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Crafting Reusable HTML Templates
19.3.2019
In our last article, we discussed the Web Components specifications (custom elements, shadow DOM, and HTML templates) at a high-level. In this article, and the three to follow, we will put these technologies to the test and examine them in greater detail and see how we can use them in production...
Productivity Tips I've Learned Building Scotch.io
19.3.2019
Productivity is a marathon. The more days and years I put into this coding thing (or anything like fitness for that matter), the more I realize that consistency is far more critical than bursts
Perfect Image Optimization for Mobile with Optimole
14.3.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
In 2015 there were 24,000 different Android devices, and each of them was capable of downloading images. And this was just the beginning. The mobile era is starting to gather pace with mobile visitors starting to eclipse desktop. One thing is certain, building...
The Process of Implementing A UI Design From Scratch
13.3.2019
This is a fantastic post by Ahmad Shadeed. It digs into the practical construction of a header on a website — the kind of work that many of us regularly do. It looks like it's going to be fairly easy to create the header at first, but it starts to get complicated as considerations for screen...
Accessibility is not a “React Problem”
11.3.2019
Leslie Cohn-Wein's main point:
While [lots of divs, inline styles, focus management problems] are valid concerns, it should be noted that nothing in React prevents us from building accessible web apps.
True. I'm quite capable (and sadly, guilty) of building inaccessible interfaces with React...
Building a Universal Application with Nuxt.js and Django
6.3.2019
Introduction
The advent of modern JavaScript libraries such as React.js and Vue.js has transmogrified Front-end web development for the better. These libraries ship with wonderful features
Responsive Designs and CSS Custom Properties: Building a Flexible Grid System
26.2.2019
Last time, we looked at a few possible approaches for declaring and using CSS custom properties in responsive designs. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at CSS variables and how to use them in reusable components and modules. We will learn how to make our variables optional and set fallback...
Build Mobile-Friendly Web Apps with React Native Web
21.2.2019
Over the years, building web applications that are mobile friendly has become easier with the advent of media queries and the introduction of service workers. Using media queries, we could make web
Building a Landing Page Fast Using the Visual Composer Website Builder (Sponsored)
20.2.2019
What if it were possible to build a landing page from top to bottom, including a header and a footer, and do so without any need for writing code? And even if it was possible, could you reasonably expect to do so as easily and quickly as putting together a puzzle designed for children...
Building a modern app using Nest.js, MongoDB and Vue.js
19.2.2019
Introduction
Nest.js introduces a modern way of building Node.js apps by giving it a proper and modular structure out of the box. It was fully built with TypeScript but still preserves com
Testing React and Redux Apps with Jest
5.2.2019
React is a popular library for building user interfaces created by Facebook. Redux on the other hand is a wonderful s
Testing React and Redux Apps with Jest
5.2.2019
React is a popular library for building user interfaces created by Facebook. Redux on the other hand is a wonderful s
Building an Online Retail Dashboard in React
5.2.2019
Building an Online Retail Dashboard in React
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Introduction
Setup
React, Bootstrap and Styled Components
FusionCharts
Google Shee
Buildings Wave Animation with Three.js
30.1.2019
A tutorial on how to create a 3D building wave animation with three.js and TweenMax.
Buildings Wave Animation with Three.js was written by Ion D. Filho and published on Codrops
Building a RECIPE app using Prisma and React
21.1.2019
In the last couple of years, GraphQL has taken on the scene in terms of frontend development due to the various
STAR Apps: A New Generation of Front-End Tooling for Development Workflows
18.1.2019
Product teams from AirBnb and New York Times to Shopify and Artsy (among many others) are converging on a new set of best practices and technologies for building the web apps that their businesses depend on. This trend reflects core principles and solve underlying problems that we may share, so...
Building a Video Blog with Gatsby and Markdown (MDX)
15.1.2019
Since the dawn of the web, performance has been an important factor for web development because slow speeds often lead to a loss of visitors and, ultimately, depletion in revenue for commercial sit
Build a Blog Using Express.js and React in 30 Minutes
14.1.2019
Building a web server sounds complicated, but it doesn't have to be! What if I told you that you can create a web server with just a couple lines of code? Yes! You can do things like this using Exp
Converting Color Spaces in JavaScript
10.1.2019
A challenge I faced in building an image "emojifier" was that I needed to change the color spaces of values obtained using getImageData() from RGB to HSL. I used arrays of emojis arranged by brightness and saturation, and they were HSL-based for the best matches of average pixel colors with...
Building Responsive WordPress Forms
10.1.2019
Within the arsenal of every WordPress developer exists a toolbox of plugins used to implement key features on a website. Forms, up until now, have been a point of contention for most developers, given that no form plugins have offered seamless integration with existing website code. Therefore...