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An Introduction and Guide to the CSS Object Model (CSSOM)
10.12.2018
If you've been writing JavaScript for some time now, it's almost certain you've written some scripts dealing with the Document Object Model (DOM). DOM scripting takes advantage of the fact that a web page opens up a set of APIs (or interfaces) so you can manipulate and otherwise deal with elements...
Google Labs Web Components
10.12.2018
I think it's kinda cool to see Google dropping repos of interesting web components. It demonstrates the possibilities of cool new web features and allows them to ship them in a way that's compatible with entirely web standards.
Here's one: <two-up>
I wanted to give it a try, so I linked...
Write React Faster w/ Simple React Snippets
10.12.2018
I'm a big fan of speeding up every part of your development. If you shave off seconds here and there multiple times a day, you'll save a ton of time over the course of a year.
This involves
What do you name color variables?
7.12.2018
What naming scheme do you use for color variables? Have you succeeded at writing CSS that uses color variables in a manner agnostic to the colors they represent?I've tried all of the following, and I have yet to succeed at writing CSS that works well with any color scheme....
Accessible SVG Icons With Inline Sprites
7.12.2018
This is a great look at accessible SVG markup patterns by Marco Hengstenberg. Here's the ideal example:
<button type="button">
Menu
<svg class="svg-icon"
role="img"
height="10"
width="10"
viewBox="0 0 10 10"
aria-hidden="true"
focusable="false">
...
WDRL — Edition 251: Clear Site Data, Edge will use Chromium, Register you SPA as Share Target, And Fix Things Later
7.12.2018
Hey,
The web gets more complicated every week. With each new feature added to browsers, being explored by security reasearchers and other things, it gets harder for developers to grasp all that. Don’t get me wrong — it’s not that I dislike all the new features, I really like many of them. But...
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...
Taháky pro LibreOffice
7.12.2018
Našim čtenářům nabízíme ke stažení, vytištění a používání taháky pro jednotlivé programové moduly kancelářského balíku LibreOffice.
Příspěvek Taháky pro LibreOffice pochází z ExoSpace.cz
Edge’s Announcements
6.12.2018
The public-consumption blog post:
Ultimately, we want to make the web experience better for many different audiences. People using Microsoft Edge (and potentially other browsers) will experience improved compatibility with all web sites, while getting the best-possible battery life and hardware...
Collective #474
6.12.2018
Pika * Shapy * A CSS Venn Diagram * ncc * Building a Simple Virtual DOM from Scratch * Screenshoteer * ForgJs
Collective #474 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Browser Diversity Commentary, Regarding the Edge News
6.12.2018
Still no word from the horse's mouth about the reported EdgeHTML demise, but I hear that's coming later today. The blog posts are starting to roll in about the possible impact of this though.
Andre Garzia: While we Blink, we loose the Web:
Even though Opera, Beaker and Brave are all doing very good...
DRY State Switching With CSS Variables: Fallbacks and Invalid Values
6.12.2018
This is the second post in a two-part series that looks into the way CSS variables can be used to make the code for complex layouts and interactions less difficult to write and a lot easier to maintain. The first installment walks through various use cases where this technique applies. This post...
CSS Selectors are Conditional Statements
6.12.2018
foo {
}
Programmatically, is:
if (element has a class name of "foo") {
}
Descendent selectors are && logic and commas are ||. It just gets more complicated from there, with things like combinators and pseudo selectors. Just look at all the ways styles can cascade.
Jeremy Keith:
If...
Build a To-Do application Using Django and React
6.12.2018
Web development has grown rapidly over the last decade, and there's a long list of frameworks to choose from when building your projects. A developer’s decision on what framework(s) to use for a p
Blockchain and Crypto in the Labor Market: Overview of Salaries, Taxes and the Most In-Demand Jobs
6.12.2018
“Half-a-million-dollar job” and “insane packages”: How much are blockchain specialists paid today and is the demand for their skills as high as before?
The Best JavaScript and CSS Libraries for 2018
6.12.2018
A recap of our favorite web dev resources for 2018, featuring some of the best libraries, frameworks and tools of the past year
Interactive Repulsion Effect with Three.js
6.12.2018
A tutorial on how to recreate the interactive repulsion effect of grid items seen in BestServedBold's Dribbble shot "Holographic-Interactions".
Interactive Repulsion Effect with Three.js was written by Ion D. Filho and published on Codrops
The Software We Pay For
5.12.2018
We did a Web Developer Economics series a few years ago, where we looked at the various costs of being a web developer:
Web Developer Economics: One-Off Software Costs
Web Developer Economics: Hardware Costs
Web Developer Economics: Monthly Service Costs
Web Developer Economics: The Wrapup
I'm...
Create Animated React Apps With React Spring
5.12.2018
One thing that is pivotal to creating great interactive web applications is animations. Animations add life to your applications and improve the overall user experience.
In this tutorial, w
DRY Switching with CSS Variables: The Difference of One Declaration
5.12.2018
This is the first post of a two-part series that looks into the way CSS variables can be used to make the code for complex layouts and interactions less difficult to write and a lot easier to maintain. This first installment walks through various use cases where this technique applies. The second...