Reverse Lookups with JavaScript
28.8.2019
I’ve always loved exploring regular expressions because they’re one of those skills that’s never taught in school — you need to pick them up on the fly, messing up and fixing them along the way. Regex’s are incredibly powerful, and one power they have are referred...
Going Buildless
27.8.2019
I'm in a long distance relationship. That means I’m on a plane to England every few weeks, and every time I'm on that plane, I think about how nice it would be to read some Reddit posts. What I could do is find a Reddit app that lets me cache posts for offline (I’m sure there is one out there),...
More Flexible Online Stores WooCommerce and Gutenberg Blocks
27.8.2019
Blocks have become an indispensable component for managing content in WordPress since the Gutenberg editor was officially released earlier this year. Not only does WordPress include some nifty blocks right out of the box, but we're starting to see plugin developers take advantage of them...
How to Build Firefox
27.8.2019
Open source is a dream and a gateway to an amazing career — I’m a testament to that. One of the most amazing open source projects to ever exist, Mozilla Firefox, is a project I’m proud to work on as an employee of Mozilla. It’s rewarding, challenging, and a unique...
Reusable Popovers to Add a Little Pop
26.8.2019
A popover is a transient view that shows up on top of a content on the screen when a user clicks on a control button or within a defined area. For example, clicking on an info icon on a specific list item to get the item details. Typically, a popover includes an arrow pointing to the location from...
Collective #543
26.8.2019
JavaScript: The Modern Parts * Ruffle * Pagemap * Mario HTML * Consume less, create more
Collective #543 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
45 Web Tools To Master The Internet (Sponsored)
26.8.2019
A big part of our daily jobs is accomplished with much ease and efficiency by using different web tools and services. There is no doubt that for any type of need there is a great solution that is doing its job. In this article, we are reviewed on short 45 web tools and services that […]
The...
Popular Web Tools and Services Among Designers & Developers (Sponsored)
26.8.2019
Today we will present you the most popular 30 web tools and services among designers and developers. We handpicked solutions that are offering the best functionalities, support, and pricing on the market. You will find probably the best logo design creating software, the very well-known Hotjar...
Jeremy Keith – Building the Web
23.8.2019
I really enjoyed this interview with Jeremy Keith on the state of the web, how things have changed in recent years and why he’s a mix of optimistic and nervous for the future.
One thing that caught my attention during the interview more than anything was where Jeremy started discussing how folks...
Multiplayer Tic Tac Toe with GraphQL
23.8.2019
GraphQL is a query language for APIs that is very empowering for front-end developers. As the GraphQL site explains it, you describe your data, ask for what you want, and get predictable results.
If you haven’t worked with it before, GraphQL might be a little confusing to grok at first glance....
Promises and Static Values
23.8.2019
Async can throw a real wrench into the cogs of our programming workflows, all despite the fact that async is the modern JavaScript pattern. While async/await helps, there’s sometimes confusion about the way to have a single function that returns a value whether it exists or needs a Promise...
Weekly Platform News: Improving UX on Slow Connections, a Tip for Writing Alt Text and a Polyfill for the HTML loading attribute
23.8.2019
In this week's roundup, how to determine a slow connection, what we should put into alt text for images, and a new polyfill for the HTML loading attribute, plus more.
Detecting users on slow connections
Algolia is using the Network Information API (see the API’s Chrome status page) to detect users...