CSS Grid is going to become supported-by-default in Chrome and Firefox in March of 2017. Eric Meyer answers a variety of questions about it here.
Eric Meyer
Jake Archibald noticed GitHub links loaded in a new window quicker than the current one. He explains why and presents a way to improve the situation using iframes and document.write.
Jake Archibald
A well presented, single page visual guide to what different CSS properties do.
Jeremy Thomas
Building and deploying complex front-end applications can get complicated. Webpack simplifies this with tons of features catering to all JavaScript apps.
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Implementing parallax effects on the Web in a performant way can be challenging. Here, Paul Lewis looks at using a little mathematical wriggling to get things playing nicely.
Paul Lewis
Julian Motz introduces NW.js, a framework for creating native applications using front-end technologies like HTML, JavaScript and CSS.
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Patterns to help write high-quality components and aid in framework interoperability.
Rob Dodson
StageXL is a fast and universal 2D render engine for Web games and apps that’s particularly suited for Flash developers migrating over.
Bernhard Pichler
A single page look at cross-browser support for various elements of the Service Worker ecosystem.
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How to Run Cost-Effective Frontend Applications on Amazon S3 tutorial Colin Walker
Building a Responsive Product Grid with CSS Flexbox tutorial Esa Juhana Lahikainen
An Introduction to Custom Elements tutorial Dom Farolino
Ambient Guilloché: A Web Audio API WebGl Visualization tutorial demo Feeding microphone data into a WebGL visualization using the Web Audio API. Max Irwin
Building Large CSS Apps And Components with Aly Fluckey story Noel Rappin
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How to Engage with Browser Vendors video Nolan Lawson
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