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The Fundamentals of CSS Layout
At Chrome Dev Summit 2021, Rachel Andrew hosted a workshop “The Fundamentals of CSS Layout”. If you’re looking to get started with CSS Grid and Flexbox, this is the video you’re looking for. In this 90-minute workshop you’ll learn about the key CSS layout methods of flexbox and grid. You’ll learn how these layout methods …
React Native Skia — High Performance 2D Graphics
React Native Skia brings the Skia Graphics Library to React Native. Skia serves as the graphics engine for Google Chrome and Chrome OS, Android, Flutter, Mozilla Firefox and, Firefox OS, and many other products. Amazing work by the folks over at Shopify. React Native Skia →
ESNext: Sort arrays using array.groupBy() and array.groupByToMap()
An ECMAScript Proposal that recently made it to Stage-3 is “array grouping”. It brings us array.groupBy() and array.groupByToMap() methods to easily group arrays.
Pico.css — Minimal CSS Framework for semantic HTML
Elegant styles for all natives HTML elements without .classes and dark mode automatically enabled. It’s no coincidence the site looks similar to the one from The Framework That Must Not Be Named 😅 Pico.css →
Everything Everywhere All At Once | Official Trailer
Looking forward to Everything Everywhere All At Once: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. Written and directed by the same guys who did Swiss Army Man, which explains a lot. In …
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Create semi-transparent CSS background images by crossfading them with a transparent GIF
Nice work by Chris: when you crossfade an image — using the proprietary -webkit-cross-fade() — with a transparent gif, you can create semi-transparent background images. .el { background-image: -webkit-cross-fade( url(image.jpg), url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7), /* transparent GIF, base64 encoded */ 50% ); Clever! WebKit/Chromium based browsers only though (i.e. no Firefox) Maybe there kinda is background-opacity? →
Deep-copying in JavaScript using structuredClone
No more hacking around with the inadequate JSON.parse() or bouncing data to a Web Worker in order to deep clone an object, as there’s now structuredClone() For the longest time, you had to resort to workarounds and libraries to create a deep copy of a JavaScript value. The Platform now ships with structuredClone(), a built-in …
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The CSS :has() selector is way more than a “Parent Selector”
Safari TP 137 just dropped with unflagged support for :has(). Often dubbed “the parent selector”, :has() is way more than that …
Easing Gradients
An issue with linear gradients in CSS is that they often have hard edges where they start and/or end or transition from one color to the other. In 2017, Andreas Larsen wrote about them on CSS-Tricks, eventually leading him to create a nice editor to generate them. Sparked by that post, a CSSWG Issue to …