Another week with loads of news. Also, there is pretty mixed news from “naming in programming” to the oldest bug (22 years!). Intriguing, right? 🙂
Great advice on how to name things in programming.
https://wasp-lang.dev/blog/2023/10/12/on-importance-of-naming-in-programming
The Svelte component library has everything you need for a solid WebApp.
New
Syntax highlighting improvements
Package Provenance
https://astro.build/blog/astro-330/
This looks like fun to go through and learn.
https://scroll-driven-animations.style/
That brings some nostalgia 🙂
It's probably not useful for a massive table. However, for a quick overview on mobile, it would work nicely.
https://github.com/zachleat/table-saw
Demo. Try resizing the table “Using container Queries.”
https://zachleat.github.io/table-saw/demo.html
There are quite a few improvements around dev tools. Improved and enhanced search, improved namings around the dev tool, new section for custom props and more
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-devtools-118/
This is a fun article. I knew about margins’ vertical collapse, but I never thought to use
tag between elements to increase margin. That’s like cheating, right?
https://medium.com/@RitikaAgrawal08/the-6-must-know-rules-of-margin-collapsing-in-css-56968836827d
https://developer.chrome.com/articles/at-scope/
Also, there is not much support for this selector yet.
There’s a simple answer and a slightly more complicated answer. The simple answer is “avoid nesting.” The more practical but also more complex answer is “nest pseudo-selectors, parent modifiers, media queries, and selectors that don’t work without nesting.”
https://cloudfour.com/thinks/when-to-nest-css/
https://codepen.io/MackFitz/pen/LYMJVEr
Some bugs have a long life.
I got sideways but found this article fascinating. Something humans made goes with a speed of 690,000 km/h.
https://www.theautopian.com/theres-a-new-record-for-the-fastest-human-made-object-394736-mph/
Here is a wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe
I like how Mike went from the itch to the product. Sadly, there is no code, but the story is still lovely.
https://mikebifulco.com/newsletter/build-something-useful-with-ai