The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Frameworks Keeping up with JavaScript frameworks can be a challenge. There are a lot of them, and seemingly another one every month. How do you know which ones might be right for your project? What are their strengths and weaknesses? The developer tools you need to know right now When it comes to web development, it is pretty easy to assume that JavaScript is top dog. But, obviously it's not that simple. Imagine turning up for an interview and saying 'I'm great at JavaScript'. We think they might want to know a little more than that.
Grid Designer 2 If you're familiar with the grid, a bit of design and basic typography, using this script should be pretty easy - most of the functions are pretty self-explanatory. If you're unfamiliar with grids in general, you could start by reading an excellent series of articles by web designer Mark Boulton. For those who want a real understanding of the theory of grids in relation to design and typography, I strongly recommend this book. On the Columns tab, you can start your design in two ways: Fill in the number of columns, total width, gutters and margin widths, all specified in pixels - then press the design button.
CSS Background Animations Background animations are an awesome touch when used correctly. In the past, I used MooTools to animate a background position. Luckily these days CSS animations are widely supported enough to rely on them to take over JavaScript-based animation tasks. The following simple CSS snippet animates the background image (via background position) of a given element. We'll use CSS animations instead of transitions for this effect:
Tools for Web Developers Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for improving the quality of web pages. You can run it against any web page, public or requiring authentication. It has audits for performance, accessibility, progressive web apps, SEO and more. You can run Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools, from the command line, or as a Node module. You give Lighthouse a URL to audit, it runs a series of audits against the page, and then it generates a report on how well the page did. From there, use the failing audits as indicators on how to improve the page.
Language subtag lookup app (Un outil officieux de recherche de sous-étiquettes de langues permet un usage simplifié du registre IANA) BCP 47 language tags are built from subtags in the IANA Subtag Registry. This tool helps you find or look up subtags and check for errors in language tags. Read Choosing a Language Tag for step-by-step guidelines on creating language tags. Flexisel - Responsive Carousel jQuery Plugin As long as there has been jQuery there have been image carousels created with jQuery. The famous jCarousel has been out since 2006, the same year the first version of jQuery was released. However, with the explosion of users now using their mobile devices for their internet browsing — on iPhones, iPads, and the like — it becomes necessary for jQuery plugins to support a good user experience on these devices. Enter Flexisel, the responsive image carousel with options specifically available for adapting the carousel for mobile and tablet devices. Check out the demo here.
Choosing the Right JavaScript Framework for Your Next Web Application - Progress For many developers, the JavaScript ecosystem can feel like a bazaar, stuffed with libraries and frameworks that do anything and everything one could imagine. Making decisions in this hyper-dynamic landscape that you will have to stick to long term is hard. How do you choose a suitable JavaScript framework for your next project? Which one would be most reliable for the changes and challenges you anticipate? Download this whitepaper to learn about: 6 Essential Open Source Tools for Web Designers The web runs on open source software. Most of it is in the back end, with most of the world’s servers running on some form of Unix or Linux. Those servers run hundreds, if not thousands, of open source utilities, script interpreters, and so on. Once in a while, though, the open source stuff gets all the way to the browser, where the user can see it. Okay, that happens a lot. Case in point: WordPress; you’re seeing it now.
HTML minifier HTML Minifier (v3.4.0) Treat attributes in case sensitive manner (useful for custom HTML tags) Omit attribute values from boolean attributes Don't leave any spaces between display:inline; elements when collapsing. Must be used in conjunction with collapseWhitespace=true Collapse white space that contributes to text nodes in a document tree Always collapse to 1 space (never remove it entirely). Must be used in conjunction with collapseWhitespace=true Use direct Unicode characters whenever possible Parse input according to HTML5 specifications Insert tags generated by HTML parser Keep the trailing slash on singleton elements Specify a maximum line length. Select: All, None, Reset