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January 17th, 2022 × #CSS#JavaScript#Web Development#Programming

CSS + JS Hacks We’re Fine With

Wes and Scott discuss common web development techniques that seem hacky but are actually valid ways to solve problems.

Wes Bos

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Scott Tolinski

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Show Notes Transcript

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about CSS + JS Hacks that they're ok with using.

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Show Notes

  • 00:53 What are the things in web dev, that feel wrong or hacky when starting out, but are actually totally accepted to do?
  • 02:09 Sponsor: Sentry
  • 03:12 Sponsor: Freshbooks
  • 05:32 Negative margins in CSS
  • 07:53 Not Passing a radix to parseInt()
  • 10:17 -50% translation 50% direction
  • 11:27 Overwriting Arguments in a function
  • 13:20 non-standard-element
  • 17:26 Button must have a type
  • 18:56 Triangles out of borders
  • 20:40 Overflow:hidden to clear a float
  • 20:55 Always pass noopener to links!
  • 22:16 Inline styles

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