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Jul 16 2019

Popups: 10 Problematic Trends and Alternatives

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Popups: 10 Problematic Trends and Alternatives
Whether modal or not, most overlays appear at the wrong time, interrupt users during critical tasks, use poor language, and contribute to user disorientation.
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A new JavaScript engine optimized for React Native
Libs & tools
freezeframe.js is a library that pauses animated .gifs and enables them to animate on mouse hover / mouse click / touch event, or with trigger / release functions.
React hook for form validation without the hassle
Articles
Serving modern code to modern browsers can be great for performance. Your JavaScript bundles can contain more compact or optimized modern syntax, while still supporting older browsers.
If you’re design is placing text onto a dark background then you have a good reason to look towards using the WebKit and Firefox prefixed font-smoothing options to make the text look lighter, but you should be warned that these only work on Mac and OSX and leaves the billions of other users with a sub-standard view.
When you are still early on in your programming career, digging into the source code of open source libraries and frameworks can be a daunting endeavor. In this article, Carl Mungazi shares how he got over his fear and began using source code to improve his knowledge and skills. He also uses Redux to demonstrate how he approaches breaking down a library.
For beginners
There is more to styling lists in CSS than you might think. In this article, Rachel starts by looking at lists in CSS, and moving onto some interesting features defined in the CSS Lists specification — markers and counters.
Hello from the server side
Every year, Node.js becomes faster and richer. This time, new Node.js features will power AI, IoT and other CPU-heavy projects.
Spec of the week
The location.reload() method reloads the current resource, like the Refresh button, but did you know it can also receive some additional options?
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