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Issue 80

Flexbox explained with animated gifs, CSS Exclusions and an explanation of calc

Rachel Andrew
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Issue 80

Last week I visited my old home town of Newcastle upon Tyne, and then flew over to Lisbon. Speaking in both locations about CSS Grid Layout. There is now a nice little gap before conference season proper kicks off.

I keep my upcoming events listed here. By the time I do my next event Grid Layout should actually be shipped in browsers, which is exciting!

Rachel Andrew, CSS Layout News

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CSS Exclusions: Making Boring Layouts Less Boring

Great to see someone else talk about Exclusions. I would love to see these be picked up by other browser vendors.

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How Flexbox works — explained with big, colorful, animated gifs

Another flexbox tutorial, this one with a bunch of animated gifs to explain the concepts.

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the new code – Web Developer Reading List: Responsive Images

A reading list guiding you through using Responsive Images from Dudley Storey.

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How calc() Works

A little tutorial explaining the calc() function in CSS with some examples.

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Material Design and the Mystery Meat Navigation Problem

A thorough look at the mystery meat navigation used in the bottom Navigation in Material Design.

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Free, faster. — Ethan Marcotte

Ethan Marcotte with some thoughts on using off the shelf themes.

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