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Popular Design News of the Week: September 20, 2021 – September 26, 2021
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Systems for z-index
Say you have a z-index bug. Something is being covered up by something else. In my experience, a typical solution is to put position: relative on the thing so z-index works in the first place, and maybe rejigger the z-index value until the right thing is on top.
The danger here is that this sets of..
The Self Provisioning Runtime
Big thoughts on where the industry is headed from Shawn Wang:
Advancements in two fields — programming languages and cloud infrastructure — will converge in a single paradigm: where all resources required by a program will be automatically provisioned, and optimized, by the environment that runs it..
The Pros and Cons of Tailwind CSS
As a utility-first CSS framework, Tailwind has rapidly become popular among developers. With its fast styling process and the freedom it offers when designing a website, it’s really no wonder why.
But how can you make sure this is the right CSS framework for your upcoming development projects? In t..
Comparing Methods for Appending and Inserting With JavaScript
Let’s say we want to add something to a webpage after the initial load. JavaScript gives us a variety of tools. Perhaps you’ve used some of them, like append, appendChild, insertAdjacentHTML, or innerHTML.
The difficult thing about appending and inserting things with JavaScript isn’t so much about ..
Our Learning Partner: Frontend Masters
Frontend Masters has been our learning partner for a couple of years now. I love it. If you need structured learning to up your web development skills, Frontend Masters is the place. It works so well because we don’t offer that kind of structured learning ourselves — I’d rather recommend a first-rat..
Weekly News for Designers № 611
Welcome to the W3C design system – A look at how the W3C’s design system is structured. You can even download templates for use in your own projects.
How to Work With Both Good & Bad Design Clients – How to determine which clients are worth the trouble and which ones you should just skip over.
CSS..
What is Your Page Title on a Google Search Engine Results Page?
Whatever Google wants it to be. I always thought it was exactly what your element was. Perhaps in lieu of that, what the first
on the page is. But recently I noticed some pages on this site that were showing a title on SERPs that was a string that appeared nowhere at all in the source o..
Working With GraphQL Caching
If you’ve recently started working with GraphQL, or reviewed its pros and cons, you’ve no doubt heard things like “GraphQL doesn’t support caching” or “GraphQL doesn’t care about caching.” And for most, that is a big deal.
The official GraphQL documentation refers to caching techniques so, clearly,..
Learn How to Build True Edge Apps With Cloudflare Workers and Fauna
(This is a sponsored post.)
There is a lot of buzz around apps running on the edge instead of on a centralized server in web development. Running your app on the edge allows your code to be closer to your users, which makes it faster. However, there is a spectrum of edge apps. Many apps only have s..