UI Dev Newsletter Issue #36

What Makes CSS Hard To Master

Tim Severien reflects on the CSS language and finds out what makes it hard.

Creating UI components in SVG

Sarah Drasner illustrates the possibilities that SVG opens up for UI component development by walking through and breaking down one particular use case, the timeline.

Creating randomness with pure CSS

Adir Slutzki shows how to make a random card effect using pure HTML and CSS.

Lots of Ways to Use Math.random() in JavaScript

Jwahir Sundai showcases different creative usages of Math.random() in JavaScript, including random animation, random image and random background color.

Sticky CSS Grid Items

Melanie Richards explains the problem and the solution on how to make a grid item sticky.

Boop! - A whimsical twist on hover transitions

Josh Comeau describes how to build an animated “boop” hover effect in React.

Customer Experience or User Experience?

Bob Salmon writes about his understanding of CX and UX terms, how they’re similar and different.

HTML Tags Memory Test

Paul Foster makes a game-like demo about how many HTML tags can you remember?