Collective #660
Inspirational Website of the Week: Paul & Henriette
Sharp minimalism with great typography and a focus on beautiful image and layout animations. Our pick this week.
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Instant websites for your clients with Divi Layout Packs
With the Divi Layout Packs you’ll get world-class designs ready to be used for your client projects.
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The Humble <img> Element And Core Web Vitals
An excerpt from Addy Osmani’s new book Image Optimization.
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Portfolio 2021 technical case study — Rendering a whole HTML website in WebGL
Martin Laxenaire shows how he created his portfolio using his own vanilla JavaScript open source tools.
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Container Queries Explainer & Proposal
Miriam Eric Suzanne explains the proposed solution for container queries and shows how to use them.
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The State of CSS Cross-Browser Development
Ahmad Shadeed thoughts on why cross-browser development is better than in the past.
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Mantine
Mantine is a React components and hooks library with native dark theme support and focus on usability, accessibility and developer experience.
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Two options for using custom properties
Peter-Paul Koch shares an efficient way of using custom properties for component styling.
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Toggling CSS Custom Properties with Radio Buttons
Michelle Barker explains how to use custom properties for a toggle functionality.
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Iconic
A fantastic set of pixel-perfect icons with new icons added every week.
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Scroll-Linked Animations with CSS Scroll-Timeline (CSS Café)
Bramus shares his talk covering Scroll-Linked Animations with CSS @scroll-timeline on CSS Café.
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Fluid Typography
Calculate CSS declarations for beautiful fluid typography headings. Made by Erik André.
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(t,i,x,y,z) => “creative code golfing”
A minimalist three-dimensional coding environment. Control 8x8x8 dots with a single JavaScript function.
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Fower
A utility-first CSS-in-JS library for rapid UI development.
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CSS Cuboid Generator
A fantastic cuboid generator made with React and Prism by Jhey.
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Profiling site speed with the Chrome DevTools Performance tab
Learn how to use the Chrome DevTools Performance tab to measure and improve the speed of your website.
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3D Game Shaders For Beginners
A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.
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Exploring color-contrast() for the First Time
Chris Coyier explores the color-contrast() function in CSS which is freshly supported in Safari Technical Preview 122.
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How to Create Actions for Selected Text With the Selection API
Preethi shows how to reveal an options panel when selecting text on a website.
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Don’t Confuse Function Expressions and Function Declarations in JavaScript
What are the differences between function declarations and function expressions in JavaScript? Find out in this article by Dmitri Pavlutin.
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Measuring Web Performance in 2021: The Definitive Guide
A guide to the metrics, methods, and measurements of web performance in 2021.
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Dynamic CSS Masks with Custom Properties and GSAP
Learn how to animate CSS masks based on the cursor position using GSAP and custom properties for a unique spotlight effect in this article by Michelle Barker.
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