Issue 455 - How to use the .avif image format (21)

ImmortalDB: A Resilient Key-Value Store for the Browser — Data is redundantly stored in numerous places like in cookies, IndexedDB, LocalStorage, and SessionStorage, and self heals as needed. v1.1 just came out.

Volt: A Free Bootstrap 5 Admin Dashboard Using Only Vanilla JavaScript — See a live preview here. Includes eleven example pages, 100+ components, and some plugins with no dependencies.

Faven: A Web Tool to Help You Generate Favicons — Use it here. Works offline, client-side only, produces a ZIP file with 20+ icon dimensions and formats.

Marks: A Markup Language for Blazing Fast Web Page Rendering — Similar to Markdown but with a few extra features including the ability to add styles and the use of custom components.

How to Use AVIF: The New Next-Gen Image Compression Format — The .avif format results in files ~50% smaller in size compared to JPEG, and ~20% smaller than WebP. This related post from Netflix (who are seemingly fans of the file format) is also worth a read.

Use Advanced Typography with Local Fonts — A look at how the in-development Local Font Access API allows you to access a user’s locally installed fonts and obtain low-level details about them.

Gettin’ Foldy with The Dual-Screen Web — With interesting new devices like the Surface Duo and Surface Neo on the horizon, Dave not only shares his thoughts on dual-screen web design in this two part blog entry, but also kicks the tires on Microsoft’s Dual Screen Windows emulator.

A Look At What's New In DevTools for Chrome 86 — Includes a new Media panel, the ability to capture node screenshots, emulate missing local fonts, and more.

Frontend UI Engineer — We are a remote, open-source, mission-driven company building developer tools for the decentralized web. Come build with us.

Stream Provides APIs for Building Activity Feeds and Chat — We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Product Manager to help guide our product direction.

How To Build Your Own Comment System Using Firebase — Runs through how to add a comments section to your blog with Firebase, while learning the basics of Firebase along the way.

Understanding Web Performance Monitoring — A decent guide to measuring web performance and finding common performance issues in a modern web app.

State of Frontend 2020 Survey Results — 74% of frontend developers use React, 54% like TypeScript better than JS, and 31% think that CSS in JS will be dead soon.

Sign-in Form Best Practices — Looks at how to use cross-platform browser features to build sign-in forms that are secure, accessible and easy to use.

A Guide to Theming in CSS — How to create apps that are theme-aware using CSS variables and JavaScript.

CSS Vocabulary — This is a neat little visual tool to help you understand different CSS terms (property, keyword, statement, etc).

The Remote Access Smart Lock That Works Without Wi-Fi — Share a PIN with family, friends, guests, and employees. Grant access any time, anywhere using our algoPIN™ technology.

Find A Job Through Vettery — Vettery specializes in dev roles and is completely free for job seekers.