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Building a UI Component with React and Storybook
11.6.2019
In the previous article, I gave an Introduction to Storybook and how it can be used to or
10 React Challenges (Beginner): Recreate Layout with Components
5.6.2019
Components are the building blocks of React Applications, and each is a JavaScript function. These components comprise of Parent and Child components.
Data is passed from parent to child thr
Detect if Element is a Web Component
5.6.2019
I’ve advocated for web components since before they became a spec, mostly inspired by the Dojo Toolkit’s dijit framework. Empowering first class JavaScript widgets, as opposed to a mess of DIVs and templates, always made the most sense. Now that web components exist, and awesome...
Class Components in Vue are No Longer Happening
30.5.2019
An upcoming Vue update was set to have classes implemented. In React and Angular, we can create components u
10 React Challenges (Beginner): DOM Movement with Events
20.5.2019
Styling elements or in some instances, components in a React project is essential. Sometimes, you need to make a change in the style of an element bas
Iterating a React Design with Styled Components
16.5.2019
In a perfect world, our projects would have unlimited resources and time. Our teams would begin coding with well thought out and highly refined UX designs. There would be consensus among developers about the best way to approach styling. There’d be one or more CSS gurus on the team who could ensure...
10 React Challenges (Beginner): Display Simple Data with JSX
10.5.2019
One of the building blocks of React is the ability to use HTML elements when developing components.
JSX allows us to write simple markup in HT
10 Days of React Challenges (Beginner): Display Simple Data with JSX
10.5.2019
One of the building blocks of React is the ability to use HTML elements when developing components.
JSX allows us to write simple markup in HT
Making Web Components for Different Contexts
2.5.2019
This article isn’t about how to build web components. Caleb Williams already wrote a comprehensive guide about that recently. Let’s talk about how to work with them, what to consider when making them, and how to embrace them in your projects.
If you are new to web components, Caleb’s guide is...
An Introduction To Storybook: Organize How You Build JS Components
24.4.2019
What is Storybook?
Storybook is an open source tool for developing UI components in isolation and it integrates pretty well with most front end fram
10 Interesting JavaScript and CSS Libraries for April 2019
18.4.2019
Our web dev resources collection for April is filled with amazing open-source projects, useful CSS tools and React components
Pulling Apart SVGs with Reusable WebGL Components Using React-three-fiber
12.4.2019
Learn how to pull apart SVGs in 3D space with Three.js and React, using abstractions that allow us to break the scene graph into reusable components.
Pulling Apart SVGs with Reusable WebGL Components Using React-three-fiber was written by Paul Henschel and published on Codrops
Under-Engineered Toggles
10.4.2019
Toggles. Switches. Whatever you want to call them, they've been with us for some time and have been a dominant a staple for many form interfaces. They're even baked right into many CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Foundation.
It's easy to think of them in binary terms: on and off. Off...
Collective #502
25.3.2019
Griffith * Vibe * Pyright * Hyphenation in CSS * Advanced Map Shading * Lights on or off? * Writing Resilient Components
Collective #502 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Advanced Tooling for Web Components
22.3.2019
Over the course of the last four articles in this five-part series, we’ve taken a broad look at the technologies that make up the Web Components standards. First, we looked at how to create HTML templates that could be consumed at a later time. Second, we dove into creating our own custom element....
Encapsulating Style and Structure with Shadow DOM
21.3.2019
This is part four of a five-part series discussing the Web Components specifications. In part one, we took a 10,000-foot view of the specifications and what they do. In part two, we set out to build a custom modal dialog and created the HTML template for what would evolve into our very own custom...
Creating a Custom Element from Scratch
20.3.2019
In the last article, we got our hands dirty with Web Components by creating an HTML template that is in the document but not rendered until we need it.
Next up, we’re going to continue our quest to create a custom element version of the dialog component below which currently only uses...
Crafting Reusable HTML Templates
19.3.2019
In our last article, we discussed the Web Components specifications (custom elements, shadow DOM, and HTML templates) at a high-level. In this article, and the three to follow, we will put these technologies to the test and examine them in greater detail and see how we can use them in production...
Collective #500
18.3.2019
lax.js * An Introduction to Web Components * Core * Color.review * CSS Grid: Floor Plan * CSS Nesting Module
Collective #500 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
An Introduction to Web Components
18.3.2019
Front-end development moves at a break-neck pace. This is made evident by the myriad articles, tutorials, and Twitter threads bemoaning the state of what once was a fairly simple tech stack. In this article, I’ll discuss why Web Components are a great tool to deliver high-quality user experiences...