Web Weekly #7
Welcome to Web Weekly #7
I hope you're all safe and sound! From my side, nothing major happened this week, and the biggest highlight was that I learned there is a ðŠĪ emoji (that's a mousetrap). ð
This week's web weekly includes DevTools tricks, the power of storytelling and metaphors, strict Node.js versions, and, as always, GitHub repositories, new Tiny Helpers and some music.
Shall we? Let's do it!
DevTools productivity tips
Vitaly from Smashing Magazine published an extensive article on tips and shortcuts in the browser developer tools. It covers Chrome, Edge and Firefox. It's full of tricks and worth a read!
Learn all about DevTools shortcuts
How you tell a story is as important as the story itself
It doesn't matter if you're giving a presentation, writing an article, or are having a conversation. If you want to make your point clear (and maybe convince someone), it's all about how you convey your message and what metaphors you use. Jason Lengstorf wrote an excellent article on how he first failed but later convinced his team to use new software.
A digital decline letter
A while ago, I discovered that Chris Coyier from CSS-Tricks has a side blog â "Email is good". On this blog, he shares his thoughts on emails and communication in general. He recently shared his thoughts on nohello.net (I included it in Web Weekly #4) and also came up with the idea of a digital decline letter to respond to emails.
Tools for responsive web design
It feels like we're entering a phase of new tools for web development. Products such as Polypane and Sizzy are browsers built to make responsive web development more straightforward. This week I learned about Responsively, and the browser extension looks like a massive help when building responsive websites.
Making password fields be friends with password managers
If you're using a password manager (and I hope you do), you might have noticed that sometimes password fields are not detected and aren't filled out. I came across Hidde de Vries' article on the topic. It explains how to build great password fields.
Make your password fields go well with managers
Minimal snippets for modern CSS layouts and components
Stephanie Eckles maintains a site including small CSS snippets for everyday problems. Great work!
What are your domain sins?
Wes Bos' Twitter thread made me smile. Developers have a well-known low barrier when it comes to buying domains. I'm still proud that I own my-links.online for sharing URLs. Have fun reading all these beautiful domain purchases.
See all these creative domains
Why you should not open spam emails
I don't get much spam, and if I do, I'm super quick with hitting the spam button. I never realised, though, that opening a spam email already confirms that a person monitors it. I'll be even quicker with the spam button in the future.
Developers building tools
While maintaining Tiny Helpers, I didn't notice that many included tools are from one developer â Yoksel. I love that we, as developers, can sit down and build the tools we need. I âĨïļ computers!
A collection of beautiful link hover styles
You might know the Codrops blog. I always loved their collections of beautiful and creative Frontend examples. This week I came across a collection of hover styles and adjusted my blog navigation.
Enforce a correct Node.js version in your projects
This week I did some housekeeping and updated an article describing how to prevent people from running npm install in your project when they're not running the correct Node.js version.
Restrict your Node.js versions
Log objects and stack traces with console.trace
This week I learned that you could use console.trace to log out stack traces and(!) objects.
Quality settings of the new Avif format
You probably know that I'm excited about the new Avif image and video format. Malte Ubl shared some guidance on how to approach the quality levels when converting images into different formats.
Learn about Avif quality settings
If you're missing your favourite bar...
Today I listened to this playlist paired with bar noises while reading some articles. I have to admit that I miss the chatters and sounds of people enjoying a good night out.
New tiny helpers
- Ray.so â Create and share beautiful images of your source code.
- Online gif tools â Create, edit and convert GIFs.
- GraphQL Voyager â Represent any GraphQL API as an interactive graph.
Three useful projects to have a look at
- postui/esm.sh â A fast, global content delivery network for ES Modules.
- google/eleventy-high-performance-blog â A high-performance blog template for the 11ty static site generator.
- malgamves/CommunityWriterPrograms â A list of Developer Community Writer Programs.
A quote to think about
I found this week's quote in Austin Kleon's article "Pointing at things". Austin included a quote from Robin Rendle, who you might know from CSS-Tricks.
Blogging is pointing at things and falling in love.
A song that makes you stop coding
SBTRKT's funky electro track with a great singers voice made me bounce around this week.
And that's a wrap for the seventh Web Weekly! ð
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Stay safe and warm, and I'll talk to you next week! ð ð
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