Articles Quick Tips

Recent articles

design • colors

How to suck less at using colors

Colors are a pretty fundamental part of building anything for the web and one of the most important parts of a coherent design. If done right it can contribute to brand recognition...

css • design

A nifty alternative to box-shadows

Most folks know about the `box-shadow` property and use it a lot already in their CSS, however there are certain scenarios where a box-shadow doesn't give us ideal results. There i...

JavaScript • design patterns

Writing reusable modules and libraries in JavaScript

As developers, we often use a lot of libraries and packages and know very well how to use them. We're used to it, because packages and libraries are a huge part of the ecosystem an...

css • design • components

Writing self-contained layout components in CSS

As developers, when using modern UI libraries and frameworks like React, Vue or Web Components, we often like to write our CSS specifically for a single component. That way we can...

design • tools

Useful frontend and design resources #1

We all need some inspiration sometimes. Luckily we have access to a lot of great tools and tons of resources out there that can help us build better things for the web. Here's a sh...

CSS • design • tailwind

Customizing Tailwind CSS

Just like in the golden days of Bootstrap, popular CSS frameworks like Tailwind involve the danger of many websites looking very similar. Especially with the UI components released...

CSS • design • tailwind

Introduction to Tailwind CSS and utility classes

If you haven't checked out Tailwind CSS yet or don't know what all the buzz regarding utility classes is all about, this article is for you. We'll take a first look at the advantag...

CSS • design

Better CSS box shadows

Using shadows is a great way to avoid klunky borders in otherwise light layouts and they've long surpassed being "just for decoration" elements in websites and apps alike. Especial...

JavaScript • intermediate

The beauty of pure functions

Pure functions form the building blocks of functional programming and help a lot in not repeating yourself and making code easier to maintain. Let's take a close look and figure ou...

Get the newsletter

Subscribe to get all free articles, videos and resources straight to your inbox.

    Discover more content