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Weekly Platform News: Text Spacing Bookmarklet, Top-Level Await, New AMP Loading Indicator
5.9.2019
In this week's roundup, a handy bookmarklet for inspecting typography, using await to tinker with how JavaScript modules import one another, plus Facebook's in-app browser is only posing as one. Let's get into the news!
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How Bridging Blockchains Unlocks Value and Unites Crypto Tribes
12.8.2019
Interoperability is a multisyllabic word for a multi-faceted problem. How do you get blockchains to communicate with one another? Until recently, there’s been no easy way to achieve this, leaving assets isolated and smart contract-powered dapps siloed on their respective protocols. Before...
Can the Fed Kill Bitcoin? Navigating the Chokepoints of Tax Law and KYC
9.8.2019
Taxes. The one word that can kill any buzz in seconds flat. Whether you’re a libertarian ranting about how taxation is theft or one of those fabled creatures who is actually happy to file them as their so-called civic duty, one fact remains: those who don’t give the government a bite...
Facebook's Word Play Puts Libra's Promise Under Question
24.7.2019
David Marcus, co-creator of Libra, head of their Calibra wallet. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube
Until the necessary regulatory approvals are gained, Facebook's Libra will not be launched, David Marcus, co-creator of Libra, head of their Calibra wallet, said on multiple occasions. But what...
[aktualita] Microsoft Word překročil na Androidu miliardu instalací
15.7.2019
Mobilní verze Microsoft Wordu překročila miliardu instalací registrovaných v aplikačním obchodu Google Play, podařilo se mu to jako vůbec prvnímu původnímu produktu Microsoftu v historii. Na fakt upozornil web Android Police. Ostatní klíčové aplikace ze sady Office (Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote...
The Future of Websites: Headless CMSs
3.7.2019
Since their introduction, content management systems (CMS) have made life easier for website developers, site owners, and administrators alike. Platforms like Word
Černý režim, žblepty a citace podle ISO. Tyto triky pro Word vám chyběly
26.4.2019
Microsoft Word patří k nejpoužívanějším programům na světě. Většina uživatelů však zná jen maličký zlomek dostupných funkcí. A to je podle nás škoda. Word totiž obsahuje hodně užitečných nástrojů, o kterých skoro nikdo neví. Připravili jsme přehled triků a zkratek, které vám ušetří čas...
Překvapivě produktivní. Tyto málo známé triky vám ušetří čas ve Wordu
26.4.2019
Microsoft Word patří k nejpoužívanějším programům na světě. Většina uživatelů však zná jen maličký zlomek dostupných funkcí. A to je podle nás škoda. Word totiž obsahuje hodně užitečných nástrojů, o kterých skoro nikdo neví. Připravili jsme přehled triků a zkratek, které vám ušetří čas...
Powers of Two
28.3.2019
Refactoring is one of those words that evokes fear in the eyes of many folks, from developers to product owners and everyone in between. It may as well be a four-letter word in many ways. It's also something that we talk about quite a bit around here because, like books on the topic, where to start...
CSS Remedy
4.3.2019
There is a 15-year history of CSS resets. In fact, a "reset" isn't really the right word. Tantek Çelik's take in 2004 was called "undohtml.css" and it wasn't until a few years later when Eric Meyer called his version a reset, that the word became the default term. When Normalize came around,...
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20.2.2019
Did you see this Facebook crap?
"Why do I need a 4Ghz quadcore to run facebook?" This is why. A single word split up into 11 HTML DOM elements to avoid adblockers. pic.twitter.com/Zv4RfInrL0
— Mike Pan (@themikepan) February 6, 2019
I popped over to Facebook to verify that and what...
The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Algorithms: Search and Replace
8.2.2019
The "Search and Replace" functionality is very common within word processing applications used for creating notes, documents and things of that nature. In this challenge, we implem
The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Algorithms: Finding the Longest Word In a Sentence
7.2.2019
Finding the longest word in a string of text is a very common algorithmic challenge in the JavaScript world. In this article we examine three ways to solve this challenge, with each method showcasi
Angular, Autoprefixer, IE11, and CSS Grid Walk into a Bar…
18.1.2019
I am attracted to the idea that you shouldn't care how the code you author ends up in the browser. It's already minified. It's already gzipped. It's already transmogrified (real word!) by things that polyfill it, things that convert it into code that older browsers understand, things that make...
The practical value of semantic HTML
7.1.2019
I love how Bruce steps up to the plate here:
If the importance of good HTML isn’t well-understood by the newer breed of JavaScript developers, then it’s my job as a DOWF (Dull Old Web Fart) to explain it.
Then he points out some very practical situations in which good HTML brings meaningful...
WordCamp US 2018
4.1.2019
I recently attended and had the chance to speak at WordCamp US 2018 in Nashville. I had a great time. I love conferences that bring people together around a tight theme because it's very likely you'll have something to talk about with every person there. Plus, I rather like WordPress and...
Browser Diversity Commentary, Regarding the Edge News
6.12.2018
Still no word from the horse's mouth about the reported EdgeHTML demise, but I hear that's coming later today. The blog posts are starting to roll in about the possible impact of this though.
Andre Garzia: While we Blink, we loose the Web:
Even though Opera, Beaker and Brave are all doing very good...
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web
11.7.2018
Hyperlinks are the oldest and the most popular feature of the web. The word hypertext (which is the ht in http/s) means text having hyperlinks. The ability to link to other people’s hypertext made the web, a web — a set of connected pages. This fundamental feature has made the web a very...
Versioning Interview
11.6.2018
Adam Roberts (who you might recognize from our interview with him), interviewed me for the Versioning newsletter. I'm publishing my answers here for y'alls perusal as well!
Which dev/tech idea or trend excites you the most at the moment, and why?
I love that new JavaScript has arrived. I don’t...
Where Lines Break is Complicated. Here’s all the Related CSS and HTML.
9.5.2018
Say you have a really long word within some text inside an element that isn't wide enough to hold it. A common cause of that is a long URL finding it's way into copy. What happens? It depends on the CSS. How that CSS is controlling the layout and what the CSS is telling the text to do.
This...