Web Design Weekly — Issue #299

WEB VERSION ISSUE #299 Headlines Fake designs yield real results If you are new to the industry or a keen to take your skills to the next level this post by Daniel Burka highlights some great advice to help you on your way. (gv.com) The Web began dying in 2014, here's how André Staltz shares some deep thoughts about how the underlying dynamics of the power on the web has drastically changed due to Google, Facebook and Amazon. (staltz.com) Articles Flexbox and Grids, your layout's best friends Eva Ferreira takes a look at some current layout myths in order to understand the true power of Flexbox and CSS Grids working together, rather than against each other. (aerolab.co) Using a React 16 Portal to do something cool David Gilbertson explains one of the more interesting additions in React 16, Portals. Portals let you render a bit of React-controlled DOM outside of the parent component. (hackernoon.com) The GraphQL stack - How everything fits together This post buy Sashko Stubailo dives into caching, tracing, schema stitching and GraphQL's future. (dev-blog.apollodata.com) Simple React Patterns (lucasmreis.github.io) Tools / Resources Different remote and local resource URLs, with Service Workers In this post, Lea Verou describes all the solutions and workarounds she has used over the years for serving different remote URLs as well as the current solution that uses Service Workers. (lea.verou.me) Promoted Create data-intensive, feature-rich web and mobile apps with Sencha Ext JS Learn how to design, develop and test data-intensive web and mobile apps that run on desktops, tablets, and smartphones with Sencha Ext JS. (sencha.com) Syntax Highlighter Automatically highlight the syntax of any code snippet, right within Sketch. (danielguillan.github.io) React PWA A highly scalable, Progressive Web Application foundation with the best Developer Experience. (reactpwa.com) Probot - GitHub Apps to automate and improve your workflow. (probot.github.io) Where can I find high-end stock images for a website? (news.ycombinator.com) Advanced CSS-Only Form Styling (jonathan-harrell.com) What's New In DevTools (Chrome 63) (developers.google.com) The VS Code Roadmap 2018 (github.com) V8 JavaScript Engine (v8project.blogspot.com) Inspiration Portfolio with GraphiQL (iamsaravieira.com) Accidental Digital Detox (thesweetsetup.com) Jobs Frontend Engineer at Auth0 If you feel you want to be part of the challenge of helping developers secure their applications, we are looking for frontend engineers to join our team to work on our Management Dashboard, where users integrate, secure and configure their applications. (auth0.com) Product Designer at Trello We're looking for a savvy product designer to join the Product Team at Trello. Your work will have an impact on how millions of people all over the world collaborate and organize their lives. (trello.com) Need to find passionate developers or designers? Why not advertise in the next newsletter Last but not least… The Front-End Checklist (codeburst.io) Thanks for supporting! Cheers, @jake_bresnehan Edit your subscription  |  Unsubscribe instantly Forward to a friend Advertise Submit a Link Post a Job in Web Design Weekly