Collective #259
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Jamf Now: Easily Manage and Protect your Apple Devices
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Gems
A great example of dynamic lighting with SVG. A demo made by Varun Vachhar.
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Modular JavaScript
Nicolás Bevacqua's new modular book series on practical JavaScript that you can help crowdfund.
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A Quantum Leap for the Web
David Bryant introduces Quantum, Mozilla's next-generation web engine.
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Parsing JSON is a Minefield
A very insightful article by Nicolas Seriot on JSON and the common pitfalls of parsing it.
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Design Prototyping with Origami Studio
A new tool for designing modern interfaces, built and used by designers at Facebook.
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ES6 Template Strings, the Handlebars killer?
Keith Cirkel shares his experience with Template Literals and the interesting insights he gained replacing a templating language like Handlebars with it.
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JavaScript Stack from Scratch
A step-by-step tutorial to build a modern JavaScript stack from scratch. By Jonathan Verrecchia.
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Think Different(ly)
A great article on the importance of critical thinkers by Bryan Zmijewski.
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Control mechanisms in JavaScript games
Learn all about using various JavaScript control mechanisms in your games. An article by Andrzej Mazur.
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Spoooooky CSS Selectors
Some brilliantly spooky CSS selectors that will make your brain bleed. By Chris Coyier.
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The PHP Practitioner
A series of free lessons from Laracasts that will teach you all the important fundamentals of PHP.
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The Ultimate Guide to Chatbots: Why they're disrupting UX and best practices for building
A very interesting read on Chatbots by Joe Toscano.
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Firebase, Tone.js, and Device Orientation
Jake Albaugh shows how to use Firebase and create a multi-device musical performance using Tone.js on cell phones.
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Material Design
Check out the new home for Google's Material Design resources.
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Free Font: Vintii
A new free font from Wildtype with a cut-out look, designed by Evita Vilaka.
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Free Font: LSTK Dayfly
An interesting experimental font designed in less than 24 hours.
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Create an Interactive Roadtrip with SVG and the Web Animation API
Dudley Storey shows how to use the power of the Web Animations API for SVG path animations.
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React Memory Game
A great little memory game by Pham Mikun built with ReactJS.
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