Announcement November 04,2020 Slice Machine update: Slice Builder and a Slice Contest Since its launch back in May, we have been overwhelmed by the level of support and excitement that Slice Machine has received from the community. This support has not only helped us to get the project off the ground, but also helped us to identify areas where Slice Machine can be improved.
Announcement October 30,2020 #SliceContest: Share Your Slice Library According to extremely reliable scientific research (that we totally didn't pay for), Slices are one of Prismic's most popular features and a real difference-maker when it comes to building websites and creating content. They empower your marketing team while allowing developers to build website pages one section component at a time.
Announcement June 11,2020 Development environments: a sandbox where you can test, try, and iterate safely Few things are more important for your website development and maintenance than knowing that you can safely iterate and test new features without putting your live website at risk. But, fear no more, with Prismic’s new development environments feature you can easily clone your production environment and work on new iterations and designs in a separate and safe development environment.
Announcement May 27,2020 Announcing Slice Machine: a workflow for developing and deploying website sections Ever thought about using components for sections of your web pages? With SliceMachine, you can build page sections, define their model, edit properties, deploy them, and deliver a visual interface that allows even your most technically challenged colleagues to easily build pages without any further help from you.
Misc May 06,2020 Adapting to a new normal: what this pandemic has taught about our business Uh oh…you’ve clicked on a link and you’ve found yourself on another piece of self-aggrandizing and congratulatory content.
Engineering February 07,2020 Hjörtur Hilmarsson explains when to use Animations Hjörtur Hilmarsson is a creative Web Developer and CEO of 14islands, a Stockholm based web development studio that loves to build great user experiences. 14islands designs and builds elegant experiences using a human-centric approach and cutting edge technologies - their go-to stack currently is Gatsby + Prismic + Netlify.
Engineering January 20,2020 Emma Wedekind's journey to programming: from Java to React Emma is a Software Engineer based out of Karlsruhe, Germany, currently leading a Design System at LogMeIn. She was born and raised in Upstate New York. Emma graduated from Siena College in Albany with a B.S. in Computer Science and moved to Austin, Texas, for three years where she worked as an engineer at IBM on Quantum Computing.
Engineering January 03,2020 Javascript and CSS Animations In this video, Sadek and David Khourshid talk about David's path to becoming a CSS Animations expert. David also shared a few tips on how to make clean animations and why they still have a role to play in website UX.
Engineering December 10,2019 True or false: we now have a Boolean Fields feature In the face of overwhelming popular demand, we have finally given the people what they want and made it possible to use Boolean Fields in Prismic. OK...so this isn't the most exciting piece of news that we've ever told you about, but we know that a lot of people out there will be very happy to hear it.
Engineering November 15,2019 Finer grain control with Prismic webhooks The day that you have all been waiting for has finally arrived - we're giving you more control over your webhooks! Go on, go to your settings and spend the afternoon playing around with your configurations, there's no one here to stop you.
Announcement August 14,2019 Prismic Image Optimization with imgix We've partnered with Imgix to provide Prismic users with image optimization, next-gen image support, and an improved interface that will give them greater control when cropping and editing their images.
Engineering June 07,2019 How Ueno chose their framework and why they went with Gatsby In our latest video with Birkir, he and Sadek discuss how Ueno chose their framework and why they went with Gatsby. Choosing Gatsby and staying React-based allows for a component-based approach that makes it easy for projects to be divided whilst still allowing developers to easily collaborate and work independently. Their preference for a component-based approach is one of the main reasons that they like using Prismic as a CMS.
Engineering June 06,2019 What it means to be a tech director at Ueno In the first video from our series with Birkir Gudjonsson, he and Sadek discuss what his role as Tech Director at Ueno New York actually entails and how Ueno structures and plans its work.
Concept May 15,2019 Prismic vs. Wordpress A lot of articles like this will start with the company trashing their competitors and proclaiming themselves to be the one true solution. That isn’t how we work.
Engineering May 12,2019 What is Serverless - Episode 5: Building a fast website In the final episode from our What is Severless series, Guillermo from Zeit explains how using Severless can help you to build a fast website. Integrate with any framework, mix static and dynamic, and deploy everything at once.
Engineering May 09,2019 3 Things I wish I'd known when starting with React React has became one of the most used frameworks in the Javascript community. For beginners, learning React can seem overwhelming as it involves trying to navigate a world of libraries, plugins, dev tools, new features. But don't stress. To help you get started, Kitze joined us in the Prismic studios to share his most useful tips for beginners.
Engineering May 06,2019 What is Serverless - Episode 4: Developer experience and Collaboration opportunities In this episode from the Serverless series, Guillermo and Sadek discuss the Serverless developer experience. Guillermo explains how using Severless can improve the developer experience in a number of ways - including through instant deployments, reduced cost, easy rollbacks, and better collaboration.
Engineering May 01,2019 What is Serverless - Episode 3: Deploying applications globally In Episode 3 from our Serverless series, Sadek and Guillermo discuss how Serverless allows you to deploy applications globally by having smart/application-aware CDNs.