Collective #695
Inspirational Website of the Week: re_
This design got us howling! Beautiful typography and colors make it a true gem. Our pick this week.
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Put the “Flow” in Your Workflows with Shortcut
Shortcut is fast and intuitive project management built for developers. We put the “can” in Kanban. Delight the scrum gods and try it for free!
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CSS Speedrun
A small fun app to test your CSS knowledge. Find the correct CSS selectors for the 10 puzzles as fast as possible.
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Building UI Components With SVG and CSS
Ahmad Shadeed shows how to use SVG and CSS to build UI components.
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Faker
Generate massive amounts of fake data in the browser and node.js. Initially deleted by its owner, the project is again available on npm under new management.
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Boolean attributes in HTML and ARIA: what’s the difference?
Some attributes in ARIA are boolean(-like) and may seem a lot like boolean attributes in HTML. Hidde de Vries explains some important differences to be aware of.
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How to Make a Pure CSS 3D Package Toggle
A fantastic tutorial by Jhey Tompkins on how to rock CSS and create a 3D package toggle.
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State of the Web: Deno
What is Deno, why does it matter, and how is it currently used for server-side JavaScript?
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A Guide to Building a Blog in Eleventy
A guide that walks folks through the process of building a blog with Eleventy. By Raymond Camden.
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Essence
A desktop operating system built from scratch, for control and simplicity.
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Designing a modern UI theme with Open Props
A tutorial on Open Props, the open source, color scheme-optimized CSS library that provides fast, consistent, customized design options.
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Time to say goodbye to Webpack?
Gaurav Behere writes about Vite and how it could be an interesting alternative to Webpack.
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Tidy Free: HTML, React and Vue template
Tidy is the free version of the namesake premium template built by Cruip, available in HTML, React and Vue.js.
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Simple.css
A classless CSS framework that makes semantic HTML look good.
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How not to learn TypeScript
A great article by Stefan Baumgartner on how not to approach TypeScript learning.
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Comparing CSS Specificity values
Kilian Valkhof writes how to go about comparing CSS specificity values.
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CSS Cascade Layers: An overview of the new @layer and layer() CSS primitives
A great video by Una Kravets on CSS cascade layers and the @layer property, coming to browsers soon.
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Turning a GitHub page into a Progressive Web App
Christian Heilmann explains how to turn a GitHub page into a PWA.
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Magical Reflections: a virtual art experience
Visit our virtual gallery and discover the world inside a painting. Made by the folks of makemepulse.
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Form Validation Using JavaScript’s Constraint Validation API
Learn how to use JavaScript’s Constraint Validation API to perform form validations in this article by
Craig Buckler.
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The breakpoints we tested in 2021, and the ones to test in 2022
Learn which screen sizes to design for with different approaches all updated to be relevant in 2022.
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Case Study: Anatole Touvron’s Portfolio
A practical case study of Anatole Touvron’s Portfolio where you’ll get some insight on the process and some valuable tips.
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Animate Anything Along an SVG Path
Learn how to code creative animations with JavaScript using SVG paths and the getPointAtLength() function.
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Inspirational Websites Roundup #33
A very special selection of the most inspiring website designs from the past couple of weeks to keep you up-to-date with the latest trends.
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