Issue 112
Flexbox, Grid, Transforms, DevTools and even HTML in email. A lot going on this week!
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Issue 112
I'm back in the UK for a week and have a whole bunch of excellent articles and video to share with you on subjects from Flexbox to Grid, Transforms, DevTools in Firefox and an updated guide to CSS support in HTML email from Campaign Monitor.
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Creating CSS Grid - YouTube
A few of us who had been involved in the story of CSS Grid Layout were involved in filming a video for Microsoft, while we were at the CSS Working Group meeting in Paris. You can see the result on YouTube.
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A Rube Goldberg Machine
A lovely post from Ada Rose Edwards subtitled, An introduction to post-modern Web Development. The post covers CSS Grid, CSS Custom Properties and Web Animations.
CSS Grid: Bringing true two-dimensional layout to the web | Microsoft Edge Web Summit 2017 | Channel 9
I wish I had been able to get to the Edge Web Summit. Sadly I've not figured out how to be in two places at once yet. Luckily for me all the videos are online, including this excellent talk on Grid Layout from Melanie Richards.
9 Things You Didn’t Know About Firefox Dev Tools
If you have used Grid Layout, then hopefully you have also discovered the Grid Inspector that is part of the Firefox DevTools. There are some other nice tools in Firefox DevTools and this article introduces them.
Discover the Power of CSS Transforms - Heart Internet Blog - Focusing on all aspects of the web
A nice article about using CSS Transforms.
Basic grid layout with fallbacks using feature queries
Another excellent article from Chen Hui Jing, this time about Grid with fallbacks for older browsers.
The Ultimate Guide to Flexbox — Learning Through Examples
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CSS Support Guide for Email Clients | Campaign Monitor
Campaign Monitor have updated their excellent guide to CSS Support in email. They have also published a post detailing the updates.
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