(This is a sponsored post.) Hey! Scheduled Functions are cool! Think of them like a CRON job. I want this code to run every Monday at 2pm. I want this code run every hour on the hour. That kind …
Netlify Has Scheduled Functions originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
You know how there are JavaScript dialogs for alerting, confirming, and prompting user actions? Say you want to replace JavaScript dialogs with the new HTML dialog element. Let me explain. I recently worked on a project with a lot of …
Replace JavaScript Dialogs With the New HTML Dialog Element originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
https://css-tricks.com/replace-javascript-dialogs-html-dialog-element/
A little gradient generator tool from Tom Quinonero. You’d think fading one color to another would be an obvious, simple, solved problem — it’s actually anything but! Tom’s generator does two things that help make a gradient better:
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Using Different Color Spaces for Non-Boring Gradients originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
https://css-tricks.com/color-spaces-for-more-interesting-css-gradients/
Virtual conferences have changed the game in terms of how a presenter is able to deliver content to an audience. At a live event it’s likely you just have your laptop, but at home, you may have multiple monitors so …
CSS Scroll Snap Slide Deck That Supports Live Coding originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
The relatively new WordPress editor, also known as the WordPress Block Editor, always under development via the Gutenberg plugin, has been with us since 2018. You can use the block editor on any WordPress theme, provided the theme …
A Deep Introduction to WordPress Block Themes originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
https://css-tricks.com/a-deep-introduction-to-wordpress-block-themes/
Pedro Santos suggests:
Using naming conventions such that you can learn them once and apply them everywhere Unidirectional data flows. Make it easy to follow the app flow. No magic numbers. I’d add they are even worse in CSS
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Building a newbie-friendly codebase originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
I interviewed Thierry Koblentz, creator of Atomic CSS, to understand the history and background that led to making of the popular CSS framework. Thierry, now retired, has vast experience writing CSS at large scale and has previously worked …
The Making of Atomic CSS: An Interview With Thierry Koblentz originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
Here’s a super classy demo from Michelle Barker over on Codrops that shows how to build a scrollable and draggable timeline with GSAP. It’s an interesting challenge to have two different interactions (vertical scrolling and horizontal dragging) be tied together …
Building a Scrollable and Draggable Timeline with GSAP originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
https://css-tricks.com/building-a-scrollable-and-draggable-timeline-wit
The ability to identify users is vital for maintaining the security of any applications. Equally important is the code that’s written to manage user identities, particularly when it comes to avoiding loopholes for unauthorized access to data held by an …
User Registration and Auth Using Firebase and React originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
https://css-tricks.com/user-registration-authentication-firebase-react/
Jim Nielsen’s mom couldn’t open a website. Jim worked on confirming the issue and documented how he got to the bottom of it:
“[…] well it can’t be a browser issue. It’s not like my Mom is using Internet Explorer!
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The Optional Chaining Operator, “Modern” Browsers, and My Mom originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should get the newsletter and become a supporter.
https://css-tricks.com/the-optional-chaining-operator-modern-browsers-and-my-mom/