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In this episode of Syntax, Wes is joined by Sara Soueidan, a freelance front-end UI developer and trainer. While Scott is taking a break to spend time with his new baby girl, Wes and Sara dive into all things SVG!
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Show Notes 6:05 - What are SVGs?
It’s an image you can edit
16:17 - Icon fonts
Better tools
Fails in certain areas
SVG sprite icons
Grunticon
24:24 - SVG files / Build tools
SVGO / SVGOMG
31:50 - Where to find SVGs
Noun project
Exporting from Sketch/Illustrator/Figma
Freepik
Iconmoon
33:48 - What is the viewbox?
40:39 - Animating SVG
43:41 - Accessibility & text with SVG
45:44 - Graphing with SVG
D3.js
47:58 - Filters
Links Font Awesome
Grunticon
Grunt
gulp.js
React
Vue.js
Sketch
Illustrator
Figma
imagemin
gulp-imagemin
Gatsby.js
gatsby-plugin-sharp
jakearchibald/svgomg
Noun Project
Freepik
Icomoon
GreenSock
Snap.svg
SVG Animations: From Common UX Implementations to Complex Responsive Animation By Sarah Drasner
Codrops
D3.js
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