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How the Vue Composition API Replaces Vue Mixins
15.4.2020
Looking to share code between your Vue components? If you’re familiar with Vue 2, you’ve probably used a mixin for this purpose. But the new Composition API, which is available now as a plugin for Vue 2 and an upcoming feature of Vue 3, provides a much better solution.
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Using CSS to Set Text Inside a Circle
14.4.2020
You want to set some text inside the shape of a circle with HTML and CSS? That’s crazy talk, right?
Not really! Thanks to shape-outside and some pure CSS trickery it is possible to do exactly that.
However, this can be a fiddly layout option. We have to take lots of different things into...
No-Class CSS Frameworks
13.4.2020
I linked up Water.css not long ago as an interesting sort of CSS framework. No classes. No <h2 class="is-title">. You just use semantic HTML and get styles. Is that going to “scale” very far? Probably not, but it sure is handy for styling things quickly, where — of course...
“What You Said” (Apr. 13), a Weekly Round-Up of Sentiments From the Community
13.4.2020
Welcome back, CoinMarketCap crew! ???? Hope you’re all finding ways to stay sane and active amidst this lockdown. Also gladContinue Reading
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Tips for Writing Animation Code Efficiently
10.4.2020
I’ve been coding web animations and helping others do the same for years now. However, I have yet to see a concise list of tips focused on how to efficiently build animations, so here you go!
I will be using the GreenSock Animation Platform (GSAP). It provides a simple, readable API and solves...
Non-Stimulus Tax Rules You’ll Need This Year
10.4.2020
The IRS has already started crucial initiatives to fight against the COVID-19 crisis, but will they benefit taxpayers?
Bitcoin.com Games Invites You to Celebrate Easter With a 3-in-1 Promotion
10.4.2020
In what seems to be one of the most springtastic events of the year, Bitcoin Games has decided to celebrate this Easter with a new 3-in-1 promotion, Happy Easter, where users can play and win egg-static prizes. As spring and Easter mark a season of renewal, the latest amusement from Bitcoin Games...
New Wrapped Bitcoin Platform Allows You to Transact in BTC Using Tezos
8.4.2020
On April 8, the Bitcoin Association Switzerland (BAS) announced the launch of a new wrapped bitcoin project called Tzbtc. The token will be used on the Tezos network and each token will be backed 1:1 with BTC. The project is now the fourth tokenized project that leverages BTC on another blockchain....
Creating Scheduled Push Notifications
8.4.2020
Scheduled is the key word there — that’s a fairly new thing! When a push notification is scheduled (i.e. “Take your pill” or “You’ve got a flight in 3 hours”) that means it can be shown to the user even if they’ve gone offline. That’s an improvement from the past where push notification...
Peer-to-Peer Crypto Exchange Paxful Now Lets You Trade Bitcoin for Gold
7.4.2020
Paxful's users can now directly trade bitcoin for gold through a new service offered by the peer-to-peer exchange
A Grid of Logos in Squares
6.4.2020
Let’s build a literal grid of squares, and we’ll put the logos of some magazines centered inside each square. I imagine plenty of you have had to build a logo grid before. You can probably already picture it: an area of a site that lists the donors, sponsors, or that is showing off...
Digital Assets Are More Recession-Proof Than You Might Think
6.4.2020
Like gift cards, digital tokens represent claims on future services. In a downturn, they may not lose value as readily as equities and debt
“What You Said” (Apr. 6), a Weekly Round-Up of Sentiments From the Community
6.4.2020
Welcome back, CoinMarketCap family! Glad to see you back here again for another week’s edition of “What You Said“! Let’sContinue Reading
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Continuous Deployments for WordPress Using GitHub Actions
6.4.2020
Continuous Integration (CI) workflows are considered a best practice these days. As in, you work with your version control system (Git), and as you do, CI is doing work for you like running tests, sending notifications, and deploying code. That last part is called Continuous Deployment (CD)....
CSS-Only Marquee Effect
5.4.2020
You make sure the text is more than twice the width of the screen, then use negative translate animations to do the marquee movement.
You’ll probably want to aria-hidden all but one of them if you need to duplicate the text. Or, you could use a very clever CSS trick...
A Glimpse Into CoinMarketCap’s WFH Setup
4.4.2020
Hey CMC-fam! How are you guys holding up working from home?  We understand that increasingly more people around the worldContinue Reading
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A Glimpse Into CoinMarketCap’s Work From Home Setup
4.4.2020
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Some Typography Links
3.4.2020
I just can’t stop bookmarking great links related to typography. I’m afraid I’m going to have to subject you, yet again, to a bunch of them all grouped up. So those of you that care about web type stuff, enjoy.
I know there are lots of good reasons to be excited about variable...
What to Expect When You’re Expecting... the Bitcoin Block Halving
2.4.2020
Bitcoin’s price may not pump the same as it has following previous halving events, several experts explain
typespecimens.io
2.4.2020
If you’re looking for a new typeface for that side project of yours then here’s a great website by John D. Jameson that collects a bunch of the latest type specimen websites. Everything is on display here, from the daring and bold, to those that are a bit more professional and reserved.
Not only...