“To iterate is human, to recurse divine”
Best 7 links of week #30, 2018
Body text is the key component in communicating the main bulk of a message or story, and it’s probably the most important element on a website, even if people sometimes read just the headlines. Why would we limit the effectiveness of body text? Learn how to properly setup your body text size with this insightful article by Marvel.
By understanding what reactivity is and how it works, you can improve your development skills.
WebAssembly is a performance optimised virtual machine that was shipped in all four major browsers earlier this year. It is a nascent technology and the current version is very much an MVP. This blog post takes a look at the WebAssembly roadmap and the features it might gain in the near future.
The official documentation for the React Context API has been recently revamped by adding few section on why and when you might want to take advantage of this API and when you shouldn't.
I tend to think of variable fonts as a font format in which a single font file is capable of displaying type at near-infinite variations of things like boldness, width, and slantyness. But there are definitely more original use cases that you might want to check out :)
Let’s take a look at how to make web pages more visually capable by combining the freedom of with HTML elements. Specifically, we will be creating a basic particle effect using the powerful graphics capabilities of Canvas.
An interesting tutorial on how to build an API by taking advantage of Azure Functions and CosmoDB. Real "serverless" APIs FTW!
by Sohail Salehi
In this book, you will learn some lesser known aspects of development with Symfony, and you will see how to use Symfony as a framework to create reliable and effective applications. You might have developed some impressive PHP libraries in other projects, but what is the point when your library is tied to one particular project? With Symfony, you can turn your code into a service and reuse it in other projects.