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HTML5 Mastery: Fragments

Tutorial • Intermediate

The third part of the "HTML5 Mastery" series focuses on the special `DocumentFragment` structure. We look at its API, the possibility of reducing DOM...

Florian Rappl • 7 Dec 2015
UX Design

“Copy to Clipboard” Made Easy with Clipboard.js

Tutorial • Intermediate

Owing to browser restrictions, adding copy functionality to web pages used to be a real hassle. Fortunately now we have a JavaScript library that allows us...

Thoriq Firdaus • 12 Nov 2015
JavaScript for Designers

PostCSS Deep Dive: Create Your Own Plugin

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial you’ll learn how to create a basic plugin of your own for PostCSS. We won’t be going too heavily into the plugin API, and we won’t use any...

Kezz Bracey • 10 Nov 2015
Animation

Completing Our Draggable Off-Canvas Menu with GreenSock

Tutorial • Advanced

In the first part of this Draggable journey, we discussed how to include scripts, investigated the ThrowPropsPlugin, including the requirements to jump start...

Dennis Gaebel • 3 Nov 2015
JavaScript for Designers

Using PostCSS for Cross Browser Compatibility

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial we’re going to use PostCSS to create a stylesheet designed for cross browser compatibility.

Kezz Bracey • 13 Oct 2015
JavaScript for Designers

PostCSS Quickstart Guide: Grunt Setup

Tutorial • Intermediate

In the last tutorial we went through how to setup a PostCSS project with Gulp. In this tutorial we’ll achieve the same ends, by using Grunt. By the end of...

Kezz Bracey • 5 Oct 2015
JavaScript for Designers

PostCSS Quickstart Guide: Gulp Setup

Tutorial • Intermediate

In this tutorial we’ll go through how you can use PostCSS with the task runner Gulp, allowing you to decide for yourself which plugins you want to use and...

Kezz Bracey • 1 Oct 2015
UX Design

Combining Pattern Lab with Gulp for Improved Workflow

Tutorial • Intermediate

Do you and your team work with styleguides? Do you have documentation for your modules? If not, don’t panic. In this tutorial I’ll show you how it’s possible...

Tim Hartmann • 17 Sep 2015
JavaScript for Designers

Connecting an API-Driven Web App with Javascript

Tutorial • Intermediate

We have our little app looking just the way we want, but it doesn’t actually do anything yet. So, let’s work on adding some JavaScript to make the app...

Jim Nielsen • 24 Aug 2015
JavaScript for Designers

Planning a Basic API-Driven Web App

Tutorial • Intermediate

APIs are a big part of web design and development these days. They help power rich, dynamic experiences in the browser. In this tutorial, you’ll learn the...

Jim Nielsen • 13 Aug 2015
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Three Local Site Preview Methods in 60 Seconds

Tutorial • Beginner

Here are three ways to setup local website previews, in 60 seconds! First, we’ll look at Prepros. Then we’ll use BrowserSync with Gulp. Lastly, we’ll look at...

Kezz Bracey • 29 Jul 2015
UI Design

Building a Slider with Metafizzy’s Flickity

Tutorial • Intermediate

Flickity is a JavaScript slider library, built by David DeSandro of Metafizzy fame. It’s optimized for touch gestures, performance, and includes things like...

Thoriq Firdaus • 23 Jul 2015