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Smashing Podcast Episode 7 With Amy Hupe: What Is A Government Design System? by Drew McLellan In this episode of the Smashing Podcast, we’re taking a look at the UK Government’s design system. How are design systems used within government? Is it any different to how we might work in the commercial sector? Drew McLellan talks to design systems …
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Sarah Drasner wrote How To Stack Elements In CSS january 27, 2020 — Did you know that you can use CSS Grid to stack elements? Sarah Drasner explains how it works and what else you can do if you want to have more fine-grain control of how elements are placed on a page.

Kilian Valkhof wrote CSS Layouts Without Media Queries january 24, 2020 — With Flexbox and Grid you can make responsive layouts without having to define fixed breakpoints with media queries. Kilian Valkhof breaks down how it works.

Amelia Wattenberger wrote The CSS Cascade january 23, 2020 — Have you ever been tempted to use !important to make your CSS “work”? Or wondered why your styles weren’t working? Amelia Wattenberger shares a quick write-up of how the CSS Cascade works.

Stefan Judis wrote Tiny Helpers january 22, 2020 — Because he never finds the proper tools when he needs them, Stefan Judis started Tiny Helpers, a collection of free single-purpose online tools that are useful for web developers.

Ryan McDermott wrote Clean Code JavaScript january 21, 2020 — Ryan McDermott adapted the software engineering principles from Robert C. Martin’s book Clean Code for JavaScript. The result is a collection of patterns for producing readable, reusable, and refactorable code.

Adam Wathan wrote Centering Checkboxes january 20, 2020 — Perfectly aligning checkboxes with text is annoying, especially when the text wraps on to multiple lines. Adam Wathan shares his approach to perfectly centering them with the first line of text, no matter the length or size.

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