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Typography for Developers
27.2.2019
This is intended as a practical guide for developers to learn web typography. We’ll cover a range of practical and useful topics, like how to choose and use custom fonts on the web, but more importantly, how to lay text out to create a pleasant user experience. We’ll go over the principles...
Create Your First Visual Studio Code Extension
26.2.2019
When Visual Studio Code doesn't do what you want it to, you install an extension. When you can't find an extension that does exactly what you need, you create your own! In this article, we will loo
How to Create a Fake 3D Image Effect with WebGL
20.2.2019
Learn how to create an interactive "fake" 3D effect for images with depth maps and plain WebGL.
How to Create a Fake 3D Image Effect with WebGL was written by Yuriy Artyukh and published on Codrops
SVG Filter Effects: Creating Texture with <feTurbulence>
19.2.2019
Learn how you can use the powerful SVG filter primitive <feTurbulence> to create your own textures and distortion effects.
SVG Filter Effects: Creating Texture with <feTurbulence> was written by Sara Soueidan and published on Codrops
Using the Little-Known CSS element() Function to Create a Minimap Navigator
5.2.2019
W3C’s CSS Working Group often gives us brilliant CSS features to experiment with. Sometimes we come across something so cool that sticks a grin on our face, but it vanishes right away because we think, “that’s great, but what do I do with it?” The element() function was like that for me. It’s a...
SVG Filter Effects: Duotone Images with <feComponentTransfer>
5.2.2019
This fourth article in our SVG Filter series will show you how to use feComponentTransfer to create a duotone filter effect.
SVG Filter Effects: Duotone Images with <feComponentTransfer> was written by Sara Soueidan and published on Codrops
Custom Cursor Effects
31.1.2019
A collection of five demos and a tutorial on how to create animated custom cursor effects for interactive elements like navigations, galleries and carousels.
Custom Cursor Effects was written by Stefan Kaltenegger and published on Codrops
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
SVG Filter Effects: Outline Text with <feMorphology>
22.1.2019
In this second part of our SVG Filter series you'll learn all about the feMorphology filter, how it works and how you can use it to create interesting effects.
SVG Filter Effects: Outline Text with <feMorphology> was written by Sara Soueidan and published on Codrops
Create Smart WordPress Forms in Less Than 5 Minutes with WPForms
17.1.2019
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How I Built a GPS-Powered Weather Clock With My Old iPhone 4
17.1.2019
My first smartphone was an iPhone 4s. I remember the excitement of exploring its capabilities at a time when it was the coolest thing around. Eventually, of course, I replaced it with a newer model and the old iPhone, still in mint condition, gathered dust for two years. What a waste!
But was...
SVG Filters 101
15.1.2019
The first article in a series on SVG filters. This guide will help you understand what they are and show you how to use them to create your own visual effects.
SVG Filters 101 was written by Sara Soueidan and published on Codrops
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
Why we need CSS subgrid
11.1.2019
I’m a huge fan of CSS Grid and I use it on pretty much every project these days. However, there’s one part of it that makes things much more complicated than they really ought to be: the lack of subgrids. And in this post on the matter, Ken Bellows explains why they’d be so gosh darn useful:
But...
Animated Mesh Lines
8.1.2019
A set of five demos with animated WebGL lines created with the THREE.MeshLine library. Find out how to animate and build these lines to create your own animations.
Animated Mesh Lines was written by Jérémie Boulay and published on Codrops
How To Create & Sell Online Courses In WordPress For Free
8.1.2019
One of the most profitable ways of turning your blog into a business is creating and selling an online course. In this guide, we’re going to show you how...
The post How To Create & Sell Online Courses In WordPress For Free appeared first on Onextrapixel
Ease-y Breezy: A Primer on Easing Functions
18.12.2018
During the past few months, I’ve been actively teaching myself how to draw and animate SVG shapes. I’ve been using CSS transitions, as well as tools like D3.js, react-motion and GSAP, to create my animations.
One thing about animations in general and the documentation these and other animation...
Convert Class Components to Functional Components in a React Project (Solution to Code Challenge #14)
14.12.2018
Last week on the code challenge we set out to refactor some class components in a create-react-app proj
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...
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