Creating a grid of images is easy, thanks to CSS Grid. But making the grid do fancy things after the images have been placed can be tricky to pull off.
Say you want to add some fancy hover effect to … Zooming Images in a Grid Layout…
Front-End vs. Back-End: The Complete Guide
When you first decide to begin your coding journey — and maybe even pursue a career in web development — it can be difficult to understand industry terms like front-end, back-end, and full-stack. What are these different web development roles?…
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How I Added Scroll Snapping To My Twitter Timeline
CSS Scroll Snap allows websites to snap the web page or any other scroll container to a specific scroll position when the user performs a scrolling operation. This feature has been supported in all modern browsers for over two years, … How I Added Scroll Snapping…
Actually, the San Francisco Typeface Does Ship as a Variable Font
Apple unveiled an expanded version of its San Francisco system font at WWDC 2022. Then, last month, Jim Nielsen zeroed in on the font’s variations, explaining how the font provides a spectrum of variations based on the width and weight… Actually, the San Francisco Typeface Does…
Converting Speech to PDF with NextJS and ExpressJS
With speech interfaces becoming more of a thing, it’s worth exploring some of the things we can do with speech interactions. Like, what if we could say something and have that transcribed and pumped out as a downloadable PDF?
Well, … Converting Speech to PDF with NextJS…
Developing a Sense of Mythology Around Your Designs
Using personal stories and experiences, designers should master the skill of developing mythology by crafting a narrative that captivates followers.
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Implicit Grids, Repeatable Layout Patterns, and Danglers
Dave Rupert with some modern CSS magic that tackles one of those classic conundrums: what happens when the CSS for component is unable to handle the content we throw at it?
The specific situation is when a layout grid expects … Implicit Grids, Repeatable Layout Patterns, and…
Exploring CSS Grid’s Implicit Grid and Auto-Placement Powers
When working with CSS Grid, the first thing to do is to set display: grid on the element that we want to be become a grid container. Then we explicitly define the grid using a combination of grid-template-columns, grid-template-rows… Exploring CSS Grid’s Implicit Grid and Auto-Placement…
Recreating MDN’s Truncated Text Effect
It’s no secret that MDN rolled out a new design back in March. It’s gorgeous! And there are some sweet CSS-y gems in it that are fun to look at. One of those gems is how card components handle truncated … Recreating MDN’s Truncated Text Effect…
Why I Chose Angular to Build a URL Shortener
URL Shorteners are tools we use to make links shorter than they actually are. With a URL Shortener, you can transform a long link (maybe for a registration form or article) into a shorter version.
Behind the scenes, the long … Why I Chose Angular to Build…