UI Dev Newsletter #77
Issue #77
2021-10-04
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One last time: custom styling radio buttons and checkboxes
https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2021/09/24/custom-radio-checkbox-again.html
Scott O’Hara explains what is necessary to restyle radios and checkboxes directly. -
Defining Basic JavaScript Terms: map, filter, and reduce
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2021/defining-basic-javascript-terms/
Jim Nielsen explains why APIs methods map, filter, and reduce are named the way they are in JavaScript language. -
Bringing instant page-loads to the browser through speculative prerendering
https://web.dev/speculative-prerendering/
Leena Sohoni and Addy Osmani write about speculative prerendering in the browser and how to participate in the Chrome origin trial. -
Explore JavaScript Dependencies With Lighthouse Treemap
https://sia.codes/posts/lighthouse-treemap/
Sia Karamalegos explains how to inspect all JavaScript downloaded and used/unused for a site in a handy data visualization with Lighthouse Treemap. -
10 GitHub Repository every Web Developer should Know
https://muthuannamalai.tech/10-github-repository-every-web-developer-should-know
Muthu Annamalai Venkatachalam puts together a list of ten GitHub repositories to help you grow as a developer. -
So many little design helper sites!
https://css-tricks.com/so-many-little-design-helper-sites/
Chris Coyier shares a few sites with handy little tools like wave generators and more. -
Boring SEO
https://boringseo.org/
An SEO guide for non-lazy people. -
ct.css
https://csswizardry.com/ct/
Harry Roberts shares a diagnostic CSS snippet that exposes potential performance issues in your page’s head tags. -
Self-promotion
How To Build An Expandable Accessible Gallery
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/10/build-expandable-accessible-gallery/
Smashing Magazine published my article in which you could learn how to set up a gallery that is expandable as well as accessible. -
Popular on Twitter
HTML tips you won't see in most tutorials.
https://www.twitter.com/denicmarko/status/1443890483453956097
Marko Denic shares a thread featuring some less-known yet beneficial HTML attributes and elements. -
Hacktoberfest
A Hacktoberfest Project For All Web Developers: Style Stage
https://dev.to/5t3ph/a-hacktoberfest-project-for-all-web-developers-style-stage-5h2m
Stephanie Eckles explains why the Style Stage is a perfect project for Hacktoberfest. -
Just for fun
Misquoting Einstein Is Fast And Stupid, But Not Accurate
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210921/07363747605/misquoting-einstein-is-fast-stupid-not-accurate.shtml
Tarah Wheeler went looking for the origin of a famous quote believed to belong to Albert Einstein.
Happy coding!