This Week's HTML5 and Browser Technology News (Issue 210)

Read this e-mail on the Web HTML Weekly Issue 210 — October 14, 2015 Building a Material Design App With Polymer Starter Kit Smashing Magazine A look at using Polymer to work with components, HTML imports, shadow DOM, HTML templates and more, to build a modern, Material Design-themed app. The Command Line API for Fun and Profit SitePoint The Command Line API provides a way to interact with a Web page from a JavaScript console. AMP: The Accelerated Mobile Pages Project Accelerated Mobile Pages Project AMP is a new open source initiative for publishers to create mobile optimized content using a framework built on existing web technologies. Live Workshops in Node, React, and advanced JavaScript Thinkful  Sponsored Participate in live, online sessions where you build projects, code pair, and troubleshoot with an expert mentor. Get feedback on your work and help when you're stuck. Attend as many as you like — it's unlimited. CSS Snapshot 2015 W3C Ties together specs forming the current state of CSS. Aimed at implementers rather than developers as support varies, but provides a big picture of the CSS landscape. 'Tomato' Versus '#FF6347' - The Tragicomic History of CSS Color Names Ars Technica A more-interesting-than-you’d-think explanation of where CSS’s color names came from and why they’re still around. The CSS Color Name Game Christian Heilmann A fun one for you. Can you tell your blanchedalmond from your mintcream? It’s harder than you’d think. 16 Ways to Search, Find and Edit with Chrome DevTools Telerik Developer Network Cody Lindley demonstrates 16 various ways to search, find and edit within the source code of a site using Chrome Developer Tools. NPAPI Plugins in Firefox Gone by 2017, But... Mozilla They’re going, but “because Flash is still a common part of the Web experience for most users, we will continue to support Flash within Firefox as an exception” Jobs Front-End Web Developer (Minnesota, USA)We're looking for an experienced front-end developer to join our team in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The perfect candidate is highly experienced in HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript animation libraries such as jQuery. Local candidates only please. Plaudit Get 10 Attractive Job Offers in One WeekHired makes finding a job you love easier and more transparent than ever before. See what the hype is about and join Hired today. Hired.com In brief Chrome Finally Kills Off The HTTP-HTTPS “Mixed Content” Warning news  Ars Technica FindText API, W3C Editor's Draft news Describes an API for finding ranges of text in a document.   W3C Web Platform WG is the new WebApps news  W3C Google Acquires Divshot To Join Its Firebase Team, Will Shut Down In December news  TechCrunch How to Modularize HTML Using Template Engines and Gulp tutorial  Zell Liew Inlining Critical CSS for Dynamic Web Apps tutorial  Nicolas Bevacqua Using PostCSS for Cross Browser Compatibility tutorial  Tuts+ Porting Chrome Extensions to Firefox with WebExtensions tutorial  Mozilla Hacks Introducing GSS: Grid Style Sheets tutorial  SitePoint Chrome 46: New Motion-Path Animations, Client Hints and Service Worker Improvements video  YouTube Web Font Anti-Pattern: Overusing Web Fonts opinion The use of custom fonts on the Web has exploded in recent years.   Bram Stein Animation Advice from a CSS Master opinion  SitePoint Why AMP HTML Does Not Take Full Advantage of The Preload Scanner opinion  Malte Ubl Fayde: Silverlight Everywhere, but via JS and HTML5 tools A XAML engine using JavaScript and rendering to the HTML5 Canvas.   Brad Sickles Rune.js: SVG-based JavaScript Drawing Library code Packed with features. For both browser or under Node.js.   Rune Madsen PostCSS UnMQ: PostCSS Plugin that Removes Media Queries from CSS While Preserving Rules code Handy if you need to output desktop CSS for old browsers like IE8.   Jonathan Neal Discover 52 tips to improve your .NET performance  Our new eBook features dozens of tips and tricks to boost your .NET performance. Download your free copy.  antsperformanceprofiler SPONSOR Why Does HTML Think “chucknorris” Is A Color?  An olden goldie, but I figured newer subscribers might appreciate it.   Stack Overflow The Lego Movie's Emmet in Pure CSS demo  CodePen Curated by Peter Cooper and published by Cooper Press. Want to post a job? E-mail us or use our self-serve system. Unsubscribe : Change email address : Read this issue on the Web Published by Cooper Press Ltd. Office 30, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK

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