Issue #65

If you ever wanted to create reusable modules that can be placed into differently sized containers, you’ve probably found that media queries aren’t really enough. What you’d actually need in this case are element queries. Element queries, in contrast to media queries adapt elements based on their containers’ size, not based on the viewport’s size. You’ll be happy to hear that work on element queries has already started (although only as a JavaScript polyfill at the moment). I for one am looking forward to this.

Did you know that Chrome DevTools allow you to view and edit Sass source files rather than generated CSS files? If not, it’s about time you learn everything there is to know about it, because this will be a huge improvement to your Sass development workflow.

Ben Smithett explains how his team used Sass, SMACSS and BEM to make the legacy CSS for the Envato marketplaces (including ThemeForest) scalable and maintainable.

Manoela Ilic created an impressive set of experimental modal window appearance effects with CSS transitions and animations. Definitely worth checking out.

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A compilation of resources for anyone who wants to get started with responsive design. Each section takes a quick dip into an aspect of responsive design and then links to resources that are worth reading up about. The article does also feature some more advanced topics such as page on page optimization and responsive design with server-side components.

Alex Wolfe created a very nice set of CSS buttons with Sass & Compass. The library includes a bunch of different button styles (everything from flat to glowing) which you could find useful.

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