and my parents for their consistent support and encouragement and my lovely son Kaivalya who allowed me to use his playtime with me to dedicate towards this book. I would also like to thank Packt Publishing for giving me the opportunity to do something useful and especially the Project Coordinator, Esha Thakker, for all the valuable support.
Christian Ziebarth began working on the Web in 1996 when he was informed of GeoCities. He began learning HTML in 1998, CSS in 1999, and was doing things in CSS in Netscape 4 of which only a few people knew could be done at the time. Since 2000 he has worked on many professional web projects of varying sizes and continues to explore new frontiers on the Web. He lives in California and has also lived in Ireland and Hawaii.
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Preface
Creating presentations and impressing the audience is an important task for people who work as software professionals, marketers, public speakers, or anyone who is familiar with computer-related work. Online presentation creation applications are gaining much more popularity over conventional desktop-based software applications in the recent years. impress.js is a powerful library that eases the task of creating presentations with smooth animations without depending on a software tool. You are no longer limited to desktop tools as these presentations run on any supported browser anywhere on the Internet.
This book consists of several practical real-world examples which go beyond the conventional slide-based presentations covering each aspect of the impress library. A wide range of applications such as content sliders, image galleries, awesome presentations, and complete websites are created throughout the book explaining the techniques in a way that even a beginner can understand.
Understanding how different features work is something we need to know as developers or designers in order to tweak the core library and create our own customizations. Important sections of the impress.js core code are explained in detail with practical examples to make it easier for you to implement new features and enhance impress.js.
By the time you are done with this book, you'll be able to create a wide range of components for websites using impress.js as well as stunning visualizations to impress your audience.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Getting Started with Impressive Presentations, provides an introduction to presentations with impress.js and its importance. We also create a basic impress presentation with detailed code explanations.
Chapter 2, Exploring Impress Visualization Effects, discusses the in-depth usage of impress effects such as positioning, scaling, and rotating using practical real-world examples. impress.js core code is also discussed in detail to understand the implementation of CSS effects.
Chapter 3, Diving into the Core of impress.js, is focused on discussing impress.js configurations and the core code required for simplifying customizations to existing features. Usage of impress API, step events, and keyboard configurations is explained using advanced presentations.
Chapter 4, Presenting on Different Viewports, explores the use of impress presentation fullscreen, inside a container and mobile devices. Fully functional content slider is created to explain the wide range of uses for impress presentations. Mobile device support and the handling of presentations on different devices is explained in detail throughout this chapter.
Chapter 5, Creating Personal Websites, acts as a complete guide to creating personal websites using impress.js. A single page website is developed with commonly-used techniques in web design.
Chapter 6, Troubleshooting, covers the compatibility of impress presentations and the necessary information to fix bugs and get support for issues in impress.js. Limitations and possible future enhancements are explained to motivate you to implement your own features for impress.js.
Appendix, Impress Tools and Resources, guides you through the available impress.js presentation automation tools and some awesome presentations available online.
What you need for this book
This book assumes that the readers are familiar with the basics of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Also, you will need the following things in order to work with this book:
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who is interested in impressing their audience with stunning online presentations without depending on software applications. The main focus will be for the web designers and developers who are familiar with technical stuff. impress.js is a powerful presentation creation library using CSS transforms, so readers are expected to have the basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript knowledge for creating impressive presentations.
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