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• [David Baron's] Thoughts on an implementable path forward for Container Queries | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  That's the title of a public post from David Baron, a Principal Engineer at Firefox, with thoughts toward container queries.
• Deliver Enhanced Media Experiences With Google’s Core Web Vitals | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  There is a big change coming from Google in May 2021 having to do with their Core Web Vitals (CWVs).
• Create Amazingly Stable Tests Your Way (Css Tricks)
  Testim’s end-to-end test automation delivers the speed and stability of AI-based codeless tests, with the power of code.
• Images Are Not Static Content (Css Tricks)
  We constantly hear about the importance of keeping websites lean and fast.
• SFTP & Database Access on WordPress.com (Css Tricks)
  That’s right, direct access to the files and data storage that power your site on Word Press.com, just like you have if you self-host a Wor…
• What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like (Css Tricks)
  I originally wrote this over two years ago.
• Use CSS Clamp to create a more flexible wrapper utility (Css Tricks)
  I like Andy’s idea here: .wrapper { width: clamp(16 rem, 90 vw, 70 rem); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 1.5 rem; padd…
• A Glassy (and Classy) Text Effect (Css Tricks)
  The landing page for Apple Arcade has a cool effect where some "white" text has a sort of translucent effect.
• Native CSS Masonry Layout In CSS Grid (Css Tricks)
  Rachel Andrew introducing the fact that masonry layout is going to be a thing in native CSS via CSS grid layout.
• How to Animate a SVG with border-image (Css Tricks)
  Let’s take a look at how to combine the border-image property in CSS with animated SVGs that move around a border.
• Weekly Platform News: WebKit autofill, Using Cursor Pointer, Delaying Autoplay Videos (Css Tricks)
  In this week’s roundup, Web Kit’s prefixed autofill becomes a standard, the pointer cursor is for more than just links, and browsers are ju…
• Styling Cross-Browser Compatible Range Inputs with CSS (Css Tricks)
  Styling for range inputs has improved dramatically since the release of IE 10.
• The Anatomy of a Tablist Component in Vanilla JavaScript Versus React (Css Tricks)
  If you follow the undercurrent of the JavaScript community, there seems to be a divide as of late.
• How to Build a GraphQL API for Text Analytics with Python, Flask and Fauna (Css Tricks)
  GraphQL is a query language and server-side runtime environment for building APIs.
• How to Turn a Procreate Drawing into a Web Animation (Css Tricks)
  I recently started drawing on my iPad using the Procreate app with Apple Pencil. I’m enjoying the flexibility of drawing this way.
• Rethinking Twitter as a Serverless App (Css Tricks)
  In a previous article, we showed how to build a GraphQL API with FaunaDB.
• A Handy Sass-Powered Tool for Making Balanced Color Palettes (Css Tricks)
  For those who may not come from a design background, selecting a color palette is often based on personal preferences.
• Wufoo + Zapier (Css Tricks)
  Wufoo has always been great with integrations.
• It's my job, and yours (Css Tricks)
  The role of ethics in our modern web space has been on my mind for the past few years and I suspect it will occupy my thoughts increasingly…
• Using CSS Custom Properties to Adjust Variable Font Weights in Dark Mode (Css Tricks)
  When recently testing a dark mode option for one of my sites, I experienced first-hand the issue that Robin Rendle addresses in this articl…
• Achieving Vertical Alignment (Thanks, Subgrid!) (Css Tricks)
  Our tools for vertical alignment have gotten a lot better as of late.
• Bold on Hover... Without the Layout Shift | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  When you change the font-weight of a font, the text will typically cause a bit of a layout shift.
• Nested Gradients with background-clip (Css Tricks)
  I can't say I use background-clip all that often. I'd wager it's hardly ever used in day-to-day CSS work.
• Possibly The Easiest Way to Run an SSG | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  Netlify is a sponsor of this site (thank you very much), and I see Zach Leatherman has gone to work over there now.
• State of JavaScript 2019 Survey (Css Tricks)
  Well, hey, look at that — it's time for this year's State of JavaScript survey!
• How to Create a Favicon That Changes Automatically (Css Tricks)
  I found this Free Favicon Maker the other day.
• Getting Acquainted With Svelte, the New Framework on the Block (Css Tricks)
  For the last six years, Vue, Angular, and React have run the world of front-end component frameworks.
• Generating (and Solving!) Sudokus in CSS (Css Tricks)
  I love to make CSS do stuff it shouldn’t.
• Gutenberg | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  I've only just been catching up with the news about Gutenberg, the name for a revamp of the WordPress editor.
• A Complete Walkthrough of GraphQL APIs with React and FaunaDB (Css Tricks)
  As a web developer, there is an interesting bit of back and forth that always comes along with setting up a new application.
• How I've Improved as a Web Developer (and a Person) in 2019 (Css Tricks)
  We’re sliding into the roaring twenties of the twenty-first century (cue Jazz music 🎷).
• grid-auto-flow : CSS Grid :: flex-direction : Flexbox (Css Tricks)
  When setting a parent element to display: flex, its child elements align left-to-right like this: Now, one of the neat things we can do wit…
• Introducing Sass Modules (Css Tricks)
  Sass just launched a major new feature you might recognize from other languages: a module system.
• Web Component for a Code Block (Css Tricks)
  We'll get to that, but first, a long-winded introduction.
• Solved with CSS! Dropdown Menus (Css Tricks)
  A common UI pattern that we see on the web are dropdown menus. They’re used to display related information in pieces, without overwhelming…
• The Many Bad (and Good!) Patterns for Close Buttons (Css Tricks)
  Manuel Matuzović details 10 bad HTML patterns for a close button.
• Google Fonts and font-display (Css Tricks)
  This whole article is about a time before May 2019 in which Google Fonts didn't offer a way to use font-display without self-hosting the fo…
• Weekly Platform News: Layout Shifts, Stalled High-Bitrate Videos, Screenshots in Firefox (Css Tricks)
  In this week's roundup: fighting shifty layouts, some videos might be a bit stalled, and a new way to take screenshots in Firefox.
• Scaling Responsive Animations (Css Tricks)
  Scaling our websites and applications so that they look great on every screen can be difficult.
• How I've Been Using Notion Personally and Professionally (Css Tricks)
  I use Notion quite a bit, both personally and professionally.
• Start Serving Optimized Images in Vue (Css Tricks)
  Images have become extremely important to the effectiveness of websites. They speak a 1000 words, attract attention, and stimulate emotions.
• serpstack | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  Is it your job to keep an eye on your company's search engine placement? Or are you building a tool to do just that?
• Spriting with (Css Tricks)
  Sprites aren’t limited to background-image, as with the object-fit and object-position properties we can nudge an inline image around its c…
• Debugging CSS (Css Tricks)
  High five to Ahmad Shadeed for releasing his new book, Debugging CSS. I think that's a neat angle for a book on CSS.
• “The Modern Web” (Css Tricks)
  A couple of interesting articles making the rounds: - Tom Mac Write: Second-guessing the modern web - Rich Harris: In defense of the modern…
• Styling Links with Real Underlines (Css Tricks)
  Before we come to how to style underlines, we should answer the question: should we underline?
• Making Sense of react-spring (Css Tricks)
  Animation is one of the trickier things to get right with React.
• Custom Styling Form Inputs With Modern CSS Features (Css Tricks)
  It’s entirely possible to build custom checkboxes, radio buttons, and toggle switches these days, while staying semantic and accessible.
• mediastack | CSS-Tricks (Css Tricks)
  You don’t have to create content yourself to have the right to build an innovative news reading experience.
• A Recap of Frontend Development in 2019 (Css Tricks)
  I noted Trey Huffine’s 2018 version of this article in The Great Divide.