Porting GCGRAFIX.com to Astro + Tailwind CSS For context, this site features all original, responsive design and custom drawn and animated SVGs. Previously built on a bespoke Kirby (PHP flat-file / No DB) CMS and Bootstrap. Now newly migrated to Astro + Tailwind, with a focus on performance and mode...
It was always a goal of mine to create and publish (open-source) a JS module that hopefully others may find useful. It became more urgent when I realized I needed the same UI I built for one prototype app across my other projects. With help from this fantastic article, Creating and publishing a node...
A new, front graphic SVG I designed is coming along nicely. I used Sketch, Illustrator (for perspective transforms), and even Affinity Designer (just to work with the app more). I plan to animate things, but I just wanted to get something up and see how it looked. Ahhh, more breathing room. And no m...
Here are more books I added to my reading list at the end of 2014 and Jan-2015. My favorites out of the bunch are these four: | |...
CodePen is a great way to hack out an idea and instantly see results. No need to setup a dev environment. And one of my favorite features of CodePen in particular is the SCSS-to-CSS preview. I can write in SCSS and if I want to see the CSS compiled version, I just click an icon to toggle. JSBin and...
I've enjoyed reading / Reference periodically --- There are about a dozen new books I need to add to this list. Angular, HTML5 Canvas, WebGL... | |...
Lately I'm immersed in reading JavaScript books and am in-progress developing a Meteor app while going through the Discover Meteor book. It's one of the cleanest, most well-designed development books I've come across in a while. I'll blog more about my experiences soon. Coming from a - mostly back-e...