Happy Friday! Since I missed last week's newsletter, I filled this with several good articles. Very opinionated read about React (first one), CSS size units in a condensed and clean way and Energy saving concepts. Happy Reading!
“React was designed seven Taylor Swift albums ago, for a world where John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston were still dating.”
Probably a bit opinionated, but a fresh view of React and where it stands today.
https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/antiquated-react
This is a solid Friday’s long read. I would say Friday’s Epic. After reading this, if you currently struggle with some build errors, you might feel a bit better.
https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2023/08/esm-modernization-lessons/
They claim to make React.js much faster.
The claim: https://twitter.com/aidenybai/status/1689773623827943424
https://practica.dev/blog/a-compilation-of-outstanding-testing-articles-with-javaScript/
Blog: https://nolanlawson.com/2021/12/17/introducing-fuite-a-tool-for-finding-memory-leaks-in-web-apps/
Code: https://github.com/nolanlawson/fuite
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0BHL2lo89M
This is fun! Also, one of my extended monitors has 60hz, and in CSS 120 and 60 showed as “true”.
Warning: flickering imagery, open at your discretion.
https://cohost.org/lunasorcery/post/2465593-testing-your-animati
Probably this is the best article so far to explain all the units, such as
absolute units
, such as
cm
and
px
font-relative units
, such as
em
and
ch
viewport-relative units
, such as
vw
and
vmin
container-relative units
, such as
cqw
and
cqh
.. and more.
https://www.sitepoint.com/css-sizing-units/
Maybe I missed something, but it used to be complicated to make CSS animation and remove elements by display: none as it would act immediately, unlike opacity, which you can “slow down”.
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/entry-exit-animations/
This is about TVs, but there are interesting findings and ways to save energy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2023-08-sustainability-energy-saving-radio-tv-led-graphics
Fundamental but useful info.
https://blog.pope.tech/2022/09/01/accessible-lists-and-tables/
I used to do loads of work for SEO. Therefore it was interesting to read it. However, it might be a bit longish.
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/08/optimize-performance-serve-global-audience/