Reading List
A (usually) weekly round-up of interesting links I’ve tweeted. Sponsored by Smashing Magazine who slip banknotes into my lacy red manties so I can spend time reading stuff.
- Build a PWA in Just 10 Minutes doesn’t go deep, but a good intro
- How To Learn CSS – Auntie Rachel’s primer on fundamental CSS concepts. “There are some fundamental things which will make CSS much easier for you to use. This article aims to guide you along your path”
- Using DevTools to understand modern layout techniques by Chen Hui Jing
- Conic-gradient Patterns with css-doodle and CSS conic-gradient()
- Why I’m Running for W3C TAG – Alice Boxhall is running for election to the W3C Technical Architecture Group. Now Opera is no more, I have no vote or sway, but she has my full and enthusiastic moral support.
- Development Environment Machine Setup Screencast by Simon Owen. “Over the years I’ve noticed time and time again people having various issues with the set up and maintenance of their development environments. I try to keep the videos fairly short and to the point, so you can get through them quickly and learn and profit.”
- Firefox with ads on New Tab Page – doesn’t seem to send info to 3rd parties, but to turn it off, uncheck ‘snippets’ in preferences.
- A Recap of Frontend Development in 2018 “Predictions for 2019: CSS-in-JS may become the default styling method instead of plain CSS.” Meh.
- Design in Tech Report 2018 by John Maeda
- Lists: 2019 Design Conferences (inc. UX, UI etc) and London Design conferences
- The Chinese takeover of Indian app ecosystem – “The message is clear for the Chinese if you want growth, conquer India”. At least some people listened to me! (Joking aside, there’s a lot in this article, especially about India2/ Bharat customers coning online)
- 2018: A Smashing Year In Review – by my colleagues and me. “We’re not just the publishers of an online magazine or conference organizers, we are people who work in the web industry”
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