#PlugIn Hybrid

[crossdevverse]

Why Ionic Outperforms Flutter in 2024: 7 Data-Driven Reasons to Choose Ionic

In the competitive realm of hybrid app development, selecting the right framework is crucial for ensuring the success of your project. As of 2024, Flutter and Ionic are the two leading contenders in the field. While both frameworks have their strengths, an in-depth analysis of data and technical aspects reveals that Ionic may have the edge for many developers and businesses. Here’s why Ionic stands out, supported by compelling statistics and technical insights.

1. Hybrid Approach Enhances Performance

Performance is a pivotal factor in choosing a development framework. Ionic’s hybrid approach utilizes pre-existing plugins and technologies that enhance development efficiency while maintaining high performance. Ionic delivers a consistent 60 FPS across both desktop and mobile platforms, demonstrating its ability to offer smooth and reliable user experiences.

Flutter, known for its native compilation and custom rendering engine, also achieves 60 FPS. However, while Flutter’s hot reload feature can accelerate development, it doesn’t always translate to faster overall development time. Data suggests that Flutter's hot reload can reduce development time by up to 63%, but this benefit is often counterbalanced by the complexity of the app being developed.

2. Superior UI Customization and Flexibility

UI design flexibility is another critical factor where Ionic excels. Ionic leverages web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, providing developers with a comprehensive library of pre-designed components. This allows for highly customizable and responsive UIs, with standard-based web components that can be styled to resemble native elements, ensuring a consistent look and feel across various platforms.

Flutter, in contrast, employs its own rendering engine and offers a range of pre-designed widgets. While these widgets adhere to Material Design and Human Interface guidelines and provide extensive customization options, they may not offer the same level of flexibility as the standard web components used by Ionic. For businesses seeking a tailored UI with rapid implementation, Ionic’s approach offers a significant advantage.

3. Enhanced Code Portability and Maintenance

Code portability is a crucial aspect of modern app development, and Ionic’s use of web technologies facilitates this with ease. Developers can deploy a single codebase across mobile, desktop, and Progressive Web Apps (PWA), simplifying code maintenance and updates. This approach reduces the time and effort required to manage different platform versions.

Flutter also supports cross-platform code sharing but relies on Dart, which is less widely adopted than JavaScript. Although Flutter's single codebase approach is effective, developers may face a steeper learning curve with Dart, potentially impacting the speed of development and onboarding.

4. Developer-Friendly Ecosystem

The developer experience is greatly influenced by the ecosystem surrounding a framework. Ionic’s ecosystem is designed to enhance developer convenience, offering extensive documentation and compatibility with popular JavaScript frameworks such as AngularJs     , React, and Vue. This integration allows developers to leverage their existing skills and tools, facilitating faster development and maintenance.

Flutter requires proficiency in Dart, a less common language compared to JavaScript. Although Flutter provides comprehensive documentation, the learning curve associated with Dart can be a barrier for new developers or those transitioning from other languages. Ionic’s ecosystem, with its focus on familiar technologies, presents a more accessible option for many developers.

5. Accelerated Development and Deployment

Speed is critical in the app development lifecycle. Ionic’s hybrid approach and efficient use of web technologies contribute to quicker development cycles. With its vast library of components and plugins, developers can rapidly assemble and deploy applications, minimizing the need for extensive custom coding.

Flutter’s hot reload feature is designed to speed up development by allowing real-time updates without restarting the app. While this feature is beneficial, the overall speed of development can still be affected by the complexity of the application and the need for frequent updates. Ionic’s streamlined approach often results in faster development and deployment times.

6. Cost-Effective Development

Cost considerations are always at the forefront of app development decisions. Ionic’s utilization of web technologies and pre-existing plugins often results in more cost-effective development compared to Flutter. The use of JavaScript and established web frameworks typically leads to lower development costs, as teams can build on their existing knowledge and tools.

In contrast, Flutter’s development costs may be higher due to the need for specialized Dart expertise and potentially longer development times for complex applications. Although Flutter can deliver high-performance apps, the associated costs can be a significant factor for businesses operating within tight budgets.

7. Established Community and Support

Community support and available resources play a crucial role in the development process. Ionic’s longer presence in the market has fostered a robust ecosystem of resources, tutorials, and community support. This established network provides valuable assistance for troubleshooting, learning, and keeping up with the latest advancements.

While Flutter is supported by a rapidly growing community and benefits from Google’s backing, it is relatively newer compared to Ionic. As a result, the community support and resources for Flutter are still expanding. For developers seeking a well-established support network, Ionic’s longstanding presence offers a substantial advantage.

Ionic’s Technical Superiority

Ionic excels not only in performance and development efficiency but also through its robust technical features:

Plugin Integration: Ionic utilizes Cordova and, more recently, Capacitor plugins to access host operating system features such as Camera, GPS, and Flashlight. This integration allows developers to build applications that leverage native device functionalities while using a unified codebase.

Comprehensive Framework: Ionic supports building apps that can be customized for a range of platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Desktop (with Electron), and modern browsers. This versatility is facilitated through Ionic’s build tools and simplified command-line interface (CLI), which streamlines the app-building and deployment process.

Extensive UI Components: Ionic includes a wide array of mobile components, typography, interactive paradigms, and an extensible base theme. Web Components used in Ionic provide custom elements and methods for interaction. Notable components like virtual scroll allow for smooth scrolling through extensive lists, while tabs create native-style navigation with history state management.

Development Tools: Ionic offers services that enable code deploys and automated builds. Although its own IDE, Ionic Studio, was discontinued in 2020, the CLI remains a powerful tool for project creation, plugin management, push notifications, and native binary generation.

Conclusion

In conclusion, while both Flutter and Ionic offer distinct benefits for hybrid app development, data and technical insights indicate that Ionic may be the preferable choice for many projects. With its hybrid approach, superior UI customization, code portability, and developer-friendly ecosystem, Ionic presents a compelling option for businesses looking to develop high-performance, cost-effective applications.

If you're considering developing a new application or updating an existing one, hiring Ionic developers could significantly enhance your project’s success. Ionic’s strengths in development efficiency and technical versatility make it a robust and effective choice in the competitive landscape of hybrid app development.

By choosing Ionic, and with the expertise of skilled Ionic developers, you can harness a framework with a proven track record, ensuring efficient development and deployment processes. For a well-established support network and a streamlined development experience, Ionic is the framework to consider.

[energynews247]

Plug-in Hybrids: Are They Really a Solution to Reducing Emissions?

It’s immediately clear how fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help reduce emissions; eliminating gasoline and tailpipes in favor of increasingly clean electricity helps limit both climate change and air pollution. Plug-in hybrids are a bit more complicated. A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (or PHEV) has both a gasoline engine and one or more battery-powered electric motors. The…

[ariyan24]

Native Instruments – Mallet Flux Download

Native Instruments' Mallet Flux is a groundbreaking virtual instrument that opens up a world of sonic possibilities for musicians and producers. This innovative software instrument redefines the way we interact with mallet percussion instruments, offering a unique blend of organic, acoustic sound and electronic manipulation.

Mallet Flux provides users with a diverse collection of meticulously sampled mallet instruments, including marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, and more. What sets it apart is its dynamic Flux Engine, which introduces an element of unpredictability and evolution into your compositions. This engine allows for real-time control of dynamics, articulations, and mallet choices, creating expressive and evolving textures that can breathe life into your music.

With its intuitive interface and powerful sound sculpting capabilities, Mallet Flux empowers musicians to craft intricate, evolving soundscapes and rhythmic patterns with ease. Whether you're creating ambient soundtracks, experimental electronica, or contemporary classical compositions, Mallet Flux is a creative tool that pushes the boundaries of what's possible in the realm of mallet percussion instruments. Download it today and unlock a world of sonic inspiration.

[allcalculator]

Fuel Cost Calculator | A clear view of your fuel needs

In what way does fuel consumption vary?

We recommend that you know the distance you will be covering and the average fuel consumption of your vehicle so that we can calculate the amount of fuel required for a trip using AllCalculator.net's fuel cost calculator or otherwise. You need to know the price per gallon or litre at which you can purchase fuel if you want to calculate the fuel cost of a trip, whether it is a car, a truck, a bus, a van, or a boat. Distances can be entered in miles and kilometres, and fuel consumption is also supported, with gallons per 100 miles, kilometres per litre, and litres per 100 kilometres being accepted in the calculator. 

Most of Europe would prefer litres to cover 100 kilometres and gallons to cover 100 miles, while most of the US would prefer miles per gallon and kilometres per litre. For fuel amount, you need to enter the number of gallons or litres; for fuel cost, you must enter the number of dollars (USD). Considering the variation in fuel consumption between city limits and highways is a good idea - the former usually has a higher consumption. Whenever you drive through desolate areas, during the winter, or when extreme weather conditions are expected, always fill your tank with more fuel than you anticipate.

Is it possible to estimate fuel costs?

The fuel cost calculator at AllCalculator.net's can help you estimate your fuel expense in advance. Here is the information you need to use the calculator:

Amount of your monthly income

The movements you make in your car every day

Price of fuel

Your vehicle's mileage

You must know the accurate mileage of your vehicle to get the right output from the Fuel cost calculator. If you do not know it, you can use the trip meter and the calculator formula to calculate it. After filling the tank, you can measure the distance run at the next refill.

What are Fuel economy calculations based on vehicle type?

By multiplying the fuel economy (litres or watts per 100 kilometres) with the fuel price (pence per litre or watt) and the distance driven (kilometres), the fuel cost is calculated for a vehicle. Using appropriate conversion factors, inputs and results are displayed in imperial units (miles per gallon, pence per mile, and miles). 

Electric Vehicles: When driving an electric vehicle, fuel cost is determined by multiplying the fuel economy (kWh per 100 km) by the fuel price (pence per kWh), and the distance travelled. Based on actual driving tests or where no real-world driving tests are available, official fuel economy test figures are used to calculate the real-world electric cost.

Plugin Hybrid Vehicles: For plugin hybrids that run on electricity and petrol or diesel, fuel costs for both fuels are calculated by taking the fuel economy, fuel price, and distance has driven (in kilometres or miles) and multiplying them by the fuel price. Based on real-world figures, we estimate the fuel cost assuming half the distance is driven on electric power alone and half on conventional fuel ('Condition B').

Petrol, Diesel, and Hybrid Vehicles: When you drive a car powered by gasoline or diesel, you multiply the fuel economy by fuel price by distance driven (in kilometres) and multiply it by fuel economy. A real-world fuel cost is derived from real-world driving tests or, if not available, estimated from test-derived fuel economy figures.

[hermitcraftheadcanons]

X has a plugin on the server to limit or "turn off" innate hybrid traits that would make normal gameplay "unfair" such as natural fire resistance and water breathing when people are actively recording/live as to not get caught "cheating". Naturally there is a little notice on the comms 5 minutes before people start recording to warn people that the plug-in is going to be be used just in case if, for example, someone is taking a lava bath so they don't get cooked! (Tango learned to watch his communicator closely after the last time- ) When the cameras are off, the weight is lifted and they can do whatever! After all, it's natural to them!

After one too many death messages of "Tango tried to swim in lava" or "Grian fell from a high place" or "xBCrafted drowned", he's learned that maybe he should make the notification a little more obvious.

-Mod Mleem

[enqmind]

Once again, I lament my inability to make cool graffix.

Price/Female Reader WC: 1.8k 18+

Warnings: Mention of non-consensual groping, mention of groper getting stabbed with knitting needles, in later parts there will be guilt tripping but it's cute for now

Reader notes: Good at knitting.

Hit One, Purl One III

Previous

 He’d had worse than a broken nose. Hell, this wasn’t even that bad as broken noses went.

 It didn’t even hurt that much, but that might have been the impressive little distraction that gave it to him.

 Quick reflexes, excellent use of an improvised weapon and only attacked once the threat had presented himself. All entirely instinctual, too.

 This level of sheer talent was not only rare, but wrapped up in such a sweet and demure package like that? Well, that was a completely different matter.

 He watched her scamper off to grab her coat and bag.

 “You’ll be there for hours,” Johnny pointed out.

 “I know.”

 When Mrs MacTavish wasn’t looking, he shot the man a wink.

 He earned a grin in response.

 “Go easy on her, John,” Mrs MacTavish implored, “she’s very self conscious about this.”

 He patted her on the shoulder. “Don’t worry, love. I won’t hold it against her,” he lied through his teeth.

 “And don’t scare her off,” Treasure piped up, “I like her.”

 “You would with your violent streak” Johnny muttered.

 “I dare you to say that within elbowing distance, MacTavish.”

 “Simon, please hurry, I’m stuck with three children.”

 Ghost glared at the bickering pair before admonishing them to behave themselves.

 “You tell me if they don’t,” he told Mrs MacTavish.

 “Oh, I will.”

 Price couldn’t help but smile as he watched them. They made an odd little family, but a strong one.

 No matter how fucked up the becoming was.

 “Are the children fighting again?”

 “Seems like it,” he replied, turning to his assailant.

 Well, wasn’t she a pretty sight in that nice knitted overcoat in fawn?

 “Knit that yourself?” he asked, running the back of his hand over her shoulder, careful not to get blood on it.

 Lovely and soft.

 Colour and texture both telling a sweet little lie.

 “I did,” she replied, nerves replaced with pride. “It’s a Merino/alpaca blend.”

 “Very nice.”

 She held up her bag, knitted in the same fawn as her coat and a few other colours in a blocky Fair Isle pattern.

 “I made this out of the leftovers and some oddments.”

 “Her five year plan is to have a fifty percent knitted wardrobe.”

 “Stop talking about me like I’m the goddamn Soviet Union,” she snapped at Mrs MacTavish.

 “Only if you stop dating Tankies.”

 Embarrassment flared on her face.

 “I never date them on purpose,” she defended herself. “I really don’t know how they keep finding me.”

 Ghost began shepherding her out of the room.

 “I really don’t,” she insisted, letting herself be herded.

 Price glanced at Mrs MacTavish.

 “She loudly complains about the Tories on Twitter and is hot.”

 “Ah, I see.”

 “Text us when you’re out,” she ordered, shooing him off.

---

The drive wasn’t long, but the beginning was a bit awkward.

 For starters, she was insistent he take the front seat. Which wasn’t exactly simpatico with his plan for this trip.

 Secondly.

 “This is a Škoda.”

 “Yeah.”

 “Why.”

 “Treasure likes the make.”

 “And an estate car?”

 “Sure. Got a kiddlywink coming.”

 The little spitfire was peering into the back.

 “This boot has a lot of space.”

 “Could have more,” Ghost replied, “the Mrs wanted the plugin hybrid.”

 A sage nod.

 “What’s the range like on the battery?”

 He shrugged.

 “‘Bout forty miles. Don’t really get in and out of the city without resorting to petrol.”

 She nodded.

 “Still, a sensible choice. Bit long, but at least it isn’t one of those SUV ‘truck’ monsters starting to infect the streets.”

 Ghost stared at her silently for a moment, face deathly straight.

 “I’ll get that front door for you, Captain.”

 The little shit was enjoying this.

 Price shifted the seat back as she squeezed in behind the driver’s seat.

 If they were in his vehicle, no one would have to squeeze anywhere.

 There was a short silence as they pulled out and headed down the road.

 “So, um, are you two married?” 

 “Nah. We’ve yet to give notice,” Ghost replied, eyes on the road.

 That was going to be fun to arrange.

 Price watched her nodding sagely in the back seat.

 “If you need a witness, let me know. I’m happy to help.”

 “There are easier ways to get free food.”

 She glared holes into the headrest.

 “I don’t even know why I like you, sometimes.”

 “I’ll come in handy next time you move.”

 She rolled her eyes before meeting Price’s in the mirror. Her look was a long suffering one.

 He shot her a smile.

 “I’m going to hold you to that,” she warned Ghost, smiling back. A sweet, beautiful little expression; another enticing falsehood.

 The man’s eyes crinkled into a smile in the periphery of Price’s vision.

 That just made his interest grow.

 Johnny’s stated desire to fix Ghost and this vivacious filly up made much more sense now. They seemed to gel together remarkably well, more than enough to try and keep her around as more than just Mrs MacTavish’s pretty friend.

 Smart man.

---

  Ghost dropped them off at the hospital.

 “I’ll leave him in your hands. Try not to create too many bodies.”

 “Don’t be mean.”

 He cocked his head at her.

 “If I was being mean I’d ask Price to keep you in check.”

 Ghost gave him a nod before rolling up the window and driving off.

 She looked at Price in utter bafflement.

 “High praise,” he smiled back, “means he thinks you can control yourself.”

 She looked at the ground.

 “Right.”

 It’s been awhile since he’s been in an NHS hospital, but he was unsurprised by the odd mixture of tech forward and outdated systems he found there.

 He sent her to find them seats as he signed in and went to triage, swinging by the toilets to wash the blood from his hands. Something he’d been far from expecting to do today, especially under such circumstances. He caught himself smiling in the mirror, he didn’t mind.

 At the second from the end on a rack of chairs was where he found her when he left, the space next to the wall holding her knitting bag clearly reserved for him.

How thoughtful.

 “Sorry about the wait,” he greeted, half as a warning to avoid a repeat performance of before.

 A flinch came when he picked up her bag and, instead of sitting, put his hand on her shoulder and pushed her towards the empty seat.

The old man next to them watched this with confusion, but lacked the courage to say anything about it.

 She didn’t, though.

 “What do you think you’re doing?” She demanded, pretence at resistance belied by obediently shifting over,

 “Trying to keep the body count low,” he replied. “I’m an old hand at  this and know how to lean into my men's talents and weaknesses.”

He sat next to her, shielding her from the OAP next to them and resting his arm on the hard plastic back.

 “I’m not one of your men,” she reminded him, pulling a slim booklet out of her bag.

 Oh, but she would be his woman soon enough.

 He chuckled, “thought about a military career?”

 Her own was somewhat weary. “I don’t think sudden bursts of violence would go down well in the Air Force.”

 “The air force? Why that branch?”

A sly grin, “my great aunt was a WAFF in the war. I’d like to follow in her footsteps, after a fashion.”

 “Makes sense,” he conceded.

 “Granddad was in the navy,” she continued. “So that would do okay, I suppose.”

 “Bit damp, don’t you think?”

 “Yeah, I’m not wild about it.”

 She flipped open her booklet and scanned a few lines.

 The monochrome image of various knitted pieces in flat lay opposite caught his eye.

 “That’s a lot of socks,” he noted.

 She dropped it onto his lap.

 “Make yourself useful and hold that,” she commanded, digging into her bag to pull out her knitting.

 Price peered at the pattern.

 “You’re knitting hospital stockings?”

 “Yeah, my friend’s flying long haul to Sydney for Mardi Gras. I’m knitting these to help prevent DVT.”

 “Mind if I?” He lifted the booklet.

 “Go ahead, I’m way off twenty inches.”

 He flipped back to the cover, a smart man standing in front of a light aircraft in what the legend declared to be ‘Service Woollies for Air, Land and Sea’ was depicted on it.

 It really was his good luck that Ghost had been too inside his own head to take advantage of Soap’s matchmaking, she was perfect.

 “So, how long have you been knitting?” he asked.

 The grin on her face told him exactly how he’d be spending the next few hours.

---

 It was almost a disappointment when the doctor arrived, watching her knit at speed while holding a full conversation about the absolute state of water companies was giving him the urge to just pull her into his lap.

 “Captain Price?”

 He raised his hand, too hypnotised by how his companion was somehow knitting even faster.

 “The note said you were amb-oh!” The doctor hovered nearby. “I see.”

 “Impressive, isn’t she?”

 “Very.”

 The look on her face was one of that sort of pleased embarrassment women often got when praised in public as she finished her row and stashed her knitting away.

 He extricated his arm from the back of her seat and stood, giving the doctor a greeting smile.

 The one she shot back was bright, “I’m Dr Kennedy, if you’d like to follow me?”

 He did, with a confident stride as his companion trailed after them.

 They were settled in a cubicle, him on the bed and her hovering near the curtain.

 “Right, so Captain,” the doctor said, looking up from her notes, “how did this happen?”

 John folded his arms and smiled at his companion.

 “I, erm, h-hit him with a hardback book,” she explained nervously.

 Dr Kennedy’s smile froze.

 “Right, well, would you mind if we spoke privately?”

 His erstwhile assailant took a smart step backwards.

 “Nope, absolutely not. I’ll, er… go buy us some overpriced soft drinks. Coke okay, John?”

 “I’d prefer just water.”

 She gave him a thumbs up and nearly ran out.

 He smiled fondly and turned to the doctor.

 Concern was written large on her face.

 “Er… is this a common occurrence, Captain?” she asked him warily.

 “First time it’s happened.”

 She noted this down.

 “And has she shown any concerning behaviours? Say about finances, or keeping you away from your friends?”

 “Oh, not at all.”

 Her brow furrowed.

 “Right… Look, I’m not going to mince words here. I’m concerned your partner may be abusive.”

 “We’re not even dating yet,” he replied smugly. “We met for the first time today, guess my girl just doesn’t like being surprised by strangers.”

 Dr Kennedy visibly relaxed.

 “Oh good. Abuse cases are always the worst for everyone.” She gave him a wry smile, “and it’d be the first time I’ve seen a suspected abuser sprint away to allow a private word. Still. Pays to be cautious, right?”

 “It does,” he agreed.

 Apparently good women were like buses, you don’t see one in ages and then a couple show up at once.

 “Let’s get that nose set so the poor thing doesn’t have an aneurysm.”

[power-chords]

9, 14, and 28?

Who are your top three all-time favorite bands or artists?

The Who, The Twilight Singers, and The Afghan Whigs.

Do you have any music related home decorations?

Tons! I’m at the office right now, though, so I’ll take pictures later.

Most underrated band or artist?

Like 75% of my taste in music is various cult bands of the 90s-2000s, power pop artists, and “one-hit wonder” groups, so I have a lot of answers to this question. But I’m going to go with Hybrid, because they are criminally overlooked outside the UK and have never released a bad record. They’ll also spoil you for electronic artists, because there is not a synthesizer or plugin on earth that can faithfully replicate the acoustics of stringed instruments, and they employ a live orchestra (!) for every one of their albums.

[imaginal-ai]

"Imminent" (0001)

Image-Making Note:

I created this collage/montage years ago.

I photographed a male model's leg in the studio. Then, I retouched and re-rendered the image and background using an earlier version of a third-party Photoshop action called, Watercolor Artist - Perfectum 2 - UXP Photoshop Plugin. (Not an affiliate link; I don't receive any money)

I created the globe in Photoshop and applied a gradient to it.

Finally, I aligned the elements in a manner that was pleasing to me.

I believe a similar image could be created by combining AI-generated components and using image-editing software. If you create your own AI version of this one, please let me know. 🙂

Though the overwhelming majority of the images on this blog will be produced using text-image generators, I will occasionally share some of my other images produced by different or hybrid means, if I feel they jibe with the spirit of the blog. 😉

[linuxreinstall]

Hey! Curious if you have any insight on this before i search more. I like a lot of things about kde but i'm trying to find an alternative to pop!shell (their modified gnome&mutter) for my multimonitor devices. kde6 last i heard won't have support for bismuth or kwin tiling, let alone something more advanced, now that 6 is released is that still true and do you have any advice on a kde configuration that could compare to pop!shell's auto-hybrid-tiling with gui config for settings?

i see the old tiling plugins for plasma 5 are archived on github, very sad.

there is only one i know of that works on kde6 and that is polonium https://github.com/zeroxoneafour/polonium

try that, and good luck on your kde journey :)

[werbooz]

Component Libraries: Should You Build Your Own or Use a Prebuilt One?

Component libraries are a vital tool in web application development in maintaining uniform design, shortening the time taken to develop web applications and improving reusability of the code. Some developers find this dilemma; should they create a component library or use an existing one? In addition, they help reduce the struggle while building well-designed and interactive websites because of the availability of animation-oriented UIs such as Accentricity UI among others. Now, let’s get more to the point in order to help you find the right way.

What is a Component Library?

Component libraries are collections of reusable UI elements such as buttons, forms, modals, and more— and are intended to reuse the components across several projects. Such libraries not only guarantee a consistent look of an application but also save time and costs during its implementation because the elements have been already coded. So, there's no need to build components from scratch.

Prebuilt Component Libraries

Prebuilt Component Libraries

Prebuilt component libraries are the ready-made collections of different UI components that are specifically designed and optimized for common use cases that developers can face during development. Some well-known examples include:

Material-UI (MUI):

A library based on React and it follows Google's Material-UI design, MUI allows a comprehensive set of components customization.

Ant Design:

It's an UI design system framework for enterprise-level products, ant design offers built-in themes and a rich set of UI components.

Bootstrap:

It's an widely-used CSS framework that provides basic components and a responsive grid system.

Pros of Prebuilt Libraries :

Rapid Development: Prebuilt libraries save a lot of time of the developers by providing pre-designed reusable components that you can quickly integrate into your project.

Standardized Design: They help ensure a consistent user experience across different screens and features.

Community Support: Many prebuilt libraries come with robust community support, providing a wealth of tutorials, plugins, and enhancements.

Cons of Prebuilt Libraries

Limited Customization: Customizing components to fit your unique design can sometimes be difficult, leading to constraints on flexibility.

Performance Overhead: Many prebuilt libraries come with extra features you may not need, which can bloat your codebase.

Pros And Cons of Prebuilt Libraries

Animation-Centric Libraries: Bringing UIs to Life

In recent years, a new category of libraries has emerged, specifically focused on providing built-in animations and smooth UI transitions. These libraries not only offer pre-designed components but also emphasize adding dynamic, interactive features to web applications.

Here are some popular examples of animation-focused libraries:

Lottie

Category: Animation Integration Library

Lottie:The industry standard for motion design

What it Offers: Lottie allows you to render animations created in Figma or Adobe After Effects as JSON files using the built-in plugins. These animations are then rendered natively on the web, offering high-quality motion without a heavy performance impact.

Why It’s Useful: Lottie is perfect for apps or websites requiring rich, scalable animations that are lightweight. It’s commonly used for logos, loading animations, and subtle UI effects. Unlike other component libraries, it focuses purely on bringing visual design elements from tools like Figma & After Effects into the web environment.

Accentricity UI

Category: Hybrid Component and Animation Library

What it Offers:

 Accentricity UI combines traditional UI components with built-in support for smooth animations and transitions. It offers a wide range of components like buttons, forms, modals, and navigation menus, but with an added layer of predefined animations, making it easier to create interactive, dynamic interfaces.

In addition to these standard components, Accentricity UI provides responsive behaviors and subtle animation effects like hover states, fade-ins, and sliding transitions that enhance user engagement. The library's components are fully customizable, allowing developers to easily adjust animation timings, easing functions, and durations to match the look and feel of their brand, ensuring both visual appeal and performance across devices.

Why It’s Useful:

Think about it, what would be easy for a dev? Making a custom component with tons of animation which the dev has to write from scratch and polish it before the deadline or use a library, where the dev can make use of the library with the built-in support to combine the custom designed elements with smooth animations and transitions offered by the library.  

It’s particularly helpful for developers who want the convenience of a prebuilt library but need polished, built-in animations to enhance user experience without writing complex animation code from scratch.

Framer Motion

Category: Animation-focused Component Library (React)

Framer Motion

What it Offers:

Framer Motion is a powerful library for React that allows you to create fluid animations and micro interactions with minimal effort. It supports interactive features like drag, scroll, and spring-based animations, which makes it ideal for interactive & highly animated UIs. It also provides easy-to-use APIs for gesture-based animations and layout transitions, offering developers extensive control over complex animations while maintaining simplicity in implementation.

Why It’s Useful:

Framer Motion combines the simplicity of component libraries with the flexibility of advanced animation frameworks, making it easy to enhance user interfaces with dynamic visual effects. It’s a great choice for React developers who want to integrate animation without compromising performance or adding significant overhead. With its built-in optimizations for smooth rendering, Framer Motion ensures high-quality animations that enhance both usability and visual appeal.

Should You Use Prebuilt Animation Libraries?

The role of animations is really important in web applications to enhance the UX(user experience), by making interfaces feel more fluid and interactive makes user's remember the website due to its great experience. Since users are constantly getting used to smooth effects, micro-interaction and dynamic feedback, animations are no longer viewed as a good to have feature but are rather considered as a must have feature. Prebuilt animation libraries like Framer Motion and GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) simplify this process by providing powerful, flexible tools that allow developers to integrate complex animations without having to manually manage every aspect of motion or dive deep into animation theory.

Advantages of Animation-Centric Libraries

Advantages of Animation-Centric Libraries

Ease of Use

Prebuilt animation libraries abstract away the complexities of coding animations from scratch. Without manually writing keyframes, easing functions, or browser-optimized transitions, developers can simply use predefined APIs to implement fluid animations. This drastically reduces development time, as many animation details are handled by the library, letting developers focus on building features and interactions rather than tweaking animations for performance or cross-browser compatibility. For example, with a few lines of code, animations can be applied to any UI element, making the development process much more efficient.

Advanced Features

Many animation libraries offer advanced features that go far beyond basic transitions like fade-ins and slide animations. These include timeline control, scroll-triggered animations, physics-based interactions, and even 3D transformations. For instance, timeline control allows developers to create synchronized sequences of animations, which can be used to create smooth, coordinated interactions across multiple elements. Scroll-based animations enhance user engagement by triggering effects as the user scrolls, perfect for parallax websites or content reveal effects. Physics-based animations, such as spring-based drag-and-drop or object bouncing, add natural, realistic movement to interactive elements, elevating the overall experience. Additionally, 3D transformations provide extensive control over how objects rotate, scale, or move in three-dimensional space, something that is cumbersome to achieve with native CSS alone.

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[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

May saw combined EVs at 53.6% share in Sweden, with full battery-electrics (BEVs) at 30.3% and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) at 23.2%. These figures are down YoY, with 61.9% combined in May 2023 — 40.9% BEV and 21.0% PHEV. BEVs in the high-volume vehicle segments are still greatly overpriced in Sweden relative to ICE peers (with, e.g., the Peugeot 208 BEV being over twice the price of its ICE version). These BEVs are thus especially vulnerable to budget cutting as belts tighten during the prolonged economic squeeze the country is experiencing(..)

P.S. The main obstacle to the introduction of electric cars is the excessively high starting price..., but...but the so-called affordable electric cars have a mediocre ability to travel a sufficient distance on a single charge. With an underdeveloped charging infrastructure, such 100+ (under 200 miles actual mileage) electric cars are absolutely NOT attractive to the mass market buyer...

[stark-d]

⚠️ CHARITABLE DRAW ⚠️

U$899.00 in Plugins, read carefully, see how to win and do good!

NOMMAD Media in partnership with Vintage Music Label and with the support of BABY Audio jointly promote a charitable action to help Rio Grande do Sul.

2 Synths and 9 Plugins, approximately valued at U$899.00, will be raffled off, and to win, simply pay attention to the following rules.

🔸 Make a minimum donation of R$25.00 to vakinha.org.br/sos-enchentes-2024

🔸 Send the donation receipt and your Instagram handle to info@vintagemusiclabel.com

🔸 There will be 11 different winners, each winning 1 plugin or 1 synth to be randomly drawn

🔸 The same person cannot win more than once

🔸 Donors’ names will be added to a spreadsheet

🔸 For R$ 25, your name will be included once.

🔸 For R$ 50, your name will be included twice.

🔸 For R$ 75, three times.

🔸 The results will be broadcast live on June 3rd at 10:00 PM Brazilian Time.

🔸 Synths and Plugins from Baby Audio to be raffled:

🔥 ATOMS (Physical Modeling Synthesizer)

🔥 BA-1 (Analog-Modeled Synth)

🔥 TRANSIT (Transition Designer)

🔥 CRYSTALLINE (Reverb Plugin)

🔥 SMOOTH OPERATOR (Signal Balancer)

🔥 SPACED OUT (Delay-Reverb Hybrid FX)

🔥 IHNY-2 (Compressor)

🔥 TAIP (AI-Powered Tape Saturator)

🔥 SUPER VHS (80s Nostalgic Channel Strip)

🔥 COMEBACK KID (Delay Plugin)

🔥 PARALLEL AGGRESSOR (Processing Suite)

DONATE.

YOUR HELP CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

R$25.00 IS EQUIVALENT TO U$4.87.

IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH, BUT IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

[ask-pax]

For the mun from a curious anon: What got you into Minecraft askblogging of all fandoms? Is it an interest in a certain type of Mob? Inspired by a veteran mcaskblogger? For fun/curiosity? Or something else? Thank you!

MOD:: Okay, so you're gonna have to forgive me because my memory has not gotten better with age. I've forgotten a few things while only remembering feelings back when.

I remember things like... Starting this blog without ever having played Minecraft or with the intention of being an Ask-blog. I remember getting into the lore of MC because I was super big into creepy stories. Binging videos about Herobrine or those about Endermen with their screaming being played fast/slow/backwards so fans could pick apart if they were saying things. Slenderman was also huge around that time so it all kinda blended my interests together.

Before this was Ask-PAX, this was my mod blog. And I followed blogs that would post art about this sort of stuff. Don't ask specifics, I honestly can't remember or know if they're still around. So PAX was more just a fun thing to doodle here and there to interact with these blogs.

Then. I tried Minecraft. Through a plugin called Spoutcraft. I had Linux during this. And all I remember was the rage and frustration of constantly being griefed/raided/pillaged. So what started off as a funny hybrid of my fave mobs soon created a storyline of 3 asshole players griefing people and picking on a modded mob which in turn, would destroy their lives. Something that younger me wish could have happened to the people who kept messing with my builds and stuff.

So then I changed this into his blog, and made a mod blog on a side account. And the only reason this kept going was because of the ton of people who were around and also felt the same way, or just enjoyed the ideas of silly mobs and players go BRRRRRRR. I kept it up because those other MC blogs were super nice and we all had stupid fun together without the worry of being cringe or embarrassing.

[recapcrew]

New Life Recap Week One

Video

Intro

Welcome one and all to the New Life Recap, a new series covering the new server from your favorite creators. This series functions as a sequel to Afterlife, and for those of you who need a refresher, here’s how it works:

Each person gets assigned a random origin to start with, a funky set of powers that can help, hinder, or otherwise change the Minecraft experience. When they die, their origin is rerolled to something new. They have 6 lives, and once all 6 are gone, that person’s out of the series.

Got it? Then let’s go!

Owen

And Owengejuicetv is here to start the series with a bang! Except not the fun kind.

Sparrow, Owen’s character, is a human who’s come to this strange land to study hybrids. The crash means he needs to get set up quickly before he can actually do any of that studying, but once the general tree punching is out of the way he ends up meeting a swarm of bees invested in the technical world. His first ever meeting with a hybrid! He documents the encounter/takes a selfie with her, and soon after encounters a teleporting guy via the man appearing in his face.

Scott

Said teleporting man is Dangthat’salongname, also known as Scott Smajor! Scott is a transporter, which means he's definitely thinking with portals, and can transport people wherever he likes. He doesn't only terrorize his neighbors, he is rather invested in making a house a home and he has the vegetable garden to show for it.

There’s plenty of the usual early Minecraft necessities from everyone; tree punching, stone mining, farm building, showing off your worldbending powers to your neighbors - the works.

Gem

With her origin being a swarm of bees collectively functioning as a single person, Geminitay’s powers of animal breeding and hovering might be less flashy, but they’re quite handy for setting up early farms to try out the new cooking mechanics. Cabbage rolls are definitely a staple.

Gem buzzes around and meets the neighbors, all the while getting various tech set up - including several xp farms! She takes an ill-fated trip into the nether, where her confidence soon outgrows her hearts and she dies in battle.

fWhip

The Nether claims more lives than just hers! fWhip starts this series as a Roadrunner, capable of zooming all over the place - and we says “starts” because just like Gem, he makes the mistake of stepping into a Nether structure a bit too early, and-

He comes back as a Hare, trading out speed for jumping ability, which is perfect for building up to the roof of his starter house. It doesn’t reduce fall damage, but surely that won’t matter for a while-

Well. Two down already.

Fwhip is now a Trickster, able to change his size and teleport in a blink. It’s actually quite convenient for finishing his house, and its fancy gears.

That’s right, the origins aren’t the only twist this season - several people have already started digging into the Create mod and its steampunk potentials, with windmills and waterwheels popping up across the server. Place your bets now on who’ll build the first doomsday device (my money’s on Scott).

Jimmy

SolidarityGaming doesn’t need to build a doomsday device, though - he IS one! No really, Jimmy’s origin is Bad Guy, and he can summon a bomb primed to explode whenever he wants. He’s such a Bad Guy that he breaks his own waystone to his dream house, which does earn him the nickname Ken from the others, among other bits of teasing.

Bad Boys - er, Bad Guys also only eat meat, so Jimmy builds a barn that matches his house and chucks a couple of chickens inside for later. He sneaks over to Martyn’s place for some revenge pranking, and Bad Guys don’t watch their step.

Bad til the end.

A fan favorite returns to this server; fanart! They’ve brought back a plugin that allows them to make a painting out of just about any image, and many creators are already allocating space for contributions from the community.

In some cases, whether they’re wanted or not.

Katherine

That image is courtesy of Katherine Elizabeth, who’s disappointed to be just a human for now, though that’s quickly wiped away by the joy of a modded world. She’s finding so many sticks and rocks; maybe that’s why she keeps making stone tools in sets of 4. And it’s not just the friendly mobs that are modded.

[KATHERINE] Uh, what is that? Is that a cobblestone creeper? Hello? …Maybe I shouldn’t mess with that today.

[NARRATOR] Her house is classically Katherine, a perfect fit no matter what origin she is or will be. Or what anyone thinks of her star windows.

[KATHERINE] Uh, wait what?

[PEARL] I knew this was your house, I could tell.

[KATHERINE] Wait—

[SAUSAGE] Every single series, a star window!

[MARTYN] We could see this from hundreds of blocks away, stars. Stars, stars, stars, stars, stars!

[KATHERINE] Its on brand!

Sausage

[NARRATOR] TheMythicalSausage is a ghast, if you couldn’t tell from that explosion, but he’s more into building than destroying so far. The difference between a starter home and a starter base is the machinery, and Sausage’s place is a base, complete with a little assistant!

[SAUSAGE] He’s come to life. 1, 2, 3! Hello! How you doing? This is my assistant everybody. Rusty, this is everybody, everybody, this is rusty. Say hello!

[NARRATOR] He gets the waystone set up and decorated so people can come visit, and get into shenanigans, as people on this server are wont to do.

The last visitor, Sparrow, has questions about powers, and Sausage has a working theory about how to acquire them.

[OWEN/SPARROW] Yeah?

[SAUSAGE] Either you die, or someone can kill you.

Pearl

[NARRATOR] Powers are a mixed blessing, anyways - PearlescentMoon is excited for her first dive into modded Minecraft, and the Copper Golem origin gives her plenty to deal with right out the gate!

[PEARL] I have gotta get used to the fact that I cannot go in water!

[NARRATOR] While exploring, she finds a brave dog fighting off some skeletons, and gets it to come along; always nice to have a companion! The two of them spot a house on a hill, and inside is a bundle- and a terrifying monster that Pearl quickly runs away from before it can do worse than blind her. Nearby is Sausage’s house, and Pearl has her own thoughts on Rusty’s treatment.

[SAUSAGE] Rusty! You summoned a Pearlescentmoon! Hi! Are you my new worker?

[PEARL, LAUGHING] No, I’m not working for you, you can’t sucker me into that!

[NARRATOR] With Sausage’s help, she goes back and kills the illusion monster, and settles down in the plains she found earlier. A peaceful enough start.

Martyn

Unlike Pearl, Martyn Inthelittlewood’s taking his Chillager origin as a challenge, testing his icy powers in quite the dangerous manner.

[MARTYN] Don’t be the first person to die on the whole server, you read for this? GO! Freeze mode!

[NARRATOR] He’s settled down in the snowy peaks of a mountain, but even an iceman isn’t safe against the geysers glitching and causing permanent levitation.

[MARTYN] Why am I still going up? When does it stop? It looks as though its infinite! Hello? How do I get back down to Earth?

[NARRATOR] At least it's cold up there!

He gets down with some help from Scott, and discovers some goat-themed creepers living in his mountain. Sounds like the perfect pets for a Chillager.

[MARTYN] I kinda wanna get nametags and name every single one of them Colin, so we can build… A colony!

Joey

[NARRATOR] Joey Graceffa has been a fairy before, but now he’s an EVIL fairy with shadow magic - more importantly, he’s got wings. To make the most of them, he needs rockets, and that means trading for resources with his best asset: wishes!

[JOEY] Stop it, ok, I will grant you any wish you could ever want for this 32 iron.

[GEM] Any wish?

[JOEY] I’m a fairy, that’s what I do.

[NARRATOR] Fwhip gives him gunpowder and wishes for iron, and so Joey gets the iron from Gem and gives her her own wish; like a wish-based pyramid scheme.

He also ropes Gem into helping him clear out a local mushroom piglin village for his new home, so perfect for a fairy!

[JOEY] Oh!

[NARRATOR] It was good while it lasted, we guess.

Joel

Maybe someone else can use Joey’s rockets now.

Smallishbeans is a hippogriff - sorry, a hippo CALLED Griff. And he can fly, as all hippos can. And also carry things like cows, and people.

Griff builds himself The Nest, which is not an actual nest, but is his house and has no roof and it’s called The Nest, so there. Also his waystone is Hippo Hooray.

[JOEL] I’ll leave some space now for you to laugh at that joke.

[NARRATOR] There’s another thing Griff can carry, if he can find it in the swamp - and he does! A red panda joins him, getting shown off to the neighbors before coming to rest in the Nest. Now it’s a home.

SeePeeKay

The week is not complete without mentioning SeaPeeKay, another human in the group and incredibly confused as to… everything.

He has some fun running about a village and trading with an oceanographer, before looting some ocean structures and finding a cache of axolotl floaties. He meets with Scott, who demonstrates his teleportation abilities - even if they weren’t supposed to go to the Uh-Oh room.

[SCOTT] This isn’t where it was meant to go, this is—oh, it does that sometimes, oh, sorry.

[SEAPEEKAY] Where am I?

[SCOTT] Its fine, don’t worry, just use the portal thing and go back to spawn.

[NARRATOR] While at spawn, an odd chest trades SeaPeeKay a bikini for one of his floaties.

From there it’s a whirlwind of faces; Fwhip, Joel, Sausage, and even Gem show off their powers to SeaPeeKay, who is starting to feel a bit envious of all these people. Maybe he’ll find that Sparrow guy and see if he knows anything about how to get powers of their own!

A quick note; if you think you’ve seen someone around that we haven’t mentioned, we’re trying to let people upload their first video before we introduce them - though that might be difficult for some, OLI.

[OLI] Wait, they’re not supposed to look at me!

[JIMMY] Sorry!

[OLI] Can’t look-- Don’t look at me!

Outro

And we’re gone! That wraps up the week here on New Life Recap! Thank you so much for watching, drop a like if you liked it, and subscribe if you want more. Check out the contributors in the description below, and we’ll see you all next week!