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The Index: Issue #142
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Published: November 14, 2025 11:55
public.monster This is fantastic. Free hosting for people that want a place on the internet that is their own as a throwback to the 90s. Little Character font A free and open source font that has an incredible back-story. I saw Astrid (the creator) talk…
Perfecting Baseline
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Published: November 13, 2025 11:55
FYI I’m the co-chair of the W3C WebDX Community Group, which maintains the data and the definition that powers Baseline. Today, I want to take a step back and talk about what Baseline is starting to mean to web developers, what it is, and what it isn’t. …
The Index: Issue #141
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Published: November 12, 2025 11:55
Reimagine the date picker Pikaday is back baby! Why do browsers throttle JavaScript timers? You might not initially think it, but this is a really fascinating read. Your URL is your state The URL is so overpowered and so often under-utilised. This article…
Programming principles for self taught front-end developers
Published: November 11, 2025 11:11
Like many front-end developers, I don’t have a formal computer science background. I rolled into this discipline as a designer wanting more control over the end product and though I did get a bachelors of ICT degree, the actual studies were, ahem, quite…
The Index: Issue #140
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Published: November 7, 2025 11:55
Transition to the other side with container query units Something we're always looking for is usages of container queries and their units that you might not have thought of. Ryan has exactly that for you here. Trusting the browser A really interesting read…
Some practical examples of view transitions to elevate your UI
Published: November 6, 2025 11:55
The aptly named View Transition API is a powerful way to create animated transitions between two states. I use the word 'powerful', because the View Transition API is powerful — more powerful than anyone would expect. You can navigate between pages, or…
The Index: Issue #139
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Published: November 5, 2025 11:55
The majority AI view And for those who aren't insiders in the tech industry, it's vital that you understand that you've been presented with an extremely distorted view about what tech workers really think about AI. Tapping the sign. Instant snapport…
The Index: Issue #138
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Published: October 31, 2025 11:55
CSS terrain generator One for the Sim City fans. This is so cool! Springs and bounces in native CSS Great demos, a great build your own curve feature and of course, another great article by Josh. Learning curves An interesting look at the level of details…
The Index: Issue #137
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Published: October 29, 2025 11:55
The entire “Principles” module of Complete CSS is now free I think this module is one of the most important in Complete CSS so I've made the content free to everyone! If you go through to checkout from the paywall at the end, you'll get a nice discount too…
The entire “Principles” module of Complete CSS is now free
Published: October 29, 2025 10:00
It's been nearly a year since we released Complete CSS and in that time, I've been touring my talk Get the core right and the resilient code will follow. The (not so) secret behind that talk is it's actually based on lessons #3, #4 and #5 of Complete CSS.…
The entire “Principals” module of Complete CSS is now free
Published: October 29, 2025 00:00
It's been nearly a year since we released Complete CSS and in that time, I've been touring my talk Get the core right and the resilient code will follow. The (not so) secret behind that talk is it's actually based on lessons #3, #4 and #5 of Complete CSS.…
Start implementing view transitions on your websites today
Published: October 28, 2025 11:55
The View Transition API allows us to animate between two states with relative ease. I say relative ease, but view transitions can get quite complicated fast. A view transition can be called in two ways; if you add a tiny bit of CSS, a view transition is…
The Index: Issue #136
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Published: October 24, 2025 10:55
Junior dev tip: "scroll up" Timeless and priceless advice for all developers, but especially junior developers. The web behind glass It's frustrating that multi-billion tech corporations create the environment for these sort of tips, but they're useful…
NaN, the not-a-number number that isn’t NaN
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Published: October 23, 2025 10:55
When NaN is included in a arithmetic expression, the result will always be NaN — that tracks, right? Anything math’d against the very concept of "not a number" can't result in a number: 2 + NaN; // result: NaN NaN - 50; // result: NaN NaN / 0; // result:…
The Index: Issue #135
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Published: October 22, 2025 10:55
Making context-aware components: how CSS inherit() could simplify design systems CSS just keeps coming through with the good stuff and this is yet another banger use case for the new inherit() function. closedBy=any A quick and handy tip to improve your…
The Index: Issue #134
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Published: October 17, 2025 10:55
Amazing web portfolios A nice collections of portfolios featuring three.js. Time travelling with IKEA catalogues 1951-2021 For those who love fawning over old print. There's loads of lovely stuff in here. Start using scroll-driven animations today! There's…
A Q&A with JavaScript for Everyone author, Mat Marquis
Published: October 16, 2025 10:55
FYI Save £60 until October 28, using coupon code JS4ELAUNCH at checkout and get JavaScript for Everyone for £189, down from £249. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) discounts are also available to countries that usually get them. Our system will work out the…