Colorosetta: the VS Code Extension!
Announcing the VS Code Extension for my one-to-many color translation tool, ColoRosetta
Hi, I’m Chip. I’m a Front End Developer living in the Washington D.C. area, currently working at PBS. My background is in design, so I approach development with a designer’s eye.
Blog Posts
Using CSS Custom Properties and Logical Properties Together
How to combine custom properties and logical properties for layout super powers.
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Browser Dev Tools: Element Inspector Popover
Did you know? All three major browser engines offer an inspector popover for elements. Yeah, I didn’t know.
The Link with rel=preload is a Seperate Thing
Note to self.
How to have Dark & Light Mode Images that also works with User Choice
When we added a ‘dark mode’ to PBS.org’s appearance, we wanted to allow users to have a choice to turn it on. That introduces some complexities that you need to account for.
Keep reading How to have Dark & Light Mode Images that also works with User Choice
Don’t use Viewport Units for Font Size on their own
Be sure to pair viewport units with a relative unit when using them on font sizes, or you’ll introduce an accessibility issue.
Keep reading Don’t use Viewport Units for Font Size on their own
A little known Media Query: Aspect Ratio
Did you know? You can make a media query based on a viewports aspect ratio, not just it’s width.