Issue #104

March 31, 2014

Spring-cleaning Unused CSS With Grunt, Gulp, Broccoli or Brunch

Addy Osmani

In this write-up Addy Osmani looks at build tasks you can use to remove unused CSS in your pages.

Spriting with Sass and Compass

Aleksandar Goševski

Aleksandar Goševski demonstrates how can Compass’s sprite tools save you a ton of effort. Seriously, creating sprites with Compass is a breeze.

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Articles & Tutorials

Srcset and Sizes

Eric Portis

Eric Portis explains in detail the limitations of media queries and what is the role of sizes and srcset attributes in the new proposed <picture> element.

Little overview of WebKit’s CSS JIT Compiler

Benjamin Poulain

Very interesting read on inner-workings of CSS. Benjamin Poulain explains how and why is CSS compiled at the lowest levels of the language and what is being done to improve CSS performance.

CSS performance test: Flexbox v CSS Table – Fight!

Ben Frain

Is the latest Flexbox implementation slower than CSS table layout? Yes, it is. But not enough to concern yourself about. Ben Frain will tell you more.

On Progressive Enhancement

Scott Jehl

Scott Jehl argues that Progressive Enhancement actually frees us to focus on the costs of building features for modern browsers, without worrying much about leaving anyone out. Do you agree?