FrontEnd Focus June 7, 2017
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Users can be reluctant to fill out forms, so make the process as easy as possible. Usability testing can help you find out how usable a particular form really is.
NICK BABICH
Here’s what’s new in Chrome 59, including cross-platform Headless Chrome support (tutorial here) and Image Capture API support. There have also been DevTools updates, including code coverage reports and full-page screenshots.
A 40-min talk looking at the metrics and platform APIs that enable user-centric performance measurement and how devs can use this data to improve end-user experiences.
SHUBHIE PANICKER AND PHILIP WALTON
Attend full-day hands-on React workshops and dozens of talks at ForwardJS San Francisco this July.
FORWARDJS SPONSOR
Five supposedly ‘old-fashioned’ CSS practices that you may not need anymore (like using floats or grid libraries) and what you can use instead.
RYAN OGLESBY
At this week’s WWDC, Apple announced support for WebRTC in Safari 11 on both desktop and iOS, as well as improved perf metrics tools and WebAssembly support.
Viewport units (e.g. vw, vh, vmin, vmax) have been around for a while, and are well supported. Here’s a look at various uses for them.
CSS TRICKS
Introduced with the CSS Grid Layout Spec, the
minmax() function “opens the door to us being able to write much more powerful and succinct CSS”.IRE ADERINOKUN
The Chromium team have expressed an intent to implement an asynchronous cookie API, which is particularly useful for Service Workers.
BENJAMIN C. WILEY SITTLER
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