All articles by Michael Trythall

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Linting SCSS with sass-lint

Linting SCSS with sass-lint Complex projects always require multiple developers and design heavy web sites are no exception. Sass/SCSS is still our language of choice when writing CSS, both for its wide support and flexibility. The latter can be a …
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Getting Started with Element Queries

Element queries provide styling opportunities specific to an element's dimensions. You could consider them the holy grail of responsive web design, allowing authors to determine an element's look and feel regardless on where it's placed. If given ample space you …
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Smarter Input Groups with Flexbox

If you have ever built a form using Bootstrap you have undoubtedly worked with input groups. Input groups are an excellent way to provide contextual help via iconography or associate specific actions with the appropriate field. However, they can be …
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A Look at CSS Rule Organization

CSS preprocessors have given us a handful of tools to re-architect our front-end code. We can keep things DRY with includes and extends or perhaps use nesting for code organization. All of these features allow a CSS rule to grow …
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Time Saved Working From Home

One perk Lincoln Loop and other companies with remote staff regularly cite is the lack of a commute. Nothing beats taking the Pajama Freeway to your home office. While reviewing my time entries for last year I started to wonder …