Need for Speed 2: Improving Front-End Performance
Jonathan Suh shares what he did, why he did it, and the tools he used to optimize front-end performance on his site.
Issue #166
The Making Of “In Pieces”: Designing an Interactive Exhibition With CSS Clip Paths
Bryan James explores the inspiration for the project, aspects of how different parts were built, and how you can use this underrated line of CSS.
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Articles & Tutorials
Creating a Future-Proof Responsive Email Without Media Queries
Nicole Merlin explains how to create different layouts for newsletters that don’t rely on media queries to look great on mobile devices.
Practical Techniques On Designing Animation
Sarah Drasner shows how to use animation to create dazzling, exciting, and engaging work that pushes boundaries and elevates user experience on the web.
Understanding CSS Counters and Their Use Cases
CSS counters are a rarely used CSS feature. But they can be very handy once you understand how they work and in what cases they are most practical.
An Overview of a Development Workflow
Zell Liew shares his development process, and shows how to automate different parts of the workflow.
The State of SVG Animation
Sara Soueidan looks at the current (and future) state of animating SVG, and gives some tips and tools that will help you animate SVG painlessly today.
Recommended Reading
The Effective Designer
In this short book Alex Charchar looks at what it might take to become an effective designer.
It won’t only help you beat doubt, embrace failure, avoid burnout, and silence that little voice that says “you can’t”; it will help you become the designer / developer / writer / artist you always wanted.