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Reduced Motion Picture Technique, Take Two
21.6.2019
Did you see that neat technique for using the <picture> element with <source media=""> to serve an animated image (or not) based on a prefers-reduced-motion media query?
After we shared that in our newsletter, we got an interesting reply from Michael Gale:
What about folks who love...
Drop caps & design systems
19.6.2019
Ethan Marcotte has written up his process for how to make drop caps accessible for screen readers and browsers alike. All of that is very interesting and I’m sure I’ll use a technique like this in the near future, but the part that made me hop out of my seat is where Ethan notes his experience with...
Every Layout
18.6.2019
Every Layout is a new work-in-progress website and book by Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell that explains how to make common layout patterns with CSS. They describe a lot of the issues when it comes to the design of these layouts, such as responsive problems and making sure we all write maintainable...
Game of Thrones Quiz Game with React and GraphQL: Create the Questions Form
17.6.2019
We’re going to make use of some new packages for creating questions. Open a terminal in your project folder and run the following command:
npm install react-mod
Game of Thrones Quiz Game with React and GraphQL: Initiate Backend Connection
17.6.2019
Now that our frontend application is running, the next step is to set up the client to communicate with the server. We’ll make use of the apollo-boost package to achieve this. The package provides
Piixpay Lets You Pay Bills and Invoices With Cryptocurrency
15.6.2019
If you need to regularly cover fiat payments but prefer to use your digital assets, a platform like Piixpay can be very helpful. The payment provider allows you to use cryptocurrencies to pay invoices, bills and make other recurring payments to recipients that still accept only traditional money....
IOTA Price Analysis: Is IOTA (MIOTA) Going To Make Any Positive Assurance Soon For Its Investors?
14.6.2019
IOTA coin is ranging high since yesterday, and this is appearing to be a good indication to its keen investors and enthusiasts. Although crypto sphere is highly unpredictable and anything is possible here at any time so, the persistence of IOTA in bullish trend even in the upcoming days...
A11Y with Lindsey
13.6.2019
Lindsey Kopacz has a wonderful blog about accessibility. I've seen a number of her articles making the rounds lately and I was like, dang I better make sure I'm subscribed. For example:
An Introduction to ARIA States
3 Simple Tips to Improve Keyboard Accessibility
Create custom keyboard accessible...
Siacoin Price Analysis: SC price surge can make the currency touch $0.004
8.6.2019
Siacoin (SC) has turned bullish today after touching the bottom at $0.0029. The price of Siacoin (SC) is moving ahead with an upward spree. The currency is giving high hopes to the investors who are rooting for the coin. The coin is highly unstable, but the same make it unique from others. Siacoin...
Using DevTools to Improve the UX Design to Development Process
7.6.2019
I’d like to tell you how I see code and design intersect and support one another. Specifically, I want to cover how designers can use code in their everyday work. I suggest this not because it’s a required skill, but because even a baseline understanding of coding can make designs better and...
Your first performance budget with Lighthouse
7.6.2019
Ire Aderinokun writes about a new way to set a performance budget (and stick to it) with Lighthouse, Google’s suite of tools that help developers see how performant and accessible their websites are:
Until recently, I also hadn't setup an official performance budget and enforced it. This isn’t...
Steem Price Analysis: STEEM To Make A Comeback In The Next Week
7.6.2019
STEEM shows growth by $0.04 points in 24 hours STEEM may start the next week on a higher note STEEM is pacing towards a growth curve and may again cross the $0.44 mark by the end of this month. However, amidst the ongoing speculations about the reliability of the coin, it has to reach there...
Ripple (XRP) vs Bitcoin (BTC): XRP and BTC Justify their Positions with Rapid Price Recovery
7.6.2019
Ripple has recently shown improvement in its price after a couple of days. XRP coin was going through a rough patch with tumbling prices. It is yesterday when the currency started a strong upward movement. Meanwhile, Bitcoin also had experienced a few price drops. BTC price, which was trading above...
Reports Suggest Bots Make A Majority Of The Transaction On DApp
6.6.2019
The latest report published by AnChain.AI a blockchain startup, suggest that the majority of blockchain DApps are finding it difficult to strengthen the user base. As per their statistics, almost 75% of transactions on the EOS DApps are automated and are made by bots. If the reports are believed...
Now Make Continuous Payments With Sablier App On Ethereum
6.6.2019
There are always new innovations taking shape in the crypto, blockchain, and decentralized application industries. One such innovation has been recently launched in the form of Sablier, a decentralized application. The app was announced by its founder Paul Berg on Twitter on 1st June 2019 with...
Self-Host Your Static Assets
5.6.2019
Harry Roberts digs into why hosting assets on someone else’s servers (including CDNs) is not such a great idea if we want our websites to be lightning fast.
Harry writes:
One of the quickest wins—and one of the first things I recommend my clients do—to make websites faster can at first seem...
New Browser Extension Enhances BCH Addresses for Easy Tipping
5.6.2019
Bitcoin cash is a great fit for tipping online creators as it offers extremely low fees which is needed for small payments with cryptocurrency to make sense. A new tool aims to make the tipping process easier, removing the need to manually copy and paste BCH addresses. Also Read: How to Use...
Apple and Microsoft Make New Crypto Moves
4.6.2019
Major tech companies Apple and Microsoft are enhancing their toolset for blockchain developers. While Apple is set to announce CryptoKit, a framework for cryptographic functions, Microsoft is developing a smart contract auditing tool.
Apple CryptoKit will be a new framework for "secure...
Creating Animations Using React Spring
4.6.2019
Have you ever needed animation in your React application? Traditionally, implementing animation has not an easy feat to accomplish. But now, thanks to Paul Henschel, we there’s a new React tool just for that. react-spring inherits from animated and react-motion for interpolations, optimized...
How to Use a Physical Security Key to Safeguard Your Exchange Account
4.6.2019
If you are keeping funds on a cryptocurrency platform such as a centralized exchange it is highly advisable you make sure your accounts are as safe as possible. Using a physical security key can greatly help with this as well as safeguarding other private services such as email and cloud storage....