URL Shorteners are tools we use to make links shorter than they actually are. With a URL Shortener, you can transform a long link (maybe for a registration form or article) into a shorter version. Behind the scenes, the long and short versions of a given link have been stored Read more…
It’s not everyday that HTML headings are the topic de jour, but my folder of saved links is accumulating articles about the recently merged removal of the document outline algorithm in the WHATWG Living Standard. First off, you should know that the algorithm never really existed. Sure, it was in Read more…
Michelle Barker with my favorite sorta blog post: short, practical, and leaves you with a valuable nugget for your time. Here, she gets into logical property shorthands in CSS, particularly those that set lengths just on a single axis, say only the block (vertical) axis or just the inline (horizontal) Read more…
I think it’s super timely that Jim Nielsen wrote about his office space the other day. My family recently re-rooted in Colorado and I was up late last night setting up my desk and everything around it. So late, in fact, that reading these words now bites me: My workspace Read more…
Hooks are reusable functions. They allow you to use state and other features (e.g. lifecycle methods and so on) without writing a class. Hook functions let us “hook into” the React state lifecycle using functional components, allowing us to manipulate the state of our functional components without needing to convert Read more…
Our dear friend Robin has a new essay called In Praise of Shadows. Now, before you hop over there looking for nuggets on CSS box shadows, text shadows, and shadow filters… this is not that. It’s an essay on photography and what Robin has learned about handing shadows with a Read more…
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, PHP, C++, Dart — there are so many programming languages out there and you may even be totally fluent in several of them! But as we aim to write more and better code, the way we write and communicate in everyday language becomes more and more Read more…
Show your sneakers design with this realistic view of the flying sneakers mockup. This PSD mockup will look great on any type of design. Design can be replaced with a smart object. Background color can be easily replaced. Enjoy
For this fourth and final article of our little series on single-element loaders, we are going to explore 3D patterns. When creating a 3D element, it’s hard to imagine that just one HTML element is enough to simulate something like all six faces of a cube. But maybe we can get away with something more cube-like instead by showing only the front three sides of Read more…
Four expert teachers from the Procreate illustration space are offering 2 hours of free learning sessions this afternoon, sharing techniques and tips from the Procreate Illustration School. Join lessons with Lisa Glanz, Nathan Brown, Floortje Visser and Peggy Dean as they focus on a different aspect of illustrating in Procreate. Read more…
