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The Fight Against Layout Jank
11.7.2019
A web page isn't locked in stone just because it has rendered visually. Media assets, like images, can come in and cause the layout to shift based on their size, which typically isn't known in fluid layouts until they do render. Or fonts can load and reflow layout. Or XHRs can bring in more content...
Types or Tests: Why Not Both?
10.7.2019
Every now and then, a debate flares up about the value of typed JavaScript. "Just write more tests!" yell some opponents. "Replace unit tests with types!" scream others. Both are right in some ways, and wrong in others. Twitter affords little room for nuance. But in the space of this article we...
Poloniex Crypto Exchange Users Can Now Use Cards and Bank Accounts
10.7.2019
Poloniex customers can now use credit and debit cards or bank account deposits to purchase crypto
VS Code Screencast Mode
10.7.2019
VS Code has many great tools hidden deep within its settings. One of those tools is screencast mode.
Screencast mode will display keyboard presses.
You can
Developing a robust font loading strategy for CSS-Tricks
10.7.2019
Zach Leatherman worked closely with Chris to figure out the font loading strategy for this very website you're reading. Zach walks us through the design in this write-up and shares techniques that can be applied to other projects.
Spoiler alert: Font loading is a complex and important part of...
IndieWeb and Webmentions
9.7.2019
The IndieWeb is a thing! They've got a conference coming up and everything. The New Yorker is even writing about it:
Proponents of the IndieWeb offer a fairly straightforward analysis of our current social-media crisis. They frame it in terms of a single question: Who owns the servers? The bulk...
Top 10 Dapps on Ethereum
9.7.2019
If you follow the news of Blockchain and Ethereum, you probably heard of CryptoKitties. CryptoKitties is an Ethereum Dapp where players can buy, sell and breed virtual kitties. Rare kitties can sell for more than 100,000 USD, and when the […]
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Animating with Clip-Path
9.7.2019
clip-path is one of those CSS properties we generally know is there but might not reach for often for whatever reason. It’s a little intimidating in the sense that it feels like math class because it requires working with geometric shapes, each with different values that draw certain shapes...
Dogecoin Price Analysis: Dogecoin (DOGE) Price Ready For Upsurge; Coin Can Touch $0.004 Again
9.7.2019
The crypto market opens with a bullish trend. This uptrend strikes two days in a row, and as a result, many coins which were drenched in the blood are green in color. Bitcoin has once again crossed $12,000 and is dealing around $12,600. Bitcoin price movement affects Dogecoin to a large extent....
Crypto Friendly Regulation can Help UK Brexit, Says $10 Billion Advisory Giant
9.7.2019
Britain should not miss the chance to get ahead of E.U. on crypto after Brexit, says deVere
React Starter: Editor Tools
8.7.2019
Before we move into more coding with React, let's talk about the tools that can help us streamline our React development. We want to go into our React development as well equipped as possible!
VS Code June Update: Status Bar Updates, Indent Guides, and more
8.7.2019
It's amazing that VS Code can consistently come out with meaningful updates month after month. The commitment that team has to the needs of the community
‘Don’t Worry We Can Just Print More Money’ – Swedish Central Bank Ponders -1.5% Interest Rate
6.7.2019
At a press conference on Wednesday, the head of the Swedish Central Bank admitted that interest rates could potentially go as low as -1.5%, and quipped that Swedes likely wouldn’t even protest. Other countries implementing negative interest rate policies are producing lukewarm results that...
Competing Stablecoins Can’t Topple Tether
6.7.2019
Love, hate or fear it, there’s no avoiding tether (USDT). Its shadow looms over the cryptoconomy, supplying sanctuary in times of volatility, providing fiat capital inflow and acting as a lightning rod for crypto critics who believe it’s propping up the price of bitcoin. Over the past...
This Rare ‘Physical’ Bitcoin Can Be Yours for $99,000
5.7.2019
A physical bitcoin is selling on eBay for $99,000
The Twelfth Fourth
4.7.2019
CSS-Tricks is 12 years old! Firmly into that Early Adolescence stage, I'd say ;) As we do each year, let's reflect upon the past year. I'd better have something to say, right? Otherwise, John Prine would get mad at me.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in...
Tether Stablecoin: Can the Crypto Market Live Without It?
4.7.2019
What will it take for the markets to escape Tether’s influence and can it do it at all?
39,000 More Merchants Can Accept Litecoin With Flexa Integration
4.7.2019
Litecoin is now accepted by around 40,000 more merchants including Whole Foods, following integration with Flexa network
Menus with “Dynamic Hit Areas”
3.7.2019
Flyout menus! The second you need to implement a menu that uses a hover event to display more menu items, you're in tricky territory. For one, they should work with clicks and taps, too. Without that, you've broken the menu for anyone without a mouse. That doesn't mean you can't also use :hover....
React Starter: How does JSX make HTML elements?
3.7.2019
JSX makes making React components easier. Some may find JSX to have a high learning curve and that's totally understandable. It's not exactly HTML and it's not exactly JavaScript, so it can take so