Eric Eggert: There are a few legitimate use cases for this technique. For example, you might have a table with titles and descriptions. To preserve more space for the title, you constrain the description to one line on small … Text-overflow: ellipsis considered harmful originally published…
How I Chose an Animation Library for My Solitaire Game
There is an abundance of both CSS and JavaScript libraries for animation libraries out there. So many, in fact, that choosing the right one for your project can seem impossible. That’s the situation I faced when I decided to build … How I Chose an Animation…
My Dumbest CSS Mistakes
We all make mistakes in our code. It happens! I know if I had one of those “Days Since Last Mistake” signs hanging over my desk, a big ol’ goose egg would be hovering above me all the time. It … My Dumbest CSS Mistakes…
Great (and Free!) Web Development Books You Can Get Online
Right after “Where is the best place to learn?” perhaps the most commonly asked question I hear from folks getting into code is “What web development books should I get to learn?” Well, consider this an answer to that question … Great (and Free!) Web…
Single Element Loaders: The Bars
We’ve looked at spinners. We’ve looked at dots. Now we’re going to tackle another common pattern for loaders: bars. And we’re going to do the same thing in this third article of the series as we have the others … Single Element Loaders: The Bars…
Different Ways to Write CSS in React
We’re all familiar with the standard way of linking up a stylesheet to the <head> of an HTML doc, right? That’s just one of several ways we’re able to write CSS. But what does it look like to style things … Different Ways to Write…
Single Element Loaders: The Dots
We’re looking at loaders in this series. More than that, we’re breaking down some common loader patterns and how to re-create them with nothing more than a single div. So far, we’ve picked apart the classic spinning loader. Now, … Single Element Loaders: The Dots…
Conditionally Styling Selected Elements in a Grid Container
Calendars, shopping carts, galleries, file explorers, and online libraries are some situations where selectable items are shown in grids (i.e. square lattices). You know, even those security checks that ask you to select all images with crosswalks or whatever.
🧐… Conditionally Styling Selected Elements in a…
De-Mystifying IndieWeb on a WordPress Site
Well, sheesh. I opened a little can of worms when sharing Miriam’s “Am I on the IndieWeb yet?” with a short post bemoaning my own trouble getting on the IndieWeb train. But it’s a good can of worms.
I think … De-Mystifying IndieWeb on a WordPress…
Useful Tools for Visualizing Databases on a Budget
A diagram is a graphical representation of information that depicts the structure, relationship, or operation of anything. Diagrams enable your audience to visually grasp hidden information and engage with them in ways that words alone cannot. Depending on the type … Useful Tools for Visualizing…