Issue #286

October 10, 2017

Essential Image Optimization

Addy Osmani has written a free book on why we should all be automating our image compression. The book covers formats, decoders, techniques for efficient compression and more.

Keeping Track of Letter-Spacing, Some Guidelines

Eric Bailey dives deep into a seemingly simple typesetting topic—effective use of letter-spacing—and how it relates to web typography.

What is your career worth to you?

If you’re like most of us, you’re too busy working to think about your career. But while you’re heads-down getting stuff done, the web races forward. How you can keep up … and stay inspired? That’s where we come in. 12 great speakers, one unforgettable learning experience, to take you to the next level.

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Articles & Tutorials

Tabbed Interfaces

Heydon Pickering shares some advice on creating inclusive tabbed interfaces.

Scrolling Your Website past the Iphone X’s Notch

Peter-Paul Koch wrote an interesting (for laughs) proof of concept for list scrolling past the new notch, that might actually help you wrap your head around the visual viewport and zooming.

Vue.js Transitions & Animations: Production-Ready Examples

Nicolas Udy explains how to handle Vue.js transitions & animations.

Aspect Ratio Hack

Surma shows a quick tip on how to make an element maintain an aspect ratio using just CSS.

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How to Draw Your Face in CSS

Takashi Wickes demonstrates how to create a fun illustration in pure CSS.

Project management tools are obsolete

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Tools

Draggable

Draggable is a lightweight, responsive, modern drag and drop JavaScript library.

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Size Limit

Size Limit is a tool to prevent JavaScript libraries bloat. With it, you know exactly for how many kilobytes your JS library increases the user bundle.

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