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This is a presentation from 2019-01-21. Summary We want to move away from jQuery in future projects
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When your code does not behave as expected, you can use a debugger statement ("breakpoint") at any point in your...
The rendered font often depends on the local font your system provides, therefore you often find a rule like below...
The Ace editor is a great enhancement when you want users to supply some kind of code (HTML, JavaScript, Ruby...
When projects run for many years, they require special regular maintenance to stay fresh. This kind of maintenance is usually...
Occasionally, your designer will hand you designs where elements break the layout's horizontal container width, like navigation buttons of...
Accessing pseudo elements via JavaScript or jQuery is often painful/impossible. However, accessing their styles is fairly simple. Using getComputedStyle
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It is possible to access Rails config (for example secrets) from within your webpack bundles, thanks to rails-erb-loader...
TL;DR: All modern browsers default to using the element as the main document viewport. In CSS, prefer to set...
Font Awesome 5 is a comprehensive solution for vector icons on your website. Originally, Font Awesome came as an icon...
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For Sidekiq to be able to retry your jobs it has to be able to catch errors that occur while...
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Flexbox is awesome. Most of it even works in IE11, but flex: 1 won't work reliably in Internet Explorer...
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Most forms have a single submit button that will save the record when pressed. Sometimes a form needs additional submit...
At makandra, we've built a few gems over the years. Some of these are quite popular: spreewald (> 1M downloads...
Google Chrome has a subtle rendering bug that hits me once in a while. It usually occurs in sliders with...