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Well, it turns out that SVG’s built-in animation features were never deprecated as planned. Sure, CSS and JavaScript are more than capable of carrying the load, but it’s good to know that SMIL is not dead in the water as previously thought, and is actually well-supported.

One thing we can do to help teams code consistently is provide type-checking so that all of the configurable options for a specific component are available while coding. Bryan demonstrates how he does this with TypeScript when working with Astro components.

Interactive CSS animations with elements ricocheting off each other seem more plausible in 2025. While it’s unnecessary to implement Pong in CSS, the increasing flexibility and power of CSS reinforce Lee’s suspicion that one day it will be a lifestyle choice whether to achieve any given effect with scripting or CSS.

Masonry in CSS: There’s a new, third option in the debate that combines Flexbox and CSS Grid features into a […]

With visual regression testing, we can update a page, take screenshots before and after the fact, and compare the results for unintended changes. In this article, learn how to set up visual regression testing using Playwright.

Having been tasked with creating a UI component for navigating the content of an online course, Daniel found himself neck-deep in a pool of new CSS features that he wound up using on the project.

There’s a bit of a blind spot when working with CSS logical properties concerning shorthands.

I’ve used border-image regularly. Yet, it remains one of the most underused CSS tools, and I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why. Is it possible that people steer clear of border-image because its syntax is awkward and unintuitive? Perhaps it’s because most explanations don’t solve the type of creative implementation problems that most people need to solve. Most likely, it’s both.

I’ve seen a handful of recent posts talking about the utility of the :is() relational pseudo-selector. No need to delve […]

Ooo, look at that: Safari Technology Preview 215 adds support for scroll-driven animations, anchor positioning, and text-wrap: pretty. That’s a […]

Smashing Magazine is hosting a free online event discussing modern CSS goodness with the likes of Adam Argyle, Julia Miocene, […]

Going from the most basic ways to style lists directly in HTML to advanced customization techniques that are even capable of making things that aren’t lists look like lists.