Vendor prefixes are not developer-friendly
The smartest way to handle vendor prefixes is to use tools (Compass, SASS, LESS) and unprefixed state to reduce maintenance cost. Read this and find out why.
Issue Alpha
Vendor prefixes, Sass vs. LESS vs. Stylus, CSS image replacement technique, Box Shadow Syntax Breakdown and more
Headlines
Responsive Design: Why You’re Doing It Wrong
Learn how to create a website that maintains its integrity as a viewport size is reduced to any feasible state.
Articles
Sass vs. LESS vs. Stylus: Preprocessor Shootout
Overview and comparison of CSS preprocessors. Very useful read (especially if you’re wondering what are differences between various preprocessors).
Another CSS image replacement technique
A new image replacement technique that was recently added to the HTML5 Boilerplate project explained in depth.
CSS3 Box Shadow Syntax Breakdown
CSS3 box shadow thoroughly explained; it quite possibly covers everything you need to know about box-shadow syntax.
How I'm skinning my responsive cat
Responsive and adaptive design, designing in browser (not Photoshop), mobile first concept – Kev Adamson covers it all.
Menu Notification Badges Using HTML5 Data-Attributes
Don’t let the title mislead you, it’s more about CSS3 than it is about HTML5.
Until next week
Alright, this was (obviously) the first issue of CSS Weekly. I hope that you’ve liked it (or at least didn’t hate it). Comments are massively appreciated.
Expect beta version in your mailbox sometime next week.
Happy trails,
Zoran Jambor
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