This Week's HTML5 and Browser Technology News (Issue 259)

Read this e-mail on the Web FrontEnd Focus formerly HTML5 Weekly A Visualization of Web Platform Feature Availability Paul Irish A simple graph based visualization of web platform feature support. Web Development as a Hack of Hacks? Peter-Paul Koch Is web development a series of ‘hacks’? Peter-Paul argues “it’s a qualified No, and we need to understand what we should do in order to avoid a future Yes”. SVG Has More Potential Mike Riethmuller A fantastic look at “some things you can do with SVG that you might not have seen, and perhaps not even considered possible.” DevOps for Front End Engineers with Netflix's Jem Young Forward Courses  Sponsored Best practices for supporting web applications from a Front End Engineer's perspective, including dealing with DNS, configuring your node server, and building a flexible deploy system in JavaScript. Refactoring CSS Without Losing Your Mind Harry Roberts A 45 minute talk covering what CSS to refactor and when, and how to avoid regressions when adding new CSS. Thimble: A New Simple Online Web Code Editor from Mozilla Mozilla Open to all, but aimed at beginners and educators, Thimble is a new online Web development interface. Building Social: A Case Study On Progressive Enhancement Marko Dugonjić A case study shaing some simple yet often overlooked front-end techniques that defer the use of JavaScript as much as possible. Jobs Frontend Developer at X-Team (Remote)We're looking for a developer with an extensive knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and skills in different JS-based frameworks. We are 100% remote and we provide the funding needed to help you achieve your goals and grow. X-Team Senior Front-End Engineer (San Francisco, US)We’re looking for an experienced front-end engineer to join our small team of focused, dedicated technologists. Join us and help build our market leading Enterprise Dashboard. Quri Find Your Perfect Company MatchYou're smart, you're efficient. Why job hunt the old way? Try Hired and get your profile in front of thousands of top tech companies. Hired.com In brief More Control with Clear-Site-Data and Feature-Policy news Clear Site Data is a header that informs the browser to clear data related to the origin that sent the request.  Lightning fast SSD hosts for your HTML5 project tools Host your HTML5 site on Linode servers - the fastest VPS hosts available. Use code HTML520 for $20 credit.  Linode SPONSOR Methods for Controlling Spacing in Web Typography tutorial  Geoff Graham Using 'round' and 'space' with CSS 'background-repeat' tutorial  Dudley Storey Accessible Floating Labels tutorial  Matt Smith 9 Underutilized Features in CSS tutorial  Jordan Little Things You Probably Didn't Know You Could Do with Chrome’s Console tutorial  Swagat Kumar Swain CSS4 Grid: True Layout Finally Arrives video  Jen Kramer CSS for Decoration slidedeck Practical use cases for CSS Gradients, multi-background, and CSS Blend Modes.  Razvan Caliman Taggd: A jQuery Plugin to Add Notes to Your Images tools Add notes and additional information to images, responsively.  Tim Severien Discover the world’s most trusted SQL Server comparison tool tools Enjoy a free trial of SQL Compare, the industry standard for comparing and deploying SQL Server schemas.  Red Gate SPONSOR Wenk: Lightweight Pure CSS Tooltips code Just 683 bytes when gzipped.  Tiaan du Plessis Canvas Gauges: Minimal HTML5 Radial and Linear Gauge Components code  Canvas Gauges txt.wav: Weird, Wavy Text Effects code  Choreographer-JS: A Simple Library to Take Care of Complex CSS Animations code  Christine Cha 20 Stunning Examples of CSS3 Animation demo  Creative Bloq Inspiration for Using Google Web Fonts demo Some of Google Web Font’s 800 fonts brought together in tasteful, inspirational combinations.  Create Custom and Instagram-Like Photo Filters for CSS demo Webapp to experiment with CSS filters and blend modes, Instagram style.  Indrashish Ghosh Curated by Peter Cooper and published by Cooper Press. Unsubscribe : Change email address : Read this issue on the Web Published by Cooper Press Ltd. Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK

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