Coffee & Code Newsletter: #17
Welcome to Coffee and Code with me, Dan Vega. This newsletter is a little insight into what I was up to this week, things I found interesting and anything on my radar for the upcoming week. If you missed last week's newsletter you can checkout Coffee and Code #16 here. If you don't already have a cup of coffee grab one now and let's get to it.
Previous Week
I had a pretty busy week that includes some website updates, a new video on YouTube
Website Updates
I pushed a few updates to my website this week and I think they are for the better. The first thing you might notice is the font family has changed to Roboto Slab and it is much larger, 22px to be specific.
I also updated the footer for each blog post. I had this large obnoxious newsletter signup form and I just wasn't happy with it. I still have the newsletter signup but its not as obtrusive now and I have added comments to blog posts. I have been holding off on adding comments but after giving it some thought I really wanted to add them in. I decided to go with Disqus which I was using for my old blog but this time I decided to pay for and remove those annoying ads.
Hello, Vue 3
I have begun preparing for a talk I am giving at CodeMash 2020 "Vue 3: Smaller, Faster, Stronger". If you're going to be at CodeMash please make sure you say hi 👋🏻. I also may or may not be turning this into a course in the new year so If that is of any interest to you let me know.
Vue 3.0 won't be out until the end of Q1 2020 but that doesn't mean you can't start playing with it right now. I created a new tutorial for my YouTube channel that shows you how to get started with Vue 3 today.
In this tutorial, you will create a simple example in Vue 2 by just dropping a script tag on a page. Next, we will download the Vue 3 source code (currently pre-alpha) from Github, build it and drop it on a page and recreate that example using the composition API.
My Courses on Packt & O'Reilly
You can now find some of my current courses on Packt & O'Reilly Learning. This is really cool to see and I can't wait to publish some more content on these platforms soon!
https://www.packtpub.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Dan Vega
https://learning.oreilly.com/search/?query="Dan Vega"
Around the Web
These are things I found cool around the web this week.
Articles
- How to query your API using Vuex in your Vue application
- Groovy in the Enterprise in 2019
- Gating Content in JAMstack Sites
- The State of the Octoverse
Videos
- Building a Kanban Board with Tailwind CSS
- MKBHD: 16" Macbook Pro First Impressions!
- ReactiveConf 2019 - Sebastien Chopin: Be Lazy, Be Smart, Be Nuxt.
Podcasts
- SVGs with Chris Coyier
- Code editors and language servers
- RealTalk JavaScript: You Better Shop Around - with Kelly Vaughn
Projects
Follow This Person
This week must follow is Chris Coyier. Chris is the Co-Founder of CodePen, creator of https://css-tricks.com and you can hear him on his podcast, Shop Talk Show. Chris has probably forgotten more about that web then most of us know.
Until Next Week
Thanks for sitting down and sharing a cup of coffee with me my friend. I hope you enjoyed this installment of Coffee & Code and I will see you next Sunday morning. If you have any links you would like me to include please contact me and I might add them to a future newsletter. I hope you have a great week and as always friends...
Happy Coding
Dan Vega
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https://www.danvega.dev