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Learn to code websites the right way. Tips and tricks to help you make the most of front-end technology, from HTML to Sass and React.

Speed up your sites with HTTP/2

HTTP/2 is a new way of making your website load much faster by eliminating many inefficiencies associated with the…

How to write clickbait-free headlines

Content is design, and our content is full of clickbait, these days. Sadly, there are many sites that are still using…

5 freelance tests you’re probably failing

Marketing is a waste of time. At least that’s how it feels for many designers. They’re not getting enough traffic,…

Introducing CSS’ new font-display property

We take web fonts for granted these days. We didn’t always have the option of setting our text in almost any typeface.…

Instagram unveils Stories, for more meaningful sharing

Looking for a new way to experience Instagram and get something more out of it? If you are, then Instagram Stories is…

Poll: Is Twitter verification a good thing?

One of the biggest bugbears of social media is trolling: attacking individuals based on race, religion, gender, sexual…

4 cutting-edge technologies to speed up your sites

The internet is constantly making headway with speed being the major metric of progress and a key question for most web…

Zurb launches new @mention engine, Tribute.js

Zurb, makers of Foundation, have a reputation for building robust tools that web developers love. They craft effective…

9 reasons hand-coding always beats site builders

If you use any kind of social media like Facebook or Twitter, you won’t have been able to avoid the merciless onslaught…

Creating stunning charts with AngularJS

As citizens of the digital world, we are constantly flooded with data. From website analytics to our fitness tracker,…

How to ensure MailChimp emails actually reach your users

This tutorial will help you with the most important thing you probably aren’t doing for your MailChimp newsletter:…

Twitter turns 10

The microblogging platform that revolutionized how the world communicates and markets with 140-character snippets just…

The web reacts to Facebook’s Reactions

It’s inappropriate to ‘Like’ someone’s firing, breakup, fashion disaster, or untimely demise. That’s the conundrum…

CSS goes 3D with voxel.css

The web is often seen as a decidedly two-dimensional medium. And, to be fair, it is. That’s what it was designed…

Dynamic sites at static speed: the art of website caching

A lot has been said recently about the merits of static sites. But in many situations a dynamic approach is a…

Static-site success: Jekyll against the rest of the world

I’m stood in the center of a room, confident my choice to go all static had been a good one. It’s a serene…

Punched card coding: the secret of interactive email

Email predates the Web by around 10 years (depending on who you talk to) and in that time the web has evolved into an…

Will the Web like Facebook emojis?

We all know about Facebook’s most popular button: the Like button. You’ve probably already used the thumbs-up icon more…