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CSS Nesting
This year, native CSS nesting got supported in all major browsers: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. This is a major CSS feature that will make it easier to write CSS. In this article, I will document what I learned so far about CSS nesting and share my findings with you, along with use cases and examples.
Messin’ around with web components. Also—JavaScript, generally
"I think I have to use the constructor() here since I’m setting this. But also there are no good blog posts out there explaining any of this stuff and so I challenge you, nay dare you, to really explain all this to me."
Ha, challenge accepted.
Elevate your CSS debugging skills with these Chrome DevTools tricks in 2024
Elevate your CSS debugging skills with these powerful Chrome DevTools tricks. Learn how to tackle layers, specificity, nesting, HD color, and scroll animations.
Getting started with CSS container queries
As of this year, container queries are supported in all major browsers. But what are they, and how can we use them to build more robust, flexible layouts? Do we still need media queries? Let's find out.
CSS Responsive Multi-Line Ribbon Shapes
In Part 1 of the series, Temani Afif demonstrated how creating ribbon patterns in CSS has evolved with the availability of new CSS features that help establish more flexible and robust patterns than what we possible even a few years ago. In this second installment of this brief two-part series, we look at two additional ribbon variations that introduce techniques for masking a repeated background gradient in CSS.
Videos
CSS4 Is Coming (Not a Clickbait)
A look at the current state of CSS development, with a detailed explanation of why CSS4 is coming even though we were told that it will never happen, what it might include, and what all of this means for you.
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