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Simple Crazy Buttons in VanillaJS (Solution to Code Challenge #15)
11.2.2019
Last week on the code challenge #15 we set out to complete a challenge on manipulating DOM properties
The Slow and Steady Refactor
28.1.2019
Over the past week or so, I’ve been reading Refactoring by Martin Fowler and it’s all about how to make sweeping changes to a large codebase in a way that doesn’t cause everything to break. I bring this up because there’s a lot of really good notes in this book that have challenged my recent...
Convert Class Components to Functional Components in a React Project (Solution to Code Challenge #14)
14.12.2018
Last week on the code challenge we set out to refactor some class components in a create-react-app proj
Prototypes and production
11.12.2018
There’s an interesting distinction that Jeremy Keith defines between prototype code and production code in this post and I’ve been thinking about it all week:
...every so often, we use the materials of front-end development—HTML, CSS, and JavaScript—to produce something that isn’t intended...
Get Started w/ Prisma for Super Simple GraphQL
14.11.2018
Almost every week we get to see a new tool or product being released for GraphQL development. Yeah, that's how hot the GraphQL ecosystem is currently is. Today, we'll be looking at one of the tools
Change Mac Brightness from Command Line
24.10.2018
Earlier this week I posted about how you can modify your Mac’s volume from command line. Little command line scripts make me smile because I spend so much of my day in command line, and automation can be the key to productivity. I next thought about modifying brightness from command line...
Script & Style Show: Episode 16: JavaScript & LEDs with Kristina Durivage
23.7.2018
In this episode: Todd’s back from an amazing conference and David sees this week’s guest as being the ticket to making his kids thing he’s a super hero. The amazing Kristina Durivage stops by to talk JavaScript, electrical engineering and unusual uses of LEDs for programming...
WDRL — Edition 236: Dream Big But Stay Small; Simple, Correct, Fast; And 4 Days Per Week Work.
20.7.2018
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Building technology and software has become a very responsible job. We not only need to think about building an inclusive solution but also need to incorporate ethics, reliability and security. As developers we need to stand up for these factors and sometimes even need to stop other from...
Script & Style Show: Episode 14: CSS filters and mix-blend-mode with Tim Thomas
6.7.2018
In this week’s episode: David uses City Slickers to illustrate his sorrow over turning 35 years old while Todd tries to talk him down. Tim Thomas stops by to demo some really awesome animated effects you can do with CSS’ mix-blend-mode and filter. The demos are outstanding and really...
Here’s the thing about “unused CSS” tools
18.6.2018
There are a lot of tools that aim to help you remove "unused CSS" from your project. Never a week goes by that I don't see a tool for this being shared or promoted. It must strike some kind of perfect chord for some developers. I care about performance, and I know that reducing file sizes is good...
Code Challenge #11: JavaScript Functional Programming
12.6.2018
Previously on the code challenge #10, we delved into lazy loading images for performance, you can check out the challenge post and solution.
This week on the code challenge, we'll be re-visi
Script & Style Show: Episode 11: Ionic Framework with Max Lynch
1.6.2018
In this episode: David blames his wife for getting sick and missing last week’s show, Todd’s got a new Jeep, and David then blames his wife for not letting him have a Jeep. Oh, and Max Lynch of Ionic Framework fame stops by to talk about Ionic, Stencil, Web Components, the state...
Lazy Load Animal Memes with Intersection Observer
29.5.2018
Last week we on the code challenge #7 we delved into lazy loading images for increased performance of web pages. Yet to take the challenge? You can do so
Just One Top Crypto Bucked This Week’s Market Downturn
25.5.2018
Shadowing the losses in bitcoin, the top-25 cryptocurrencies have all fallen over the last seven days – all bar one, that is
Most Big Cryptos Dropped this Week – These Two Bucked the Trend
11.5.2018
The crypto markets are set to end the second week of May on a low note, with all but a few, such as bytecoin and zilliqa, showing significant losses
Locate and identify website visitors by IP address
10.5.2018
(This is a sponsored post.)
Big thanks to ipstack for sponsoring CSS-Tricks this week!
Have you ever had the need to know the general location of a visitor of your website? You can get that information, without having to explicitly ask for it, by the user’s IP address. You’re just going to need...
Build A Scroll-Spy Navbar (Solution to Code Challenge #9)
7.5.2018
Last week we put out a challenge to build out a scroll-spy navbar. Scroll-spy navbars are great and highlights th
Kinsta
19.4.2018
(This is a sponsored post.)
Huge thanks to Kinsta for sponsoring CSS-Tricks this week! We're big fans of WordPress around here, and know some of you out there are too. So this might come of interest: Kinsta is WordPress hosting that runs on Google Cloud Platform. And in fact, it's officially...
Script & Style Show: Episode 7: Open Source with Ashley Grant
14.4.2018
On this week’s episode we welcome Ashley Grant of Aurelia fame to talk about open source: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the scary. Enjoy!
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Script & Style Show: Episode 6: Debugging with Jason Laster
7.4.2018
On this week’s episode: we welcome my colleague Jason Laster from Mozilla to speak about the Firefox DevTools debugger. We talk debugging, console shame, the future of JavaScript debuggers, and more! Have ideas for the next episode? Comment below!
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