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No, Absolutely Not
19.11.2019
I think the difference between a junior and senior front-end developer isn't in their understanding or familiarity with a particular tech stack, toolchain, or whether they can write flawless code. Instead, it all comes down to this: how they push back against bad ideas.
What I've learned this year...
How Do You Remove Unused CSS From a Site?
19.11.2019
Here's what I'd like you to know upfront: this is a hard problem. If you've landed here because you're hoping to be pointed at a tool you can run that tells you exactly what CSS you can delete from your project, well... there are tools out there, but I'm warning you to be very careful with them...
serpstack
19.11.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Is it your job to keep an eye on your company's search engine placement? Or your clients? Or are you building a tool to do just that? Manually Googling stuff isn't going to scale particularly well there. Wouldn't it be nice if you could hit an API and it would return...
Real-Time Google Search Results API with serpstack (Sponsored)
19.11.2019
In my early web days, I was interested in scraping and collecting data based on the results of Google searches. Scraping Google was easier in those days but now Google search results are so dynamic that you can’t rely on getting the same HTML or data structure back. Add in CAPTCHAs, rate...
The Kind of Development I Like
18.11.2019
I'm turning 40 next year (yikes!) and even though I've been making websites for over 25 years, I feel like I'm finally beginning to understand the kind of development I like. Expectedly, these are not new revelations and my views can be summed up by two older Computer Science adages that pre-date...
We asked web developers we admire: “What about building websites has you interested this year?”
18.11.2019
For the first time ever here on CSS-Tricks, we're going to do an end-of-year series of posts. Like an Advent calendar riff, only look at us, we're beating the Advent calendar rush! We'll be publishing several articles a day from a variety of web developers we look up to, where gave them all...
Ways to Organize and Prepare Images for a Blur-Up Effect Using Gatsby
18.11.2019
Gatsby does a great job processing and handling images. For example, it helps you save time with image optimization because you don’t have to manually optimize each image on your own.
With plugins and some configuration, you can even setup image preloading and a technique called blur-up for your...
Crypto Mixer Review: All You Should Know About Bitcoin Tumbler
18.11.2019
Disclaimer: The text below is a sponsored article.
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It is easy to get carried away by the excitement of the crypto space thinking that your transactions are anonymous. In reality, they’re not despite the fact that Bitcoin was originally made to be used anonymously. These days with...
Bank of America Ices Ex-PayPal CFO’s Account, ‘Did You Buy Any Bitcoin?’
18.11.2019
Karma? Ex-PayPal CFO has his bank account arbitrarily closed, crypto community thinks it is because of buying BTC
Here’s What You Missed at BlockShow Asia 2019
16.11.2019
The event has seen industry experts share insights on everything from Bitcoin to China’s digital currency and how blockchain will shape the future
The Crypto Companies Reinventing the Wallet
15.11.2019
You wouldn’t think there was much to improve about cryptocurrency wallets. Save for a few UX improvements here and there, what’s to reinvent? A surprising amount, it turns out. This year has seen a resurgence in wallet investment and innovation, with VCs throwing funds at startups...
The Amazingly Useful Tools from Yoksel
15.11.2019
I find myself web searching for some tool by Yoksel at least every month. I figured I'd list out some of my favorites here in case you aren't aware of them.
Need to duo-tone an image? SVG filters can do that. Lentie Ward wrote about it for us, and Yoksel has a tool to create the filters...
How We Perform Frontend Testing on StackPath’s Customer Portal
15.11.2019
Nice post from Thomas Ladd about how their front-end team does testing. The list feels like a nice place to be:
TypeScript - A language, but you're essentially getting various testing for free (passing the right arguments and types of variables)
Jest - Unit tests. JavaScript functions are doing...
Bakkt’s Cash-Settled BTC Futures Could Make Bitcoin More Mainstream: Jennifer Ilkiw
15.11.2019
As you may have heard, earlier this week, CoinMarketCap held its first ever conference — The Capital — in Singapore. One of the event’s keynote speakers was Jennifer Ilkiw — vice president of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Asia Pacific.  ICE — […]
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[Updated] Bakkt’s Cash-Settled BTC Futures Could Make Bitcoin More Mainstream: Jennifer Ilkiw
15.11.2019
As you may have heard, earlier this week, CoinMarketCap held its first ever conference — The Capital — in Singapore.Continue Reading
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[Updated] Bakkt’s Cash-Settled BTC Futures Could Make Bitcoin More Mainstream: Jennifer Ilkiw
15.11.2019
As you may have heard, earlier this week, CoinMarketCap held its first ever conference — The Capital — in Singapore.Continue Reading
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Justin Sun admits to investing in Poloniex
15.11.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 14 November, 2019 Bold “Live dangerously and you live right.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe CoinMarketCap fam! If you missed our first ever CoinMarketCap conference, 'The Capital', here is a quick recap on the juicy bits […]
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Justin Sun admits to investing in Poloniex
15.11.2019
CoinMarketCap Daily Newsletter Your daily newsletter for 14 November, 2019 Bold “Live dangerously and you live right.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe CoinMarketCap fam! If you missed our first ever CoinMarketCap conference, 'The Capital', here is a quick recap on the juicy bits […]
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Learn UI Design
14.11.2019
Erik Kennedy's course Learn UI Design is open for enrollment for less than a week. Disclosure, that link is our affiliate link. I'm linking to it here because I think this is worthy of your time and money if you're looking to become a good UI designer.
I think of Erik sorta like the Wes Bos...
Finally, it Will Be Easy to Change the Color of List Bullets
14.11.2019
In my germinating years, the general advice was this:
<ul>
<li><span>List item</span></li>
<!-- ... -->
</ul>
li { color: red; } /* bullet */
li span (color: black; } /* text */
Not terrible, but not great. You're "resetting" everything...