Blog

This post covers how I used the opportunity to not use jQuery to further my Javascript knowledge, as well as the performance benefits gained from this. I found alternatives to what jQuery offers and it wasn’t completely simple, but hopefully I can show beginners alike how to overcome some of the problems.

A look at a website I made. Starting with how I setup critical and asynchronous CSS to be a maintainable part of my workflow.

Initially I thought it would be quite frustrating to get going with SVG, but after jumping in and seeing where I got it’s quite simple.

Sass has a handy feature for setting defaults for mixins and variables to override easily later. So how do you use it?

There are a lot of units of measurement in CSS. The em is a powerful unit you can use to efficiently scale elements.

An attempt at adding browser chrome to images without the need for extra markup.

I’m going to run through a few of my favourite mixins that I have come to rely on.

I have been recently trying to get a consistent look across my element mixin no matter the colour. That’s where scale-color comes in.

This mixin is one I’ve been using for a few months now to create buttons/anything with a particular style.

A write-up on the decisions behind version 5 of iamsteve. A visual refresh with a renewed focus on the blog as the main destination of the site.

A selection of tips for those getting started with a Sass.

A look through the design decisions for another of 2011’s redesigns.