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Javascript: autocomplete country script
We are all filling registration forms. It's really nice when the page helps us to do that faster. The script, that I'm going to show you, is designed to be used for a country field.CSS Challenge #1: expand and center an image
That's first of (I hope) many posts with such an idea. Problems solved with pure CSS. No JavaScript.
SASS mixin for grid generation
The mixins in SASS are really helpful. Here is something really short which I just start using. It's a mixin which I apply on the grid's container.
The power of inherit or how to animate pseudo elements
Luckily, I have time to watch screencasts from various conferences. Last few weeks I'm watching videos from Fronteers2012. They are all great and it worths checking out. However, there is something which I found really interesting. It's about animating pseudo elements.
Revealing the magic: How to properly convert HTML string to a DOM element
This seems like a trivial task. However, it is not. There are few popular solutions, but they have a big problem and if you use them a lot you will spot the issue.
CSS variables are here for ages
Every front-end developer that starts reading about CSS preprocessors thinks “Oh, finally variables in CSS". Indeed, the ability to create and use variables in CSS makes our code much more flexible. However, I think that there is no need to use a preprocessor to create flexible stylesheets.
iframe, or not, that is the question
One of the things that I really like at work is the fact that we spend time in research tickets. We have unknowns and we make a research to find out more information on particular topic. We then base our decisions on the results. Recently we had to decide whether to use an <iframe> for a third party widget development. I feel that the collected information may be handy to someone else so I decided to write it down here.
A story about React, Redux and server-side rendering
Long long time ago in a kingdom far far away there was an app. The app was supported by the well known React and Redux families but there was a problem. It was damn slow. People started complaining and the app had to do something. It had to deliver its content quickly so it provides better user experience. Then the server-side rendering was born.