Tag Archives: Quality

List Style Recipes

The fact that lists render their markers outside their own box (by default) is slightly weird. Any hidden overflow or overhanging off the edge of the browser will hide them. Moving them inside the box feels better and safer, but doing it that the easy way means losing the really nice alignment we got for free with outside list markers. We want it both ways! Let’s do that with our own custom counters, CSS grid (with subgrid), and some more … Read article “#184: Inside & Aligned Lists”

How to Redirect a Search Form to a Site-Scoped Google Search

We have big JavaScript frameworks that tons of people already use and like, including React, Vue, Angular, and Svelte. Do we need another JavaScript library? Let’s take a look at Alpine.js and you can decide for yourself. Alpine.js is for developers who aren’t looking to build a single page application (SPA). It’s lightweight (~7kB gzipped) and designed to write markup-driven client-side JavaScript.… Read article “Alpine.js: The JavaScript Framework That’s Used Like jQuery, Written Like Vue, and Inspired by TailwindCSS”

Building a Scalable CSS Architecture With BEM and Utility Classes

Bob Hoffman:

When debugging, your attitude matters

I had a dumb little issue the other day where a nested list didn’t quite have the right spacing. I was only adding margin-bottom on the list elements and the lists themselves, but that meant there was no space between the first nested list item and the parent list item above it when nesting a list. It got me thinking about margins, spacing in general, and nested items.

APIs and Authentication on the Jamstack

I didn’t realize this until it was far too late, but one of the biggest mistakes that’s made on a design systems team is a common mismanagement issue: there are too many people in a meeting and they have too many dang opinions.

How to Animate Text with SVG and CSS

The other day I was helping my pal Jez work on Dept. of Enthusiasm, the site for his newsletter, and I had a thought. What if we made the word “enthusiasm” in the title animate a little bit? Like, what if each of the letters in the word bopped up and down enthusiastically?… Read article “How to Animate Text with SVG and CSS”

CSS2JS

These cases of CSS messing with our screenreader announcements are initially shocking, perplexing, and maybe even appalling. After all, they seem to conflict with our mental model of CSS, one that’s likely been instilled in us since we started learning web development:

Build a Node.js Tool to Record and Compare Google Lighthouse Reports

Every three years of so, some people should pick a couple

What to Use Instead of Number Inputs

There was no purpose to having two of them other than the fact that having just one didn’t tint the image enough. For some reason, whoever initially coded that … Read article “Adventures in CSS Semi-Transparency Land”

Unfortunately, clip-path: path() is Still a No-Go

My team and I have been using Craft CMS for the past two years to develop and maintain a couple … Read article “What I Like About Craft CMS”