Firefox 70 Released — The latest release includes a handful of interesting CSS changes, such as the display property now accepting two keyword values (for setting both inner and outer display types), password generation for input type='password' fields, improved underline styling, and more. There's also the usual Firefox 70 for developers post outlining all the key changes in a bulletpoint fashion.

Mozilla

Focusing on Focus — Focus behavior in Web browsers has been in flux and under-specified for years. Efforts are now underway to clear up some of the confusion (particularly around Shadow DOM and autofocus) and begin to firm up the specs “to hopefully make focus in HTML make sense to browser engineers and web authors”.

Rakina Zata Amni (WHATWG)

Frontends Without Backend with FaunaDB Auth + Native GraphQL — FaunaDB is a globally distributed, scalable database. Thanks to built-in security and native GraphQL, frontends can directly communicate with FaunaDB in a secure way which eliminates the need to pass through a backend and greatly reduces latency.

FaunaDB sponsor

The "P" in Progressive Enhancement Stands for "Pragmatism" — Demonstrates how using progressive enhancement with CSS can be used to build things up gradually. “With a Progressive Enhancement mindset, support actually means support. We’re not trying to create an identical experience: we’re creating a viable experience instead.”

Andy Bell

Can We Please Style The <select> Control? — Highlights issues developers are facing when working with the the built-in <select> element, and what efforts are being undertaken to hopefully improve it.

Greg Whitworth

Style Hover, Focus, and Active States Differently — Why you should (and how to) style hover, focus, and active states differently.

Zell Liew

Frontend Developer at X-Team (Remote) — Work with the world's leading brands, from anywhere. Travel the world while being part of the most energizing community of developers.

X-Team

Have You Tried Vettery? — Vettery specializes in tech roles and is completely free for job seekers. Create a profile to get started.

Vettery

Making Tables Responsive with Minimal CSS — When creating table-based layouts you may be tempted to implement some sort of custom grid-system or pull in a pre-built library. The author argues against this, recommending using just “tables and some simple CSS”.

Bradley Taunt

Box Alignment and Overflow — Runs through a data-loss issue you may face when using box alignment properties in certain scenarios, and highlights how the 'safe' overflow alignment keyword can help prevent such a loss.

Chen Hui Jing

State Management for Flutter Apps with MobX — Learn how to use MobX to ease state management on a Flutter project.

CircleCI sponsor

How to Design Delightful Dark Themes — Plenty of practical tips here on how to design dark themes that are “readable, balanced, and delightful”.

Teresa Man

Options for Hosting Your Own Non-JavaScript-Based Analytics — Rounds-up a range of alternatives to Google Analytics.

Chris Coyier

The 'Perfect' Responsive Menu — Here’s how to create a menu that is accessible and works across mobile and desktop browsers without any duplication.

Polypane

JAMstack Tools and The Spectrum of Classification — An overview of JAMStack services and tools, along with some notes on their pros and cons.

Chris Coyier

The React Hooks Guide: In-Depth Tutorial with Examples. Start Learning

Progress KendoReact sponsor

An Introduction to Regular Expressions for Web Developers

Chris Achard

Peaks.js: Interact with Audio Waveforms — A client-side JavaScript component to display and interact with audio waveforms in the browser. Here’s the related GitHub repo.

Indrek Lasn

TinaCMS: A Site Editing Toolkit for Modern React-Based Sites — An open-source real-time site editing toolkit currently aimed at Gatsby and Next.js users.

Tina

Open Doodles: A Collection of Free CC0 'Sketchy' Illustrations — You can even generate a set with your own custom colors (as above).

Pablo Stanley

Typetura: Fluid Typesetting — We linked to this responsive typography tool when it was in beta earlier this year, and now it’s generally available (paid). It'll help set up text transitions between breakpoints — here’s a demo of it in action.

Typetura