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Issue #447

February 18, 2021

Front-of-the-Front-End and Back-of-the-Front-End Web Development

Front-of-the-Front-End and Back-of-the-Front-End Web Development

Brad Frost spells out the roles and responsibilities of both front-of-the-front-end and back-of-the-front-end developers. (Terms coined to provide a distinction between the types of web development that need to occur to build successful things on the web.)

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Useful DevTools Tips And Shortcuts (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)

Useful DevTools Tips And Shortcuts (Chrome, Firefox, Edge)

Vitaly Friedman reviews useful features and shortcuts for debugging in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.

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Articles & Tutorials

Understanding Z-Index in CSS

Ahmad Shadeed created a visual guide on how z-index and stacking contexts work in CSS.

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A Table With Both a Sticky Header and a Sticky First Column

Chris Coyier demonstrates how to create tables that have multiple sticky elements.

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Fluid Typography With CSS Clamp

Andy Bell shows how to create a simple, accessibility friendly and configurable fluid-type system that uses modern CSS sizing functions.

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How to Create a Shrinking Header on Scroll Without JavaScript

Håvard Brynjulfsen explains how to create a shrinking header on scroll using position: sticky.

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:focus-visible Support Comes to Firefox

Geoff Graham gives a short introduction to the :focus-visible pseudo-selector, which is, as of version 85, supported in Firefox.

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Inspiration

Associative Trails

Associative Trails

Jeremy Keith on the importance of writing, and specifically, on the importance of writing for yourself.

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Until Next Week

Would you classify yourself as front-of-the-front-end or back-of-the-front-end? Let me know on Twitter, @cssweekly.

(I’m somewhere in the middle, possibly a bit closer to front-of-the-front-end.)

Happy coding,
Zoran Jambor

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