What You May Not Know About the Z-Index Property
Steven Bradley
Steven Bradley clarifies the inner workings of z-index, by looking at stacking contexts and a few practical examples.
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Using CSS Regions With CSS Shapes For A Better Reading Experience
Sara Soueidan
Sara Soueidan shows why are CSS Shapes awesome and how to use them in conjunction with CSS Regions to improve the reading experience.
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Articles & Tutorials
Internet Explorer 11 review, part 1
David StoreyDavid Storey looks at the IE’s release schedule and update strategy and into the story around use of prefixes and standardisation of new features available in IE11.
Getting to Know Gumby
Cory SimmonsThrough this series of articles Cory Simmons gives a nice and detailed introduction into Gumby Framework (a flexible, responsive CSS framework powered by Sass).
Animating Vectors with SVG
Brian SudaBrian Suda dashes out a quick technique for animating SVG line drawings using JavaScript.
Table Cell and Position Absolute
David WalshDavid Walsh shows that it’s actually possible to use position:absolute in tables, despite the fact that Firefox is not playing nicely with it.
Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard
Chris CoyierAnother nice introduction into Grunt, the JavaScript Task Runner. And if you’re more of a video person, check out this Video Introduction to Grunt, also by Chris Coyier.
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