Posts Tagged ‘Essentials’
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Weak, Strong, Static And DynamicAn Introduction To Programming Type Systems
- April 18th, 2013
- 40 Comments
Static typing is great because it keeps you out of trouble. Dynamic typing is great because it gets out of your way and lets you get your work done faster. The debate between strongly and dynamically typed languages rages on, but understanding the issue starts with weak typing and languages ...
Read more...Web TypographySetting Weights And Styles With The @font-face Declaration
- February 14th, 2013
- 32 Comments
If people are on your website, they’re probably either skimming quickly, looking for something, or they’ve found what they’re looking for and want to read it as easily as possible. Either way, keeping text readable will help them achieve their goal. A few months ago, I wrote an article on “Avoiding ...
Read more...Hex ColorsThe Code Side Of Color
- October 4th, 2012
- 67 Comments
The trouble with a color’s name is that it never really is perceived as the exact same color to two different individuals — especially if they have a stake in a website’s emotional impact. Name a color, and you’re most likely to give a misleading impression. Even something like “blue” is ...
Read more...Review of JS FrameworksJourney Through The JavaScript MVC Jungle
- July 27th, 2012
- 75 Comments
When writing a web application from scratch, it’s easy to feel like we can get by simply by relying on a DOM manipulation library (like jQuery) and a handful of utility plugins. The problem with this is that it doesn’t take long to get lost in a nested pile of ...
Read more...Diving Into .NET Web Development
- July 2nd, 2012
- 88 Comments
Many people think of PHP, Ruby on Rails or Python and Django when choosing a language to create a new website or when choosing a language to learn to get that exciting new job. .NET, however, seems to occupy a space somewhat apart from this playground of cool kids. It’s ...
Read more...CSS Sprites Revisited
- April 11th, 2012
- 80 Comments
I’m pretty confident that I won’t surprise anyone here by saying that CSS sprites have been around for quite a while now, rearing their somewhat controversial heads in the Web development sphere as early as 2003. Still, the CSS sprite hasn’t truly found its way into the everyday toolkit of the ...
Read more...CSS3 Flexible Box Layout Explained
- September 19th, 2011
- 26 Comments
The flexible box layout module — or “flexbox,” to use its popular nickname — is an interesting part of the W3C Working Draft. The flexbox specification is still a draft and subject to change, so keep your eyes on the W3C, but it is part of a new arsenal of properties that will revolutionize ...
Read more...The Guide To CSS Animation: Principles and Examples
- September 14th, 2011
- 48 Comments
With CSS animation now supported in both Firefox and Webkit browsers, there is no better time to give it a try. Regardless of its technical form, whether traditional, computer-generated 3-D, Flash or CSS, animation always follows the same basic principles. In this article, we will take our first steps with CSS ...
Read more...Learning To Use The :before And :after Pseudo-Elements In CSS
- July 13th, 2011
- 61 Comments
If you’ve been keeping tabs on various Web design blogs, you’ve probably noticed that the :before and :after pseudo-elements have been getting quite a bit of attention in the front-end development scene — and for good reason. In particular, the experiments of one blogger — namely, London-based developer Nicolas Gallagher — have given pseudo-elements quite a ...
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