Issue #488

January 12, 2022

Writing Better CSS

Aleksandr Hovhannisyan looks at various scenarios where modern techniques can reduce the complexity of your code and allow you to write better CSS.

Bramus Van Damme looks at which CSS language features we can expect to land in browsers in 2022.

10 Great WordPress Themes (2022 updated)

From solid top sellers to exciting newcomers, this list has it all.

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Articles & Tutorials

Don’t Fight the Cascade, Control It!

Mads Stoumann offers some advice on working with the cascade.

A Deep CSS Dive Into Radial And Conic Gradients

Ahmad Shadeed looks at conic and radial gradients, explains how they work, the differences and similarities, how and where to use them, and some use cases for each.

Empathetic Animation

Cassie Evans outlines a couple of essential questions to ask when creating animations on the web.

30 Frontend Tips

Kitty Giraudel offers 30 pieces of excellent advice that will help you become a better front-end developer.

Emojis and Accessibility: The Dos and Don’ts of Including Emojis in Texts and Emails

Beth Finke shares the does and don’ts of using emojis in texts and emails.

A Newsletter to Help You Grow and Improve

I’m running another newsletter called Inspiration Bits. The content is not technical but rather inspirational; it intends to initiate change bit by bit, person by person. It’s for the people who seek progress, who want to thrive and improve. It’s for you.

Get inspired

Tools

Container Query Polyfill

A tiny polyfill for CSS Container Queries. It transpiles CSS code on the client-side and implements Container Query functionality using ResizeObserver and MutationObserver.

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Floating UI

Floating UI is a low-level toolkit to position floating elements while intelligently keeping them in view. Tooltips, popovers, dropdowns, menus, and more.

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