Intro to npx, an npm Package Runner

No Images? Click here Hype it Up Front-end First up, a case study in designing and building a web app from scratch [medium/@timetofirstfix]. A guide to using CSS Grid, custom properties, blend modes, and SVGs to "stick" irregular shapes to a page with tape [css-tricks]. fractures [fractures.space] is a baseline atomic CSS toolkit that lets you build stuff from the ground up. An intro to HyperApp: a 1KB JavaScript library for building front-end apps [sitepoint].   npX-factor Back-end/programming Introducing npx, an npm package runner [medium/@maybekatz]. Color LS [github/athityakumar] is a nice little Ruby gem that makes your terminal look great! ELF [github/facebookresearch] is a framework for AI research via real-time strategy games. DomainHack Me [domainhack] is a tool that'll help identify awesome domain hacks. Like del.icio.us or any start-up URL.   Great Expectations Design/UX/product Five things great designers do differently (ie better) [sitepoint]. How to create a portfolio site that'll actually get you hired [sitepoint].   A Bit Dim News/business The Trump administration looks to be dismantling a start-up-focused visa program that would've allowed more foreigners to start businesses in the United States [arstechnica]. Self-driving cars will learn ethics in virtual reality [motherboard.vice]. Also, everyone will, probably. 1Password is pushing users to the cloud and security experts are not too pleased [motherboard.vice]. When are they ever pleased, though? Great - a new study says training app Lumosity is just as good at boosting brain function as video games are: ie not good at all [arstechnica]. The battered, cowed remains of the media industry are up against a new threat: Google is pushing a new automated journalism project in the UK [motherboard.vice]. What could go wrong? The designer of the Oregon Trail explains how they designed the most successful educational computer game ever [medium/the-philipendium]. Need to be found by search engines? Of course you do. Here are the five best WordPress themes for SEO [sitepoint]. Not super up with all this "coding" stuff? Five of the best WordPress site-builders for the technically-challenged [sitepoint].   Total Eclipse of the Heart Everything else 5K versions of every default macOS wallpaper since Cheetah and Puma [521pixels]. Unclutter [unclutter] is a little spot in your macOS to keep files temporarily. Browser Fairy [browserfairy] lets you use browsers your way - you can open certain links in certain browsers, maintain a bunch of profiles, heaps of other stuff. A very cool visualization of every total solar eclipse there will be in your lifetime - so you can plan your movements accordingly [washingtonpost]. Finally, ARTetris brings Tetris everywhere in the world [github/exyte]. I'm kinda glad I don't have that option yet, that would probably be the end of me. There ya go, Versioning for another crazy day in the ol' content mines. I'll be spending the remaining hours of the day on the Oregon Trail playing Tetris, because one old game at a time is never enough. More tomorrow! Distribute this across your networks for maximum leverage! Curated by Adam. Wait, why am I here, what is this? You're receiving this email because you've signed up for Versioning, SitePoint's daily email for web developers. Manage your preferences to stop receiving Versioning, or unsubscribe from all SitePoint emails below.   Like    Tweet    Share    Forward  Preferences   |   Unsubscribe