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2024 Posts

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  2. Winging It post type

    CSS Anchor Positioning in Practice

    What is Anchor Positioning? Why is it exciting? What can you use it for? How does the polyfill work? Join James Stuckey Weber and Miriam Suzanne as they talk through these questions and answer yours in our monthly live stream.

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    CSS Container Queries in Practice

    Miriam Suzanne and Stacy Kvernmo talk about CSS Container Queries and the unexpected things that happen when you add containment. Some elements completely collapse! What’s going on there? We had questions and thought you might too. So we talk through the issue in our monthly live stream.

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    Proxy State

    For simple interactive sites, using a proxy to manage your state and side effects may be enough.

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    Generating Frontend API Clients from OpenAPI

    API changes can be a headache in the frontend, but some initial setup can help you develop and adapt to API changes as they come. In this article, we look at one method of using OpenAPI to generate a typesafe and up-to-date frontend API client.

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    Streamline Your API Development with FastAPI

    Join us for a dynamic exploration of FastAPI, a modern Python framework for API development.

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    Setting up Sass pkg: URLs

    A quick guide to using the new Node.js package importer

    Enabling pkg: URLs is quick and straightforward, and simplifies using packages from the node_modules folder.

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    Testing FastAPI Applications

    We explore the useful testing capabilities provided by FastAPI and pytest, and how to leverage them to produce a complete and reliable test suite for your application.

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  9. A dark vintage accessory store lit by lamps and bare bulbs, with bags, jewelry, sunglasses and a bowler hat on the wooden shelves and carved table.
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    Proxy Is What’s in Store

    You may not need anything more

    When adding interactivity to a web app, it can be tempting to reach for a framework to manage state. But sometimes, all you need is a Proxy.

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2023

  1. 12 Days of Web
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    CSS @scope

    Keep selector conflicts to a minimum

    The new @scope rule is here! It’s a better way to keep our component styles contained – without relying on third-party tools or extreme naming conventions.

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    Align Designers and Developers with OOUX

    An object map is a place to document information about objects in your digital system, keeping everyone involved on the same page. During our conversation, we walk through examples and discuss the benefits of using object maps.

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  3. Fragment from a 13th century alchemical manuscript with a red and green oroboros serpent biting it's own tail, and seeming to give us side-eye
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    HTML Web Components are Just JavaScript?

    I’m still getting used to this

    There’s been a recent flurry of articles about web components, with advice on how to shape them as extensions of HTML. I decided to dig in, and see how these ‘HTML web components’ could become a part of my own workflow. Despite a few rough edges, I’m excited to see…

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    Cascade Layers, CSS Functions, and More

    I drop by the show to talk about CSS updates and news on container queries, rolling out cascade layers, !important things to remember, custom properties, exit animations, CSS functions, state queries, and more.

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    How to Design More Intuitive Websites & Apps

    Do you want to make your website or web app more intuitive for the people who visit? If so, I’d like to introduce you to the world of Object-Oriented UX. As a UX designer at OddBird, using OOUX strategies to identify and avoid unintuitive objects has been key to our design process. A warning, though, before you continue: once you start seeing unintuitive objects, you won’t be able to unsee them!

  6. Pen and notebook with a sketch of a website interface
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    When to Choose a Progressive Web App

    Part 3 – Responsive Web App vs Native Mobile App vs Progressive Web App

    If you’re weighing the performance optimization and device integration opportunities of a native mobile app against the broad reach and lower cost of a responsive web app – and can’t decide which is a higher priority for your digital product – don’t despair. A progressive web app may be just…

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