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I’ve got some blind spots in CSS-related performance things. One example is the will-change property. It’s a good name. You’re telling the browser some particular property (or the scroll-position or content) uh, will, change: .el { will-change: opacity; } .el.additional-hard-to-know-state { opaci..

I love little touches that make a website feel like more than just a static document. What if web content wouldn’t just “appear” when a page loaded, but instead popped, slid, faded, or spun into place? It might be a stretch to say that movements like this are always useful, though in some cases they..

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Jamstack (JAMstack), is one of the most popular (and rapidly growing) tools for app and website creation. A unique ecosystem of functionality, Jamstack promises developers the support they need to create powerful websites and progressive applications. For a while, Jamstack was mostly written off a..

You’ve decided to take a step towards a new, exciting career in UX design—congratulations! We know that starting along this journey can be difficult; where do you begin? Well, we can help you there! Let’s take a look at the two most popular options for an online UX design education: 1) The Google UX Design Professional Certificate and 2) UX Design courses by and membership with the IxDF. By the end of this piece, you will have a clearer picture of which education offering will suit your requirements best. We’re going to compare the Google UX Design Professional Certificate (hereafter referred to as the Google Certificate) and an IxDF membership to see what’s similar and what’s different so...

The browser has long been a medium for art and design. From Lynn Fisher’s joyful A Single Div creations to Diana Smith’s staggeringly detailed CSS paintings, wildly creative, highly skilled developers have — over the years — continuously pushed web technologies to their limits and crafted innovative..

Structured data (sometimes called “Schema” or “microdata”) has emerged as an important part of SEO strategy. Search engines are making use of this information to enhance listings and provide users with more immediate answers. Even if you’re not 100% sure what structured data is, you’ve undoubtedly ..

“The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself... The more you learn, the more you'll earn.”—Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire HathawayHow many items have you added to your Black Friday shopping wishlist? This year, instead of short-term deals on products, why not take a long-term view and follow Warren Buffet’s mantra and invest your hard-earned money in yourself? In our biggest-ever Black Friday offer yet, this weekend, the IxDF is offering 25% off our annual membership and $200 off on our Bootcamps.[[video:1131]]The term Black Friday was initially used to describe the start of the season when stores start going into the black—i.e. when they began to becom...

Everyone wants to control their own destiny. For web designers, that means layouts that look great, code that works as intended, and clients who pay on time. While we may wish for each of those things, reality usually plays out differently. Layouts aren’t always pixel-perfect, code breaks and clien..

Tyler Sticka digs in here in the best possible way: by making a test page and literally measuring performance. Maybe 1,000 icons is a little bit of an edge case, but hey, 250 rows of data with four icons in each gets you there. Tyler covers the nuances carefully in the post. The different techniques..