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Even tho it's 8y old, Sarah Drasner's famous "SVG Can Do That?" talk is still eye-opening for many. CSS has matured a ton since then (I'm less sure about SVG pe

• jamra 2y ago
  Big fan of her book as well though I don’t know if the recommended tools are still relevant.
  • srid 2y ago
    Which book are you referring to?
    • technetist 2y ago
      Probably “SVG Animations” available through O’Reilly. It is from 2017. While many of the frameworks used have come and gone; there are a few stable concepts. If you can get it on sale, I’d recommend. Full price is a hard sell.
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      • j45 2y ago
        Appreciate the intro to the book above - two additional useful SVG books. I think O'Reilly has a few more SVG titles SVG Essentials: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/svg-essentials-2nd/9781491945308/ https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/svg-essentials-2nd/9781... SVG Text Layout: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/svg-text-layout/9781491933817/ https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/svg-text-layout/9781491... The fact there’s a book on just text layout helped me learn how much depth there is in SVG.
      • jarek-foksa 2y ago
        From the table of contents this looks like a book sponsored by and written to promote GreenSock. Which would be fine if the title was not misleading. Apparently SMIL is mentioned only in one chapter as "not suggested" solution.
        • ifwinterco 2y ago
          GreenSock works and it's fine but I'm always deeply suspicious of any product that tries that hard to promote itself. If the approach is so great, let it speak for itself