Using the step and pattern attributes to make number inputs more useful
Number input elements can be rather problematic but if you utilise the step and pattern attributes, they suddenly become a lot more useful.
What I learned from migrating a Vue project from Vuex to Pinia
Big refactors and migrations for key infrastructure like global state are not to be taken lightly. Michelle Barker is here to show us how she did exactly that — migrating from Vuex to Pinia for global state in a huge, single page app — using a pragmatic, considered approach.
CSS nesting: use with caution
Is CSS nesting an exciting new feature or a potential disaster waiting to happen? I note down my worries and prior experience with one of it predecessors: Sass nesting, along with some gotchas native CSS brings with it.
Technologies and frameworks we use in our design studio
I get asked a lot about what technologies and frameworks we use at the studio, so I thought I’d note them down.
A simple masonry-like composable layout
It’s going to be a long time until CSS masonry is ready for us to use in our projects so I’ve got a nice stop-gap here for you that uses composable layouts.
Why I’m excited about text-box-trim as a designer
Jason Bradberry shows us what’s possible in the real world with the new CSS text-box-trim capabilities from a designer’s perspective, and gives us a deep dive into the text spacing and alignment problems it solves.
We made an email template to help convince your boss to pay for Complete CSS
We recently launched Complete CSS, and a lot of people have mentioned that they don’t know how to approach their boss to ask them to pay for it. Here’s an email template for you to help with that.
Complete CSS launches on November 26
We have news! We’re in the home straight, finishing up Complete CSS and with that, we have a launch date: November 26 at 12pm GMT. Sign up to get updates and we’ll email you as soon as it is live.
Making content-aware components using CSS :has(), grid, and quantity queries
Eric Bailey teaches us how to make a hyper-resilient component that responds not only to the container, but other languages too.
How the heck does it work? Phoenix LiveView
Alessandro Mencarini gives us a useful overview of a more niche web framework, Phoenix LiveView, which gives you a solid foundation to build interactive and progressively enhanced web experiences.