…I created a little library at work to make those “skeleton screens” that I’m not sure anyone likes. […] We named it
skellyCSSbecause… skeletons and CSS, I guess. We still aren’t even really using it very much, but it
Giant kudos to Scott Jehl on releasing his new Web Components De-Mystified online course! Eight full hours of training from one of the best in the business.…
A gem from Chris Ferdinandi that details how to use custom events to hook into Web Components. More importantly, Chris dutifully explains why custom events are a better fit than, say, callback functions.
…With a typical JavaScript library, you pass
I have to thank Jeremy Keith and his wonderfully insightful article from late last year that introduced me to the concept of HTML Web Components. This was the “a-ha!” moment for me:
…When you wrap some existing markup in a
Smashing Magazine invited me to sit down for a one-on-one with “Uncle” Dave Rupert to discuss web components, yes, but also check in on Dave’s new Microsoft gig and what the ShopTalk co-host is working on these days.…
The :defined pseudo-class selector is part of CSS Selectors Level 4 specification allowing you to target custom elements created with the Web Components API and defined in JavaScript. Also, this selector matches any standard element built into the browser.…
We’re fans of Custom Elements around here. Their design makes them particularly amenable to lazy loading, which can be a boon for performance.
Inspired by a colleague’s experiments, I recently set about writing a simple auto-loader: Whenever a custom …
