3D Shading with Box-Shadows
by Nick Pettit
A tutorial about a technique that uses box shadows for creating a realistic shading effect on simple objects.
Tutorials
In this section, you will find a variety of in-depth articles written by skilled front-end developers that cover a range of web development and web design techniques.
Building a Circular Navigation with CSS Transforms
A tutorial on how to create a circular navigation using CSS transforms.
Google Nexus Website Menu
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to re-create the slide out sidebar menu that can be seen on the Google Nexus 7 website.
Justified and Vertically Centered Header Elements
by Manoela Ilic
A little journey into positioning header elements to be centered vertically and justified with the help of pseudo-elements.
Using Custom Data Attributes and Pseudo-Elements
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to (ab)use custom data attributes and pseudo-elements for creating image captions.
Expanding Search Bar Deconstructed
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a mobile-friendly and responsive expanding search bar.
Caption Hover Effects
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create some subtle and modern caption hover effects.
Web Audio Stylophone
by Stuart Memo
Get started with the Web Audio API by learning how to recreate the classic miniature synthesizer.
Natural Language Form with Custom Input Elements
by Manoela Ilic
An experimental form that uses natural language instead of the usual form display. Values are entered using custom input elements.
Responsive Retina-Ready Menu
A responsive, touch-friendly and Retina-ready menu with three layouts for different browser sizes.
Automatic Figure Numbering with CSS Counters
Learn about CSS counters, the figure element and how to combine both for automatically numbering figures in a web page.
Simple YouTube Menu Effect
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to recreate the effect of YouTube’s little left side menu. The idea is to slide a little menu icon to the right side while revealing some menu item list beneath.
App Showcase with Grid Overlay
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial about creating a simple grid overlay with subtle transitions for an app showcase.
Thumbnail Grid with Expanding Preview
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a thumbnail grid with an expanding image preview similar to the effect seen on Google Images.
HexaFlip: A Flexible 3D Cube Plugin
HexaFlip is a JavaScript UI plugin that let’s you use 3D cubes as interface elements. Dive into the process of creating the plugin and learn some best practices regarding flexible UI plugins.
Interactive Infographic with SVG and CSS Animations
Learn how to build an interactive animated infographic using SVG, CSS and JavaScript.
Creating Nestable Dynamic Grids
by Larry Botha
Learn how to create flexible and fluid grids which make nesting at arbitrary depths easy, while allowing full freedom for how the grid behaves in all viewports.
Putting CSS Clip to Work: Expanding Overlay Effect
by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial about how to create a simple expanding overlay effect using the CSS clip property and CSS transitions.
