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www.dotnetrocks.com.NET Rocks! Javascript Promises with Martine DowdenWhat are JavaScript promises, and why do you want to make them? Carl and Richard talk to Martine Dowden about all the various async options available in Javascript today, including Callbacks, Promises, Async/Await, and even ReactiveJS! Martine digs i...New Blog Post
One of the most asked CSS questions on stack overflow is if CSS has a parent selector so figured it was worth a right up, check it out:
andromedagalactic.comCSS Parent Selector | Blog | Andromeda Galactic SolutionsA very common CSS question is whether there is such a thing as a parent selector. In this article we dig into the use of the pseudo-class :has() and how we can use it to select elements based on the element's siblings or children.Did you know that CSS subgrid is implemented in all major browsers? Check out how to use it for your grid based layouts:
andromedagalactic.comCSS Subgrid | Blog | Andromeda Galactic SolutionsHave you played with subgrid yet? Let's explore how it works and how to create fallbacks so we can start using subgrid in our projects today.New Blog Post
Getting text to wrap just right in CSS use to require workarounds but we now have new values for the text-balance property that allow us take our typography to the next level. Check it out!
https://andromedagalactic.com/blog/manipulating-text-layout-using-text-wrap
andromedagalactic.comManipulating Text Layout | Blog | Andromeda Galactic SolutionsGetting text to wrap just right in CSS use to require workarounds but we now have new values for the text-balance property that allow us take our typography to the next level. Check it out!Ever have that thing you can never remember how to do so you write a blog post for it that is more for you to reference than anything else?
For me is customizing lists using css:
https://andromedagalactic.com/blog/creating-custom-list-styles
andromedagalactic.comCreating Custom List Styles | Blog | Andromeda Galactic SolutionsBulleted lists on the web come with default styles. What if we wanted to use emojis instead of the boring standard bullet points? Let's take a look at how we would create that.Hey y’all, it’s stream time! Let’s do another coding-type game and get into 7 Billion Humans. See you in chat!
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Hey, if you need a distraction, I’m going live on Twitch for the next hour or so.
Had an unexpected situation come up today, so no stream this week. See you again next week at https://www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden!
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Okay, y’all, Thursday is gonna Thursday, so let’s do some gaming. More Human Resources Machine today! Come join me!
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Hey all, going to be speaking at Code Word here in a couple of minutes, it’s free if anyone wants to watch. Will be talking about HTML.
www.crowdcast.ioCodeWord 2024 - crowdcastRegister now for CodeWord 2024 on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on September 26, 2024, 10:55 AM EDT.Happy National Video Games Day everyone!
Come celebrate with me on Twitch while I play some Human Resource Machine. See you there.
Today on Twitch!
I’ve been doing some work on the Andromeda Galactic website, so let’s keep making it shiny!
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https://twitch.tv/Martine_Dowdentwitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Today on Twitch! Let’s continue working on @TaleLearnCode’s website! Join me! https://twitch.tv/Martine_Dowden
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Today on Twitch!
Let’s continue working on @TaleLearnCode’s website! Today, we’re going to be taking a look at the accessibility features on his site.
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Let’s continue working on @TaleLearnCode’s website!
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twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s Thursday, and normally I’d be getting ready to go live on Twitch. However, work life is significantly busier than expected, so I have to cancel today.
If you’re at Gen Con this week in Indy, please stop by booth 7104 in the Maker’s Market (under Lucas Oil Stadium) and say hi to the Lore Link crew!
See you next week for stream!
It’s time for Twitch!
Today, I’m going to finish polishing up my talk for Cincy Deliver.
Join me as I prep for tomorrow’s talk!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s Thursday so it must be time for a Twitch stream! Been working on a friend’s website on Mondays, so let’s keep going today. We’ll be using #CSS, #JavaScript, HTML and Eleventy; come hang out and see what’s happening!
#11ty
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Honored to be renewed for year 6 of being a microsoft MVP!
https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/mvp/profile/631fefd1-6250-e911-a986-000d3a137208
It’s time for Twitch!
Let’s continue working on an HTML / CSS / Javascript video game!
Join us!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s time for Twitch!
This week, I’m going to recharge by playing some Baba is You!
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twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s stream time - let’s do a Q&A session today! We’ll pull questions on CSS from chat and from Stack Overflow. Come ask your burning #CSS questions today!
#WebDev #coding
It’s time for Twitch!
I’m heading to San Diego next week, so I’m going to continue preparing my talk, Popovers, Not Just for Dinner!
Join me as I work on code samples!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s time for Twitch!
Today, we’re going to continue styling the Publications page over on the Andromeda Galactic Website.
We’re going to be working in CSS, HTML, and with 11ty.Join me until 2 PM EDT!
https//twitch.tv/Martine_Dowden
Today on Twitch!
I’m going to keep working on the styling for the Andromeda Galactic publications page.
Join us over on Twitch!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.I’ve been looking at AndromedaGalactic.com and seeing some things I want to improve on. Today, I’m taking a look at adding some style to our Publications page.
Join me over on Twitch, from now until 2 PM Eastern!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Hey, all! On stream today we’ll be making more updates to the Andromeda website, making use of Eleventy! Come hang out with us in chat!
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Today on stream, we’ll be taking a look at the Andromeda Galactic Services website, using Eleventy - check them out at https://www.11ty.dev/. Come join us in the chat!
www.11ty.devEleventy is a simpler static site generatorEleventy is a simpler static site generator.It’s time to stream!
I’m continuing my work on a four-letter word guessing game. Last week, I connected a dictionary. Today, I will probably look at making a PWA and putting it up on GitHub, unless I get distracted by another cool idea.
Join me on Twitch until around 2 or 2:30 PM EDT!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.🎉 NEW CSS Course: Four-Project Series: Modern CSS for a Portfolio Page
Walk through creating a portfolio page using modern CSS techniques like grid, sub-grid, scroll-snap, timeline animations, new selectors like
:has()and:where()and much more.
www.manning.comModern CSS for a Portfolio PageManning is an independent publisher of computer books, videos, and courses.It’s time for #Twitch!
Today, I will work on a variation of the game that gives six chances to guess a five-letter word, but you get five chances to guess a four-letter word. FAMILY FRIENDLY four-letter words because I don’t want to deal with a “Mature” tag today.
Join me! twitch.tv/Martine_Dowden
Today on stream, yet more #coding work on our 4-letter Wordle clone! Come hang out and chat with me and the mod team!
https://www.twitch.tv/martine_dowden
#HTML #CSS #JavaScript #gamecoding
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s time for #Twitch!
Today, I will work on a variation of the game that gives six chances to guess a five-letter word, but you get five chances to guess a four-letter word. FAMILY FRIENDLY four-letter words because I don’t want to deal with a “Mature” tag today.
Join me!
twitch.tv/Martine_DowdenNew blog post y’all, JavaScript this time, all about promises and how to use them. Check it out: https://andromedagalactic.com/blog/java-script-promises-demystified
andromedagalactic.comJavaScript Promises Demystified | Blog | Andromeda Galactic SolutionsA deep dive into JavaScript promises and how to use them.It’s time for Twitch!
Today on the stream, I will work on a variation of the game that gives six chances to guess a five-letter word, but you get five chances to guess a four-letter word.
FAMILY FRIENDLY four-letter words because I don’t want to deal with a “Mature” tag today.
Join me!
https://twitch.tv/Martine_Dowdentwitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Comin up in half an hour:
We are going to be talking about some of the new cool features coming up in CSS:
Join us live at 1pm ET (UTC -5). https://cfe.dev/events/css-is-awesome/
cfe.devCSS :is(.awesome) / CFE.devMartine Dowden explores some of the new properties, pseudo-classes, and techniques that have recently become available in CSS.It’s time to stream!
This week, I want to play with CSS popover, so I’m going to play with CSS popover.
Join me on Twitch.
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This week, I’m working on making sure to keep my promise by working on a talk for some conferences this summer. Join me as I do some code examples in Codepen.
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s time to stream!
Today, let’s talk about HTML elements that are super cool that people might have forgotten about.
Join us over on Twitch!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s time to stream!
Today on Twitch, we’re easing into 2024 with some Baba is You!
Join me?
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s the last Twitch stream of the year, with none other than @toddhgardner! Join us as we continue work on Who Wants to be a Javascriptær!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.It’s time to stream!
Today on Twitch, @toddhgardner.com is back, as the work continues in #Firebase on his “Who Wants to be a JavaScriptaire?” quiz show #app.
Join us!
Today on Twitch!
@toddhgardner.com is back, and we’re continuing work in Firebase on his “Who Wants to be a JavaScriptaire?” quiz show app.
This week, though, things are different.
We have a to-do list!
Join us?
https://twitch.tv/Martine_Dowdentwitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Today on Twitch!
I’m working with @toddhgardner.com again to add some new fun things in #Firebase to his “Who Wants to be a JavaScriptaire?” quiz show app. Join us?
Today on Twitch!
I’m working with Todd Gardner to add some new fun things in Firebase to his “Who Wants to be a JavaScriptaire?” quiz show app.
Join us?
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Hey all, guess what? Manning is having a sale this week - So if you’ve ever wanted to get my book or my course now is a good time!
- Book - Tiny CSS Projects
- Course: CSS Animations and Transitions
ags.runAndromeda URL ShortenerToday on Twitch!
A while ago, I put together a “Validate Me” page to help bring a smile to people’s faces. Today, I’m going to give it a facelift, check its PWA status, and make sure it’s still working well to continue bringing smiles to faces.
Join us?
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Today on Twitch!
It’s been a long week, so we’re going to take a break from the FlexePark site and play some Baba Is You as we get ready for Extra Life game weekend.
Join us until around 2PM Eastern!
twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Today on stream I’ll be doing some frontend #WebDev with #Firebase, #Angular, and #TypeScript. Come join us in the chat and ask any questions you might have about what I’m doing!
www.twitch.tvTwitchTwitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.Let’s stream!
Today on Twitch, we’re revisiting three things: Cloud functions, Firebase, and Searches.
What does this mean?
Tune in to find out!
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