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A hands-on guide to creating performant scroll-driven animations using native CSS scroll timelines, view transitions, and the animation-timeline property without any JavaScript dependencies.
Build truly responsive components with CSS container queries that adapt based on their container's size rather than the viewport, enabling reusable layouts that work in sidebars, modals, and main content areas without change.
Explore practical WebAssembly use cases for JavaScript developers, from image processing and data compression to cryptographic operations, with clear examples showing when Wasm improves performance and when JavaScript is already fast enough.
Build performant scroll-linked animations using CSS scroll-driven animations API with practical examples of scroll progress timelines, view timelines, parallax effects, and sticky header transforms that run entirely off the main thread.
Master responsive image delivery with practical examples of srcset, sizes, the picture element, and modern formats like AVIF and WebP to dramatically improve page load performance without sacrificing visual quality.
Master advanced CSS Grid techniques including subgrid, named grid areas with responsive reflow, auto-placement algorithms, intrinsic sizing with minmax, and grid-aware component composition for production layouts.
Learn how CSS container queries let you build truly responsive components that adapt to their parent's size rather than the viewport, enabling portable UI modules that work in any layout context.
Explore SSR architecture patterns including streaming SSR, selective hydration, island architecture, and partial prerendering, with concrete performance measurements and decision frameworks for choosing the right approach.
Master practical CSS layout patterns using Grid, Flexbox, container queries, and logical properties that solve real-world responsive design challenges without JavaScript or complex media query chains.
Go beyond basic form semantics with advanced accessibility patterns for validation, error handling, dynamic fields, and complex multi-step forms that work for everyone.
Master GPU-accelerated CSS and JavaScript animation techniques that deliver consistent 60fps performance without triggering layout thrashing or janky frame drops.
How to build framework-agnostic web components using Custom Elements, Shadow DOM, and HTML templates — with practical examples for creating reusable UI elements that work anywhere.