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Written by Tony Lea - 3 minute read
It's 2021, and it's time for a change. Bootstrap has held its reign as the top CSS framework for quite some time; however, that's all about to change. TailwindCSS is the cat's pajamas, it's the bee's knees, it's the coolest thing since peanut butter ...
Written by Tony Lea - 3 minute read
This is more of a story than a tutorial. It's a story of a library that reached great fame and then became hated by developers everywhere. If you can't tell by the tone, this is also a semi-sarcastic light-hearted post. Let me take you back in time. ...
Written by Tony Lea - 9 minute read
AlpineJS is a new javascript library/framework that focuses on simple javascript interactivity, and it does it really well. If you're looking for a JS framework with routing, state management, and a bit more complexity. Well then, Vue or React may be...
Written by Tony Lea - 3 minute read
TailwindCSS gives us the ability to create some really cool designs. It also gives us the power to create some cool elements on our page, such as browser mockups. You'll learn how to create multiple browser mockups in this quick tutorial in TailwindC...
Written by Tony Lea - 8 minute read
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use AlpineJS to create a simple typing effect. You can take a look at a quick example of what we'll be creating in the Codepen below: {% codepen https://codepen.io/devdojo/pen/vYXyzwd %} This can easily be accom...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
When using a javascript framework, you will most likely need a way to hide elements until they are fully rendered. This will reduce any flickering and it will create a better user experience. With AlpineJS we can use the x-cloak attribute to hide ele...
Written by Tony Lea - 4 minute read
Recently, I started using the space utility classes in Tailwind, which gives you the ability to create equal space between elements. When I first started using Tailwind, I found myself reaching for mx-5, my-3, ml-2, and all the other awesome margin u...
Written by Tony Lea - 12 minute read
In this tutorial, we are going to walk-through creating a simple blog in Laravel and Livewire. It will be pretty simple and can be used as a starting point for building your blog with these awesome frameworks. To kick things off, we'll start by creat...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
Tailwind version 2.0 has been officially released along with a fancy new website. You gotta check it out, this thing is impressive. There are some pretty cool things available in v2, which include: Focus Ring Feature The Focus Ring will allow you to...
Written by Tony Lea - 1 minute read
I love using the command palette in VS Code to jump to a specific file. You can open the palette with the keyboard shortcut Cmd+P and then start typing for the name of the file you are looking for. This is great! Unfortunately, when switching betwee...