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Amazing User Agent API with userstack
17.1.2019
We do our best to design and code websites so that they look and perform the way they should regardless of device or browser, but the truth is we sometimes we need to code for specific device, browser, or crawler. Whether it’s a quick hack or a simply wanting to display different content...
How I Built a GPS-Powered Weather Clock With My Old iPhone 4
17.1.2019
My first smartphone was an iPhone 4s. I remember the excitement of exploring its capabilities at a time when it was the coolest thing around. Eventually, of course, I replaced it with a newer model and the old iPhone, still in mint condition, gathered dust for two years. What a waste!
But was...
Souhrn 51. a 52. týdne
2.1.2019
Heslovitě: Intl.ListFormat API. Julia 1.0.3. Huawei. Sandspiel. Perl pro zelenáče. VirtualBox 6.0.0. Windows Sandbox. Remove.bg. Flux. Tablexia. Eclipse 4.10. Mockman. Canvas.apps.chrome. Počítač z měňavky. Public domain 1923. PyText. WakeLock. Electron 4.0.0. Ruby 2.6.0. NetBeans IDE 10.0. Všemi...
Gradient Borders in CSS
28.12.2018
Let's say you need a gradient border around an element. My mind goes like this:
There is no simple obvious CSS API for this.
I'll just make a wrapper element with a linear-gradient background, then an inner element will block out most of that background, except a thin line of padding around...
Collective #478
20.12.2018
#merryCSSmas * JavaScript Getter-Setter Pyramid * XmasTree Game * Ouch! * WakeLock API * Reversing an Easing Curve
Collective #478 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
The Fragmented, But Evolving State of CSS-in-JS
20.12.2018
TLDR: The CSS-in-JS community has converged on a consistent API.
Not so long ago, a Facebook engineer compiled a list of the available CSS-in-JS methodologies. It wasn’t short:
aphrodite, babel-plugin-css-in-js, babel-plugin-pre-style, bloody-react-styled, classy, csjs, css-constructor, css-light...
Two Ways to Build a Site That Seem Super Different But Weirdly Aren’t That Different
14.12.2018
Here are two ways to build a site (abstractly) that feel diametrically opposed to me:
Build a site as an SPA (Single Page App). The page loads a skeleton HTML page that executes JavaScript as quickly as it can. The JavaScript calls an API to get data, and then the page renders content. Navigation...
Ambient Canvas Backgrounds
13.12.2018
Five ambient webpage backgrounds created using the HTML5 Canvas API and jwagner's Simplex Noise library.
Ambient Canvas Backgrounds was written by Sean Free and published on Codrops
[aktualita] Další chyba urychlila konec Google Plus, služba skončí už v dubnu
11.12.2018
Google oznámil, že objevil další potenciální problém v Google Plus, který se týkal asi 52,5 milionů uživatelů. Chyba v API dávala aplikacím třetích stran přístup k osobním datům na profilech uživatelů jako je jméno, e-mailová adresa, věk, zaměstnání a další. TIP: Requiem za Google Plus....
Compound Components in React Using the Context API
7.12.2018
Compound components in React allow you to create components with some form of connected state that’s managed amongst themselves. A good example is the Form component in Semantic UI React.
To see how we can implement compound components in a real-life React application, we’ll build a compound...
Collective #473
3.12.2018
Christmas XP 2018 * humaaans * Christmas Designs * Overreacted * HTML Canvas API Tutorial * State of UX in 2019
Collective #473 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Authenticating a GraphQL API with AWS
3.12.2018
In my previous post, "Creating a GraphQL API with AWS", we walked through & learned how to create an AWS AppSyn
Embed a Blog Onto Any Website With DropInBlog
30.11.2018
With DropInBlog, you can embed a blog into your site in only three minutes. A quick JavaScript/HTML widget, or a full-featured JSON API, is all it takes.
A headless blog you can take anywhere
Ever been working on your existing static site or anything that wasn’t built with WordPress, wanted...
GraphQL API with AWS and Use with React
26.11.2018
GraphQL has become a go-to API implementation for developers looking to take advantage of features liketype safety, network efficiency, real-time data with subscriptions & more.
Building
Collective #468
15.11.2018
State of Houdini * Turtletoy * VisBug * Squoosh * The Writable Files API * Web.dev (beta) * Inlining or Caching? Both Please!
Collective #468 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Real-time Geolocation & Reverse IP Lookup with ipapi (Sponsored)
22.10.2018
There’s an incredible amount you can do when you know where your web visitor is located. You can target advertising to the user, you can load maps of nearby search queries, you can localize website verbiage, you can customize content for their region, etc. I guess what I’m trying...
WDRL — Edition 237: HTTP Not Secure in Chrome, PWA Retrospective, Page Lifecycle API, And Plastic Roads
27.7.2018
Hey,
My Twitter timeline sometimes results in an interesting mix between various topics from the tech industry, politics and human or environmental matters. Today I had such a moment when I scrolled and two tweets made a great connection without the authors knowing about it. First, I read that...
Collective #436
26.7.2018
Page Lifecycle API * Keyframes * Rockstar * Terminalizer * Malvid * Callback Exercises * DOM-wait * Pure CSS Stack * Weird things variable fonts can do
Collective #436 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Realtime Cryptocurrency Rates API with coinlayer
24.7.2018
Last year when cryptocurrencies were gaining massively in value each month, I badly wanted to create a personal web project which would let me quickly buy and sell crypto outside of brokers like Coinbase; the problem I ran into was not having a reliable API for doing so. I recently discovered...
PSA: Yes, Serverless Still Involves Servers.
16.7.2018
You clever dog. You've rooted it out! It turns out when you build things with serverless technology you're still using servers. Pardon the patronizing tone there, I've seen one-too-many hot takes at this point where someone points this fact out and trots away triumphantly.
And yes, because...