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Playing Sounds Using the Audio Element
Using plain vanilla-flavored JavaScript, create a simple (and awesome) audio player.
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Animating Items Around a Point
Learn how to use a handful of CSS transform and offset tricks to animate items around a point.
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Build a Caesar's Cipher
Get a deep dive into building a fully functioning app using HTML, CSS, and JS by creating this fun encryption app.
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Bad Idea: Animating Text Size
If you ever wake up thinking it is a good idea to animate the size of text, go back to sleep. It's a bad idea, and this article explains why.
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Chrome Dev Tools Tricks for Front End Developers
Let's look at some of the top features the Chrome Dev Tools have for making frontend development easier.
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Combining Strings and Variables
Learn how to combine strings made up of static text and variable values using both the concatenation and template literal approaches.
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Extending Arrays
Learn how to give your arrays more superpowers by extending it with your own custom properties and methods.
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Cookies vs. localStorage vs. sessionStorage
Get an introduction to the three popular ways we have for storing data on the client and when to use the appropriate one.
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Looping Through an Array
Learn about the ways we have for programmatically going through the elements in our array!
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Arrays and Objects
A valiant array exists both as an Array as well as an Object. That can't be good, right? Read on to find out!
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A Visual Introduction to Arrays
When it comes to dealing with a list of data, arrays have you covered. Get an introduction to them here.
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Setting Drop Shadows on SVGs
Learn how to use a CSS filter to set a drop shadow on a SVG image.
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Creating Circles using Radial Gradients
Use the radial-gradient CSS function to create circles that show up in an element's background.
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What is UI Virtualization?
Learn about one of the more popular techniques for visualizing a large amount of data in a performant way.
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Making HTTP/Web Requests in JavaScript
Get an introduction to Fetch and XMLHttpRequest to make sending and receiving data a breeze!
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Compiling (and Transpiling) Explained
How does our code makes its way into something that does something on our computer/phone/smart device? Find out how!
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Create a Totally Awesome Analog Clock
Learn a whole bunch of useful techniques that you can use to create a fully functional (and good looking!) analog clock.
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Does Learning TypeScript Today Make Sense?
JavaScript has evolved in leaps and bounds over the years. Given that, does learning TypeScript today seem like a good use of time?
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Random Numbers in JavaScript
Learn how to generate a range of random numbers that fall within an upper and lower range you specify.
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How Much HTML/CSS/JS Do You Need to Know Prior to Learning React?
React isn't the easiest cup of tea to sip and swallow. This article dives into what skills you will need to make it more appetizing.
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Sound UX, Or Why Our Web Pages Barely Make A Peep
Why is sound such an underused (and underappreciated) part of our web apps/sites?
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What are Dynamic Elements
Learn more about these popular browser-created creatures and the several ways we have to bring them to life.
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Loading Script Files Dynamically
Don't load all of your (and your family's) external JS files on page load. Learn how to load them on-demand!
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Counting in Hexadecimal
Up your cool game by learning all about our base-16 friend, the hexadecimal number.
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Ensuring our Canvas Looks Good on Retina/High-DPI Screens
Learn how to implement some sweet downsampling techniques to ensure what we create on the canvas looks sharp and crisp even on high-DPI screens.
