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Which tool do you use for making a presentation?

Maulik on December 14, 2020

Being in this field or any other field, presenting the ideas, strategy, and goals effectively are really necessary for us, and for that, we need an...
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E. Choroba

I usually use slidy from W3C. It's HTML with CSS (plus some JavaScript you don't need to touch), so you can use git to store the slides and styles to track your progress. Over the years, I've written several tools to include code and the code's output to the slides, to syntax-highlight code, etc.

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Maulik

Just checked it out, it's great. Thanks

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mike

Sorry if I'm late to the show. I'm a big fan of Notion and recently used Notion + Wunderpresentation to create interactive slides, using markup in the Notion. It was the fastest ever way to get it done and if I needed to edit them.

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Jason C. McDonald

I usually just use LibreOffice Impress. My public speaking professor in college taught us the "six by six" rule: no more than six bullet points per slide, and no more than six words per bullet point. (And PLEASE do NOT read the darned thing aloud!) I've never had a problem with slide decks as a result.

The last talk I gave, though, I just used Visual Studio Code, with the few quotes or outline points I needed written in Python source code files. It was pretty well received.


Bonus: This past July, I watched Naomi Ceder give a presentation at EuroPython where she used greenscreen Zoom background photos for all of her "slides". It was quite impressive!

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LauraJonees • Edited

Hey! Most of the time I use Google Slides for making presentations, it is easiest to find themes for this tool. I love making beautiful presentations, so I always find services like masterbundles.com/cute-google-slid... where I can find many discounts and other useful resources. For example, here you can find resources from which you can download cute google slides themes.

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joshbrowne • Edited

I use the already proven version - PTP. In fact, in the preparation of presentations, it is not so much the various effects that are important, but the content of the presentation that is important. It is also essential to communicate with the audience and ask questions. You also need to make an interactive presentation: insert links, videos, and other materials into your presentation. This will allow you to keep their attention on you and on your display. I always use these basic rules, and my presentations always make a good impression in meetings.

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Kostas Bariotis • Edited

I was tired of having to manually edit all my presentations so I made presentador.dev to have it making my presentations for me! :)

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Maulik

Great Kostas, I like that programmers create own solutions when they face any issues. It's creative.

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derek • Edited

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☝🏽 so far the most fun and dev friendly

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Maulik

Thank you for the suggestion derek. I checked it out. it's pretty cool.

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Guilherme Rodrigues

I usually use Prezi, very interactive and useful!

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DonicLudmila

Woo, I like this tool, for sure I will use it.

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Maulik

Glad you liked it!

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Jean-Michel πŸ•΅πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ Fayard

I want to practice as fast as possible
So I just use simple paper post-its with one sentence on each
Easiest way to reorder slides

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Jon Randy πŸŽ–οΈ

I'm not sure I agree at all that making presentations in our field is necessary. I've never made a presentation in 25 years as a developer

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Trushil Patel

Seems pretty impressive, I'll definitely try it.

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Maulik

Glad you liked it!