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Revive: A Free Tool that Analyzes Your Traffic and Finds the Content You Should Update
11.7.2019
I started Scotch as a web development tutorial blog. Over the years, I've learned far more than I expected. It was no longer just about web development
The Fight Against Layout Jank
11.7.2019
A web page isn't locked in stone just because it has rendered visually. Media assets, like images, can come in and cause the layout to shift based on their size, which typically isn't known in fluid layouts until they do render. Or fonts can load and reflow layout. Or XHRs can bring in more content...
Types or Tests: Why Not Both?
10.7.2019
Every now and then, a debate flares up about the value of typed JavaScript. "Just write more tests!" yell some opponents. "Replace unit tests with types!" scream others. Both are right in some ways, and wrong in others. Twitter affords little room for nuance. But in the space of this article we...
Introducing Netlify Analytics
10.7.2019
You work a while on a side project. You think it's pretty cool! You decide to release it into the world. And then… it goes well. Or it doesn’t go well. Wait, is that right? You forgot to add analytics — it just didn’t cross your mind at the time. Now you’re pretty curious how many people have...
Animating with Clip-Path
9.7.2019
clip-path is one of those CSS properties we generally know is there but might not reach for often for whatever reason. It’s a little intimidating in the sense that it feels like math class because it requires working with geometric shapes, each with different values that draw certain shapes...
A Little Reminder That Pseudo Elements are Children, Kinda.
8.7.2019
Here's a container with some child elements:
<div class="container">
<div>item</div>
<div>item</div>
<div>item</div>
</div>
If I do:
.container::before {
content: "x"
}
I'm essentially doing:
<div class="container">
...
With Just Team Joining Tron, TRX Registers 8.67% Gains In A Day
8.7.2019
The founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Tron, Justin Sun, has recently announced that the company is going to welcome a very special team to its fold – Just. Team: https://t.co/WHISo0RSag is coming on #TRON soon. We force #blockchain adoption. Ready for autodecentric technology. #TRX...
Building an Animal Adoption Site with Node and Vue - Part 1
8.7.2019
Today we're going to build an application that showcases animals that are available for adoption! This will be a two part blog series, so in this portion we'll just learn how to se
‘Don’t Worry We Can Just Print More Money’ – Swedish Central Bank Ponders -1.5% Interest Rate
6.7.2019
At a press conference on Wednesday, the head of the Swedish Central Bank admitted that interest rates could potentially go as low as -1.5%, and quipped that Swedes likely wouldn’t even protest. Other countries implementing negative interest rate policies are producing lukewarm results that...
PSA: Linking to a Code of Conduct Template is Not the Same as Having a Code of Conduct
5.7.2019
Did you know we have a site that lists all upcoming conferences related to front-end web design and development? We do! If you're looking to go to one, check it out. If you're running one, feel free to submit yours.
Now that we're running this, I've got loads of Pull Requests for conferences...
Learn to Read Crypto and Blockchain Data With Our Guide
4.7.2019
Just launched, our free block explorer guide will have you navigating blockchain data like the coolest kid on the block At CoinMarketCap, we have made it a mission to clearly communicate blockchain and crypto concepts in conjunction with providing data […]
The post Learn to Read Crypto...
Japan's Crypto Exchange Association Just Lost Influential Boss
4.7.2019
Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO of Japan’s SBI Group, Yoshitaka Kitao, has stepped aside as the head of the self-governing Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) just over two weeks after he was re-elected to the role.
Kitao is one of the most influential figures on the Japanese...
Coinsquare, Just Cash Partnership Enables Non-Bank ATM Crypto Transactions
3.7.2019
The software upgrade can potentially be introduced to approximately 170,000 machines across America
Haunted: Hooks for Web Components
3.7.2019
I was just chatting with Dave and he told me about Haunted. It's hooks, but for native web components! Pretty cool. I think the existence of stuff like this makes using web components more and more palatable — particularly in that totally-native no-build-step-needed-at-all kinda way.
I...
Toast
3.7.2019
One day, all the sudden, I started hearing jokes about toast. I had no idea what the context was. I assumed some friends just got started telling toast jokes, which isn't rare by any means. But it turns out it was a whole thing. It got me thinking, jeez, if I can't keep up with this stuff when it's...
Restricting a (pseudo) element to its parent’s border-box
2.7.2019
Have you ever wanted to ensure that nothing of a (pseudo) element gets displayed outside its parent's border-box? In case you're having trouble picturing what that looks like, let's say we wanted to get the following result with minimal markup and avoiding brittle CSS.
The desired result.
This...
Set Video Playback Speed with JavaScript
2.7.2019
I love that media has moved from custom plugins (Flash…gross) to basic HTML <video> and <audio> elements. Treating these media sources as just another element allows us to use CSS filters to adjust display, for example. The less we need to do with ffmpeg or plugins, the better. I’ve been...
Tron Enters Top Five Ranking Cryptocurrencies At 861 Points, Just 26 Away From Bitcoin
2.7.2019
It’s a moment of rejoicing for Tron enthusiasts and holders as the cryptocurrency became the fifth largest token on CoinMarketCap, in terms of Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), on Monday, July 1. TRX FCAS is 861 points, just 26 behind market leader Bitcoin. According to @coinmarketcap on July...
Tips for rolling your own lazy loading
1.7.2019
You may have heard (or even issued the call) that “we can just use lazy loading!” when looking for a way to slim down a particularly heavy web page.
Lazy loading is a popular technique for gradually requesting images as they come into view, rather than all at once after the HTML of the page...
NEO Price Analysis: Neo In The Price Correction Phase To Just Bounce Back Soon
1.7.2019
After a successful month of June, July started with an announcement of Node Decentralization progress where the NEO team tweeted about the new NODE on NEO TestNet maintained by NEO SPCC, Saint Petersburg Competence Center. ????Node Decentralization Progress: @neospcc will maintain a NEO TestNet...