Masonry VS typeit

Probably influenced by the most popular JavaScript library for achieving this type of layout, Masonry[0]. The author notes at the end of the article:

> But do expect the name of this value to change in the future. And perhaps prepare for a future where we call this “columnar grid” or “Grid Level 3” instead of “Masonry”.

[0] https://masonry.desandro.com/

13. Masonry

To learn more about the Masonry library and explore its documentation and examples, you can visit the official website: Masonry.

Masonry is just what you need. There are libraries like this that you can utilize for this purpose.

Thank you! I purchased a Masonry (https://masonry.desandro.com/) license and built off of one of the layouts. Site runs on a Lucee server and content is populated from MySQL tables. I am using various open source jquery plug-ins for pop-ups and what not.

It’s called a masonry layout. It is a pain in the ass to implement but there are javascript libraries like Masonry.

With no native CSS grid support for masonry layouts, developers relied on using libraries such as Masonry.js or Brick.js to replicate this visual design. These libraries can accomplish masonry-style layouts without CSS by using JavaScript to manipulate the DOM, then placing each element within the appropriate spaces.

- the overall performance score jumped by 12 points.

All of this was achieved by sticking with the same overall design and layout. It was really due to getting away from a heavy, React-based static site generator.

If you’re working with a similar type of site and looking to upgrade, rebuild, or migrate, I highly recommend Astro and its Starlight theme. I’ll be using it probably exclusively moving forward.

See the TypeIt site here:

https://typeitjs.com

I don’t know if you can restrict its usage in that way (wouldn’t that no longer make it open source), but you can charge for commercial usage while keeping the source open. I do this with TypeIt under a GPLv3 license: https://github.com/alexmacarthur/typeit/blob/master/LICENSE

Something like TypeIt would work but I need Code Highlighting too.

I'm looking for a tool that could mimic Code Typing but do it smoothly. I need it for recording tutorials but I don't want to record myself typing the code as that is not always smooth and is time consuming.

Something like TypeIt[0] but with Code Highlighting.

This is what I'm talking about: https://youtu.be/U4ogK0MIzqk?t=9

[0] https://github.com/alexmacarthur/typeit

I'll try to remember to post what I do with it. I'm planning on using it to build out a more interactive tool for generating TypeIt code on typeitjs.com.

TypeIt.js exists.

For a long time, my library TypeIt (https://typeitjs.com) crawled through a bunch of HTML nodes by recursively looping over them, and flattening them out at the end. It's always felt like an arduous, inefficient process. You can peruse through it here (spare me the code review, lol):

A friend brought up Plausible in a conversation a few days ago. I've been looking for an alternative to Google Analytics for quite some time (main concerns are performance, avoiding ad blockers & browsers that block client-side analytics, and UX of the admin). There's a self-hosted option, so I spun it up on a Digital Ocean server (found some great documentation; took maybe ~20 minutes), and wired up one of my sites with it -- typeitjs.com.

Using typeit.js is a really easy way to get the control you need for the typing effect to work well.

I don't make money on my personal blog (macarthur.me), but I have used it as a means of driving traffic to one that does. I've been selling TypeIt licenses (https://typeitjs.com) for a few years. Nothing significant in terms of revenue, but ranges from $200-$400 a month -- far more than I initially expected when I created the project as a means of learning JavaScript better.