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February 12, 2020 — In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, we take a look at how to use grid-template-areas to place items. Read more…

January 10, 2020 — In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, we take a look at how to use the grid lines to place items. Read more…

January 7, 2020 — In this article, Bruce Lawson explains what use we have of <section> and how authors should mark up headings that are hugely important to AT users. Read more…

January 3, 2020 — In a new series, Rachel Andrew breaks down the CSS Grid Layout specification. This time, we take a detailed look at what happens when you create a grid container and the various properties that can be applied to the container to shape your grid. Read more…

December 27, 2019 — The CSS contain property gives you a way to explain your layout to the browser, so performance optimizations can be made. However, it does come with some side effects in terms of your layout. Read more…

October 11, 2019 — In this article, Rachel Andrew explains how the W3C works and shares her “Web Story” to explain why the Web Standards process is so vitally important for everyone to have an open web platform where they can share their stories and build awesome things for the web together. Read more…

October 10, 2019 — Ever since releasing Grid Inspector, the Firefox DevTools team has been inspired to build a new suite of tools to solve the problems of the modern web. In this article, we’ll learn about all 7 tools and take a peek at potential future projects. Read more…

August 28, 2019 — You’ve probably heard of WebAssembly and why it’s a powerful tool in the browser. In this article, we explore why serverless WebAssembly might be equally powerful outside the browser, and how to get started using it. Read more…

August 9, 2019 — Do you know the impact unused CSS has on performance? Spoiler: It’s a lot! In this article, we’ll explore a Sass-oriented solution for dealing with unused CSS, avoiding the need for complicated Node.js dependencies involving headless browsers, and DOM emulation. Read more…

August 6, 2019 — An understanding of CSS Writing Modes is useful if you want to work with vertical scripts, or change writing mode for creative reasons. However, they also underpin our new layout methods, and those ideas are increasingly being applied across all of CSS. In this article, find out why Rachel Andrew believes understanding writing modes is so important. Read more…