Monday Medley | Responsive CSS Layouts without Media Queries, Onboarding a Junior Developer, and Open-Source Fonts
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This Monday Medley covers responsive CSS layouts without media queries, onboarding a junior developer, and open-source fonts.
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Today is April 13th, 2020 and for this Monday Medley episode we’re covering responsive CSS layouts without media queries, onboarding a junior developer, and open-source fonts. Let’s dive in!
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CSS-Tricks published a post today titled “Thinking in Behaviors, Not Screen Sizes”. The main point of the post is that in modern web development we should think beyond breakpoints for a more fluid layout. The post goes on to describe how to use CSS Grid to achieve a responsive website with no media queries.
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A recent post on the DEV community discussed how to onboard a junior developer. The post gives actionable examples of integrating your new hire into the team and practices established by the company. Some of the tips include teaching the company’s Git process, learning their style, and always being available for questions.
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WIRED published an article last month about open-source fonts and why they are becoming more popular. The open-source font Raleway, for example, has grown to 9 font weights and is one of the most popular options on Google Fonts. This has also led to variable fonts which are gaining more publicity in the web developer community.
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Want to know more? Head to fewdaily.com for more of today’s topics and other front-end web content! That's all for today, tune in tomorrow!
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