All About JavaScript Loops

Every programming language has loops. Loops perform an operation (i.e., a chunk of work) a number of times, usually once for every item in an array or list, or to simply repeat an operation until a certain condition is met.…

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On the Ground at Frostapalooza

I can’t say I would have ever expected to see Jeremy Keith performing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song “Maps”, but then again, I don’t know what I expected to happen at Frostapalooza.
The Event
Brad Frost, web …

On the Ground at Frostapalooza originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is…

CSSWG Minutes Telecon (2024-08-14)

I was just going over the latest CSSWG minutes (you can subscribe to them at W3C.org) and came across a few interesting nuggets I wanted to jot down for another time. The group discussed the CSS Values, CSS Easing, and …

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“Smart” Layouts With Container Queries

Modern CSS keeps giving us a lot of new, easier ways to solve old problems, but often the new features we’re getting don’t only solve old problems, they open up new possibilities as well.
Container queries are one of those …

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font-size Limbo

You might recall that Alvaro suggests bumping up font-size to 1.25rem from the default user agent size of 16px. Sebastian Laube pokes at that:

I wouldn’t adopt Alvaro’s suggestion without further ado, as I would waste so much space

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HTML Attribute to Allow/Disallow Handwriting Input

A new explainer for a new HTML attribute to handle handwritten inputs. Like this:
<input type=”text” handwriting=”true” … <input type=”text” handwriting=”false” … <textarea handwriting=”” … <!– evaluates to “true” –<div contenteditable handwriting=”true”…</div<!– maybe? —
The primary use …

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Everybody’s Free (To Write Websites)

Sara Joy’s adaptation of the song “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” (YouTube) originally by Baz Luhrman with lyrics pulled directly from Mary Schmich‘s classic essay, “Wear Sunscreen”. Anyone who has graduated high school since 1999 doesn’t even have …

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CSS Chronicles XLII

Remember these? Chris would write a post now and then to chronicle things happening around the ol’ CSS-Tricks site. It’s only been 969 days since the last one, give or take. Just think: back then we were poking at …

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Christian Heilmann: Let’s make a simpler, more accessible web

Christian Heilmann gave this talk at Typo3 Developer Days. I’m linking it up because it strikes an already stricken nerve in me. The increasing complexity of web development has an inverse relationship with the decreasing number of entry points …

Christian Heilmann: Let’s make a simpler, more…

CSS Olympic Rings

It was a few years ago during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo 2020 that I made a demo of animated 3D Olympic rings. I like it, it looks great, and I love the effect of the rings crossing each other.…

CSS Olympic Rings originally published on CSS-Tricks,…