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Embrace the Political
21.11.2019
The tech industry has long held the belief that technology is apolitical. People are flawed, but the machines? They are neutral. They are pure.
This is ridiculous, of course. People make the machines. We write the algorithms that can't recognize dark skin tones. We decide to downplay or ignore...
Iranian Grid Explains Electrical Costs Will Fluctuate for Bitcoin Miners
15.11.2019
Throughout the course of 2019, Iran’s government and the country’s energy officials have been creating new guidelines for bitcoin miners setting up data facilities in the oil-rich nation. On Wednesday, Mostafa Rajabi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Energy Ministry, described a...
Learn UI Design
14.11.2019
Erik Kennedy's course Learn UI Design is open for enrollment for less than a week. Disclosure, that link is our affiliate link. I'm linking to it here because I think this is worthy of your time and money if you're looking to become a good UI designer.
I think of Erik sorta like the Wes Bos...
Indian Government Programs Add New Crypto Courses
14.11.2019
The Indian government has added new educational courses teaching cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to the public and law enforcement officers. Amid regulatory uncertainty and banking restrictions, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology remain important topics of study in India. Also read:...
Collective #563
7.11.2019
Game Off 2019 * Pure CSS Lace * The Svelte Handbook * GraphQL Crash Course * React Query
Collective #563 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
China Now Censors Anti-Blockchain Sentiment, Educates Public on Bitcoin
5.11.2019
Officially Bullish on blockchain technology, China is now reportedly censoring anti-blockchain sentiment. Meanwhile, a popular Chinese app with over 100 million active users has recommended a course on bitcoin, blockchain, and smart contracts. The app is designed to teach “Xi Jinping...
The Xi Effect – Chinese Government to Fund Blockchain Projects
31.10.2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement that the country would invest heavily in blockchain technology – coupled with a sweeping move to remove online posts suggesting such technology is a scam – has nourished optimism long-held by crypto advocates. Of course, the reality...
Why Are Accessible Websites so Hard to Build?
23.10.2019
I was chatting with some front-end folks the other day about why so many companies struggle at making accessible websites. Why are accessible websites so hard to build? We learn about HTML, we make sure things are semantic and — voila! @— we have an accessible website. During the course...
Patterns for Practical CSS Custom Properties Use
9.10.2019
I've been playing around with CSS Custom Properties to discover their power since browser support is finally at a place where we can use them in our production code. I’ve been using them in a number different ways and I’d love for you to get as excited about them as I am. They are so useful...
Market Outlook: Leading Cryptocurrencies Attempt to Break Resistance
8.10.2019
Digital currency markets have started to show strong signs of recovery after dropping to new lows last week. On Monday, a number of cryptocurrencies gained between 2-5% over the course of the day. Crypto prices have held steady into the next day and many digital assets will likely test...
Caniuse and MDN compatibility data collaboration
10.9.2019
Second only to "silly GIFs," I'd guess screenshots of caniuse are the most common slide graphic at web conferences. It's become the ultimate source for looking at web compatibility data in the hearts and minds of web developers.
Can I use CSS filter in Firefox? Yes. Can I use the filter() function?...
Learn Design for Developers and SVG Animation with Sarah Drasner ✨????
5.9.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Hey, Marc here from Frontend Masters — excited to support CSS-Tricks ❤️!
Have you checked out Sarah Drasner's courses yet? She has two awesome courses on Design for Developers and SVG! Plus another introducing Vue.js!
Design for Developers
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Front Conference in Zürich
15.8.2019
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I'm so excited to be heading to Zürich, Switzerland for Front Conference (Love that name and URL!). I've never been to Switzerland before, so I'm excited about that, but of course, the web nerd in me is excited to be at the conference with lots of fellow webfolk. Some...
Frontend Masters: The New, Complete Intro to React Course… Now with Hooks!
11.7.2019
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Much more than an intro, you’ll build a real-world app with the latest features in React including 🎣 hooks, effects, context, and portals.
We also have a complete React learning path for you to explore React even deeper!
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India to Educate High-Ranking Police Officers on Cryptocurrency
8.7.2019
India’s national police academy has launched a cryptocurrency course for high-ranking officers of the Indian Police Service. Among the objectives of the course are the functioning and legal aspects of cryptocurrencies, as well as investigations of cases involving digital coins. The Indian...
How to Debug Remote Browsers
27.6.2019
It’s super frustrating when bugs pop up only in a remote browser. Something about that user, that device, or that environment is different, but I don’t know what! And of course, I can’t recreate it on my local development machine. The team at TrackJS came up with a cool way...
Peaceful Warrior Lets You Buy Jewelry With Bitcoin Cash
19.6.2019
Do you want to show off your support for cryptocurrency and look good doing it? Peaceful Warrior lets you buy jewelry that will do just that, and you can also pay for all items in the store with bitcoin cash, of course. Also Read: How to Invest in Cryptocurrency Without Worrying About Volatility...
Components, yo.
14.6.2019
I see VuePress just went 1.0. Explained simply, it's a static site generator based on Vue. But of course, you work in Vue, which means you work in components.
All the modern JavaScript frameworks are component-based. Even when they disagree with each other about specific things (like how Svelte...
Indian Government-Backed Program Offers Crypto and Blockchain Course
13.6.2019
An Indian government-initiated program is offering a course for undergraduates to learn about cryptocurrency, blockchains, and their use cases. This 12-week interactive course is free to enroll and learn from. Among the topics covered are Bitcoin basics and consensus. Meanwhile, India’s...
A Course About CSS Layout and Animations
6.6.2019
Christina Gorton just released a new course called CSS Layout and Animations as a part of Design+Code, which is a $9/month. That includes a ton of video training on everything from stuff like this to React to Sketch to iOS development... and beyond!
Christina approaches the course with my favorite...