UI Dev Newsletter #87
Issue #87
2021-12-13
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Defensive CSS
https://ishadeed.com/article/defensive-css/
Ahmad Shadeed shares a collection of snippets that can help you write CSS that is protected, which will lead to fewer issues in the future. -
How many people with disabilities use our site?
https://hiddedevries.nl/en/blog/2021-12-05-how-many-people-with-disabilities-use-our-site
Hidde de Vries explains why we should always build accessible sites, no matter how many people with disabilities use them. -
Under-Engineered Dependency Questions
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/12/under-engineered-dependency-questions.html
Adrian Roselli describes how selecting the “Other” option in forms could be handled with only HTML and CSS in an accessible way. -
Fonts Knowledge
https://fonts.google.com/knowledge
Google Fonts team shares a library of original guides to the world of typography produced in collaboration with typographic experts from around the world. -
Why you should check-in your node dependencies
https://www.jackfranklin.co.uk/blog/check-in-your-node-dependencies/
Jack Franklin explains some significant benefits to including the node_modules folder in the repository. -
Improving GitHub code search
https://github.blog/2021-12-08-improving-github-code-search/
Pavel Avgustinov announces a technology preview for substantial improvements to searching code on GitHub. -
Designcember
https://designcember.com/
Chrome Developers share a UI development treat every day for you to celebrate the new responsive web of tomorrow. -
gping
https://github.com/orf/gping
Tom Forbes shares a terminal app that is best described as “ping, but with a graph.” -
Self-promotion
How I learn things after 10 years
https://www.silvestar.codes/articles/how-i-learn-things-after-ten-years/
As frontend developers, we are constantly learning, but I do it differently than before when I was starting. -
Freebie
Free Christmas Icon Sets And Vector Elements
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/12/free-holiday-icons-vector-elements/
Cosima Mielke shares some winter- and holiday-themed icon sets and vector elements that you can use in your projects for free.
Happy coding!