Twitter Bootstrap And The Need For Shared Front-End Patterns
A practical look at why Bootstrap felt interesting in 2011: not because it solved every front-end problem, but because it gave repeated interface patterns…
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DevelopmentHTML5 Boilerplate 2.0 And The Value Of A Better Starting Point HTML5 Boilerplate 2.0 And The Value Of A Better Starting Point
A practical article about HTML5 Boilerplate 2.0 and why a better project base mattered for front-end work in 2011.
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DevelopmentWordPress 3.2 And The End Of Designing Around IE6 In The Admin WordPress 3.2 And The End Of Designing Around IE6 In The Admin
A practical article about WordPress 3.2, the faster admin direction and what dropping IE6 support meant for real website work.
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DevelopmentCSS Preprocessors And The First Signs That CSS Needed Structure CSS Preprocessors And The First Signs That CSS Needed Structure
An article about why Sass and LESS started to feel useful as CSS files became larger and front-end work needed more structure.
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DesignDesigning Web Fonts Into Everyday Client Work Designing Web Fonts Into Everyday Client Work
An article about web fonts becoming a normal part of client projects, and the practical decisions around readability, loading and restraint.
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DevelopmentModernizr And The Case For Feature Detection Modernizr And The Case For Feature Detection
An article about why feature detection felt more reliable than browser detection as HTML5 and CSS3 support became increasingly uneven.
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DevelopmentResponsive Images Before The Browser Had A Proper Answer Responsive Images Before The Browser Had A Proper Answer
A practical article about the awkward early responsive image problem: fluid images helped layout, but did not solve file size or art direction.
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DevelopmentCustom Post Types One Year Later Custom Post Types One Year Later
A follow-up article about custom post types after the initial excitement, focusing on how structured content changed WordPress builds in practice.
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DevelopmentWorking With HTML5 Without Forgetting Older Browsers Working With HTML5 Without Forgetting Older Browsers
A practical article about using HTML5 elements and behaviours in 2011 while still keeping websites usable in older browsers.
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DevelopmentThe Tablet Problem That Changed Website Planning The Tablet Problem That Changed Website Planning
A practical article about how tablets made website planning more complicated because they sat between mobile and desktop assumptions.