Justified Text: Better Than Expected? – Cloud Four
Some interesting experiments in web typography here.
Offloading JavaScript With Custom Properties: HeydonWorks
With classes, we can send CSS static values but with custom properties we can send dynamic ones, which is a major shift in the way we can style state. This is something that has been true for some time—and is extremely well supported—but sometimes it takes solving a small real-world problem to make you appreciate the value of it.
I think we still haven’t come to fully appreciate the superpower of custom properties: dynamic values that are shared between CSS and JavaScript.
Related links
una.im | Updates to the customizable select API
It’s great to see the evolution of HTML happening in response to real use-cases—the turbo-charging of the select element just gets better and better!
CSS wants to be a system - daverupert.com
CSS wants you to build a system with it. It wants styles to build up, not flatten down.
Truth!
Knowing CSS is mastery to Frontend Development — Anselm Hannemann
Anselm isn’t talking about becoming a CSS wizard, but simply having an understanding of what CSS can do. I have had similar experiences to this:
In the past years I had various situations where TypeScript developers (they called themselves) approached me and asked whether I could help them out with CSS. I expected to solve a complex problem but for me — knowing CSS very well — it was always a simple, straightforward solution or code snippet.
Let’s face it, “full stack” usually means “JavaScript”—HTML and CSS aren’t considered worthy of consideration. Their loss.
MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia
Technology doesn’t have to be terrible. Here’s an absolutely wonderful use of an e-ink display:
I made as much use of vanilla HTML and CSS as possible. I used a small amount of JavaScript but no framework or other libraries.
Related posts
Making the website for Research By The Sea
Having fun with view transitions and scroll-driven animations.
Manual ’till it hurts
Try writing your HTML in HTML, your CSS in CSS, and your JavaScript in JavaScript.
Who knows?
Had you heard of these bits of CSS? Me too/neither!
Progressive disclosure defaults
If you’re going to toggle the display of content with CSS, make sure the more complex selector does the hiding, not the showing.
Schooltijd
Going back to school in Amsterdam.