Issue #192

December 8, 2015

Lets Move!

Animations can make the web engaging, fast and playful. Used judiciously, they can dramatically improve the user experience. Embrace them!

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Why I'm Excited About Native CSS Variables

Philip Walton shows some of the things you can do with CSS custom properties that you can’t do with preprocessor variables.

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Articles & Tutorials

Getting Started With CSS calc()

In CSS, calc() can do something that no preprocessor can: mix any kind of units. There are many practical uses of calc() — Ana Tudor shows some of them.

Introducing the CSS Grid Layout spec

Rachel Andrew explains the benefits of the upcoming CSS Grid Layout specification.

Animating Your Brand

Donovan Hutchinson on how you can add animation to your designs, in a way that’s consistent with other aspects of your brand, such as fonts, colours, layouts and everything else.

An Introduction To PostCSS

PostCSS aims to reinvent CSS with an ecosystem of custom plugins and tools. It transforms extended syntaxes and features into modern, browser-friendly CSS.

Twitter’s Heart Animation in Full CSS

Nicolas Escoffier explains how he recreated Twitter’s heart animation in pure CSS.

Seriously, Use Icon Fonts

Ben Frain explains that icon fonts are a great solution to certain problems, and hence, they’re genuinely useful.

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