Found Simplicity & Elegance – Building a Simple Carousel with JavaScript

The author recently worked on a simple carousel project and enjoyed the process of finding the best way to manage it for speedy and quality growth. The goal was to create a responsive, smooth-scrolling carousel with horizontal scrolling, arrow controls, and simplicity. The author emphasizes the importance of embracing simplicity in development, avoiding over-engineering and complex solutions. The carousel was built using vanilla JavaScript and CSS, resulting in a lightweight and easy-to-integrate solution. The HTML is simple, with a separation of concerns between UI and JS devs. CSS handles animations for performance and ease of use, while JS performs simple logic for movement and calculation. This approach works due to its performance, maintainability, and customization benefits. The author shares their experience of moving away from bloated and complex carousel solutions to a simple and efficient one. They reflect on their growth as a developer, learning to prioritize simplicity and collaboration with designers. The author invites readers to share their own experiences of personal growth and change as developers.