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• gqless | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  It’s very satisfying to write an understandable-looking query for whatever you want and then use that data in templates.
• Editable Style Blocks - CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  We know that different HTML elements do different things. But some HTML elements operate behind the scenes and sometimes we just don't thin…
• Understand why CSS has no effect with the Inactive CSS rules indicator in Firefox DevTools (Css Tricks)
  It's useful when DevTools tells you that a declaration is invalid. For example, colr: red; isn't valid because colr isn't a valid property.
• let vs. const | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  There are multiple ways to declare variables in JavaScript.
• Overlaying Video With Transparency While Wrangling Cross-Browser Support (Css Tricks)
  As websites are becoming more and more dynamic when it comes to design, there is sometimes a need to incorporate complex, animated elements.
• Custom State Pseudo-Classes in Chrome (Css Tricks)
  There is an increasing number of “custom” features on the web platform.
• Progressive Web Apps in 2021 (Css Tricks)
  Maximiliano Firtman has a look at PWAs this year, including trying to get a bead on how widespread they are: At the end of 2020, approximat…
• The Deno Company (Css Tricks)
  I’m sure a lot of you are paying attention to Deno anyway, the next-gen Java Script-on-the-sever project from Node creator Ryan Dahl, espec…
• CSS Nesting, specificity, and you (Css Tricks)
  Here’s Kilian Valkhof on CSS nesting which isn't available in browsers yet, but will be soon.
• Considerations for Making a CSS Framework (Css Tricks)
  Lessons learned from building a framework (Halfmoon) using CSS variables, and the future of customizability and user personalization on the…
• The CSS Box Model (Css Tricks)
  At the risk of over-repeating myself: every element in web design is a rectangular box.
• Why Are Accessible Websites so Hard to Build? (Css Tricks)
  I was chatting with some front-end folks the other day about why so many companies struggle at making accessible websites.
• The `ping` attribute on anchor links (Css Tricks)
  I didn’t know this was a thing until Stefan Judis’s post: Read popular posts You give an anchor link a URL via a ping attribute, and the br…
• How to Monitor Core Web Vitals and Take Action with Raygun (Css Tricks)
  Raygun is an error and performance monitoring software for websites and mobile apps.
• CSS Is, In Fact, Awesome (Css Tricks)
  Perhaps some of what makes that image so iconic is that people see what they want to see in it.
• Netlify Does Cache Invalidation For You (Css Tricks)
  This is one of my favorite Netlify features.
• WordPress Block Transforms (Css Tricks)
  This has been the year of Gutenberg for us here at CSS-Tricks. In fact, that's a goal we set at the end of last year.
• Let’s Create a Custom Audio Player (Css Tricks)
  HTML has a built-in native audio player interface that we get simply using the element.
• Maps Scroll Wheel Fix (Css Tricks)
  I’d never heard of HERE maps before, but apparently they are embeddable somehow, like Google Maps.
• Embrace the Political (Css Tricks)
  The tech industry has long held the belief that technology is apolitical.
• Why Progressive Web Apps Are The Future of Mobile Web (Css Tricks)
  Here’s one of the best essays I’ve ever read about why progressive web apps are important, how they work, and what impact they have on a bu…
• How to Make GraphQL and DynamoDB Play Nicely Together (Css Tricks)
  Serverless, GraphQL, and DynamoDB are a powerful combination for building websites.
• CSS is a Strongly Typed Language (Css Tricks)
  One of the ways you can classify a programming language is by how strongly or weakly typed it is.
• Listen to your web pages (Css Tricks)
  A clever idea from Tom Hicks combining Mutation Observer (which can “observe” changes to elements like when their attributes, text, or chil…
• JAMstack Tools and The Spectrum of Classification (Css Tricks)
  With the wonderful world of JAMstack getting big, all the categories of services and tools that help it along are as important as ever.
• Using CSS to Set Text Inside a Circle (Css Tricks)
  You want to set some text inside the shape of a circle with HTML and CSS?
• Of Course We Can Make a CSS-Only Clock That Tells the Current Time! (Css Tricks)
  Let’s build a fully functioning and settable “analog” clock with CSS custom properties and the calc() function.
• How to Code a Playable Synth Keyboard (Css Tricks)
  With a little knowledge of music theory, we can use regular HTML, CSS and Java Script — without any libraries or audio samples — to create…
• What happens when you open a new install of browsers for the 1st time? | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  Interesting research from Jonathan Sampson, where he watches the network requests a browser makes the very first time you launch it on a fr…
• Safari 14.1 Adds Support for Flexbox Gaps (Css Tricks)
  Safari 14.1 reportedly adds support for the gap property in flexbox layouts.
• Let’s Create a Lightweight Native Event Bus in JavaScript (Css Tricks)
  An event bus is a design pattern (and while we’ll be talking about Java Script here, it’s a design pattern in any language) that can be use…
• Motion Paths (Css Tricks)
  Cassie Evans has a great intro to motion paths. That is, being able to animate an element along a path.
• What to Use Instead of Number Inputs (Css Tricks)
  For one, sometimes what you want kinda looks like a number, but isn’t one (like how a credit card number has spaces), because it’s really j…
• Using IntersectionObserver to Check if Page Scrolled Past Certain Point (Css Tricks)
  When a web page scrolls, that’s a DOM event. I can find out how far a window has scrolled at any time with window.scrollY.
• gridless.design | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  Donnie D’Amato built a whole site around the thesis that “digital designers still expect to use the grid while experienced layout engineers…
• WordPress and Jamstack | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  I recently moderated a panel at Netlify's virtual Jamstack Conf that included Netlify CEO Matt Biilman and Automattic founder Matt Mullenwe…
• Here’s How I Solved a Weird Bug Using Tried and True Debugging Strategies (Css Tricks)
  Remember the last time you dealt with a UI-related bug that left you scratching your head for hours?
• This vs. That | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  Here's a nice site from Phuoc Nguyen, who I've noted before has quite a knack for clever sites.
• A Scandal in Bohemia (Css Tricks)
  I love that Paravel is so busy doing so much cool stuff they literally just forgot that they built this and are just now releasing it.
• MDN on GitHub (Css Tricks)
  Looks like all the content of MDN is on GitHub now. That's been the public plan for a while.
• Things you can do with a browser in 2020 (Css Tricks)
  I edit a good amount of technical articles about the web, and there is a tendency for authors to be super broad in their opening sentence,…
• Read Me! | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  A fancy experiential essay from the team at Readymag, which is a tool for building...
• Jetpack Turns 10! (Css Tricks)
  That’s a huge milestone for a project, especially one that had a pretty simple goal in mind from the start: give self-hosted Word Press sit…
• Don’t put pointer-events: none on form labels (Css Tricks)
  Bruce Lawson with the tip of the day, warning against the use of pointer-events: none on forms labels.
• The New CSS-Tricks Video Intro by dina Amin (Css Tricks)
  You know we do video screencasts, right?
• Swipey Image Grids (Css Tricks)
  I hope people think of SVG as a vector format that is good for drawing things. There is plenty more to know, but here's one more: SVG is go…
• 5 Myths About Jamstack (Css Tricks)
  The term was officially coined in 2016, but the technologies and architecture it describes have been around well before that.
• Behind the Source: Cassie Evans (Css Tricks)
  I feel like the tech industry takes itself far too seriously sometimes.
• Stroke Text CSS: The Definitive Guide (Css Tricks)
  Whenever I think of stroked text on the web I think: nope.
• Building a Command Line Tool with Nodejs and Fauna (Css Tricks)
  Command line tools are one of the most popular applications we have today. We use command line tools every day, and they range from git, np…