1. Web workers cheatsheet
A worker thread can perform tasks without interfering with the user interface. This can be handy if you want to perform a CPU heavy operation for example:
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2. Manipulating placeholders with CSS
๐How to style a placeholder? Use the ::placeholder pseudo element
๐How to target an input with a visible placeholder? Use the :placeholder pseudo class
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3. Make your headers look better
You can use the text-rendering CSS property to provides information to the rendering engine about what to optimize for when rendering text:
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4. Sass mixins cheatsheet
You can use Mixins to define styles that can be re-used throughout your stylesheets:
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5. Text alignement with HTML
You can use <sup> HTML element to display a superscripts: a raised baseline using smaller text, and <sub> to render a subscripts: a lowered baseline and smaller text:
You can achieve the same behaviour with the vertical-align CSS property. More on this below:
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Top comments (6)
Great content series and I really love the style of your images. On point!
Thank you Jacob! ๐
Super amazing content man!!
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Good tips. But when designing your website, you should always remember about the appropriate page speed. This is one of the most important aspects of SEO.
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