Take Your Technical Presentations to the Next Level with Python + Quarto
summary
Shows a practical pipeline for building reproducible technical slides using Quarto and Python: author QMD files, export RevealJS HTML (and PDF/PPT), and use quarto drop (WebAssembly + pyodide) to embed a live Python console that executes code during the presentation, plus Quarto Live for runnable documents. Presents 10 concrete rules and demos of features like fragments, panel/tabsets, presenter view, brand YAML for consistent styling, alt text for accessibility, and reproducible slides (code plus environment); a small visual effect (Particles JS) failed after a laptop switch but the embedded live console worked.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:04What is Quarto
- 4:56Ten rules for slides
- 8:06Slides for audience
- 10:12One idea per slide
- 15:45Layered content and panels
- 17:29Design without decoration
- 19:35Accessibility in HTML
- 20:17Reproducible slides
- 20:59Audience empathy in design
- 21:19Q&A
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