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• Sentry use code “devchat” for 2 months free

Panel

• Aimee Knight

• Chris Ferdinandi

• Christopher Beucheler

• AJ O’Neal

With Special Guest: Javan Makhmali

Episode Summary

Today’s guest is Javan Makhmali, who works for Basecamp and helped develop Trix. Trix is a rich text editor for the web, made purposefully simple for everyday use instead of a full layout tool. Trix is not the same as Tiny MCE, and Javan discusses some of the differences. He talks about the benefits of using Trix over other native browser features for text editing. He talks about how Trix has simplified the work at Basecamp, especially when it came to crossing platforms. Javan talks more about how Trix differs from other text editors like Google Docs and contenteditable, how to tell if Trix is functioning correctly, and how it works with Markdown.

The panel discusses more specific aspects of Trix, such as Exec command. One of the features of Trix is it is able to output consistently in all browsers and uses semantic, clean HTML instead of classnames. Javan talks about how Trix handles getting rid of the extraneous cruft of formatting when things are copy and pasted, the different layers of code, and the undo feature. He talks about whether or not there will be more features added to Trix. The panel discusses who could benefit from using Trix. The show finishes with Javan talking about Basecamp’s decision to make Trix open source and why they code in CoffeeScript. 

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• Trix

• Tiny MCE

• Contenteditable

• Markdown

• SVG

• HTML

• CoffeeScript

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Aimee Knight:

• Absolute Truth Unlearned as Junior Developer

This week, My Javascript Story welcomes Javan Makhmali,a Programmer at Basecamp from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Javan attended Community College to study Computer Science but then decided to work as a Freelancer developer. Javan and Charles debate whether having a 4-year college degree is better to become a developer and conclude that it depends on the person. Some people prefer a structured 4 year degree to feel ready for a full time jo and some people do better with bootcamps. Javan mentions he knows several people that switched careers after completing an 8 week bootcamp and that the industry was really flexible to accomodate both options.

Charles and Javan then continue talking about Javan's journey as a developer and particularly his journey with Basecamp. Javan started out working with Ruby on Rails and after a couple of years applied for a job at Basecamp (then known as 37 Signals). Javan then started working with CoffeeScript which helped him understand working with JavaScript.

Charles and Javan talk about the projects Javan is working on currently at Basecamp. Outside of work Javan, is a new parent and enjoys spending time with his daughter. He feels ever since he has become a parent, his work life balance has been better.

Host: Charles Max Wood

Joined by Special Guest:  Javan Makhmali

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• JSJ 376: Trix: A Rich Text Editor for Everyday Writing with Javan Makhmali

• Javan's Twitter

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• https://maxcoders.io/

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Normalize.css is a small CSS file that provides better cross-browser consistency in the default styling of HTML elements. It’s a modern, HTML5-ready, alternative to the traditional CSS reset.

• Normalize.css project site
• Normalize.css source on GitHub

Normalize.css is currently used in some form by Twitter Bootstrap, HTML5 Boilerplate, GOV.UK, Rdio, CSS Tricks, and many other frameworks, toolkits, and sites.

Overview

Normalize.css is an alternative to CSS resets. The project is the product of 100’s of hours of extensive research by @necolas and @jon_neal on the differences between default browser styles.

The aims of normalize.css are as follows:

• Preserve useful browser defaults rather than erasing them.
• Normalize styles for a wide range of HTML elements.
• Correct bugs and common browser inconsistencies.
• Improve usability with subtle improvements.
• Explain the code using comments and detailed documentation.

It supports a wide range of browsers (including mobile browsers) and includes CSS that normalizes HTML5 elements, typography, lists, embedded content, forms, and tables.

Despite the project being based on the principle of normalization, it uses pragmatic defaults where they are preferable.

Normalize vs Reset

It’s worth understanding in greater detail how normalize.css differs from traditional CSS resets.

Normalize.css preserves useful defaults

Resets impose a homogenous visual style by flattening the default styles for almost all elements. In contrast, normalize.css retains many useful default browser styles. This means that you don’t have to redeclare styles for all the common typographic elements.

When an element has different default styles in different browsers, normalize.css aims to make those styles consistent and in line with modern standards when possible.

Normalize.css corrects common bugs

It fixes common desktop and mobile browser bugs that are out of scope for resets. This includes display settings for HTML5 elements, correcting font-size for preformatted text, SVG overflow in IE9, and many form-related bugs across browsers and operating systems.

For example, this is how normalize.css makes the new HTML5 search input type cross-browser consistent and stylable:

/**
 * 1. Addresses appearance set to searchfield in S5, Chrome
 * 2. Addresses box-sizing set to border-box in S5, Chrome (include -moz to future-proof)
 */

input[type="search"] {
  -webkit-appearance: textfield; /* 1 */
  -moz-box-sizing: content-box;
  -webkit-box-sizing: content-box; /* 2 */
  box-sizing: content-box;
}

/**
 * Removes inner padding and search cancel button in S5, Chrome on OS X
 */

input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
}

Resets often fail to bring browsers to a level starting point with regards to how an element is rendered. This is particularly true of forms – an area where normalize.css can provide some significant assistance.

Normalize.css doesn’t clutter your debugging tools

A common irritation when using resets is the large inheritance chain that is displayed in browser CSS debugging tools.

This is not such an issue with normalize.css because of the targeted styles and the conservative use of multiple selectors in rulesets.

Normalize.css is modular

The project is broken down into relatively independent sections, making it easy for you to see exactly which elements need specific styles. Furthermore, it gives you the potential to remove sections (e.g., the form normalizations) if you know they will never be needed by your website.

Normalize.css has extensive documentation

The normalize.css code is based on detailed cross-browser research and methodical testing. The file is heavily documented inline and further expanded upon in the GitHub Wiki. This means that you can find out what each line of code is doing, why it was included, what the differences are between browsers, and more easily run your own tests.

The project aims to help educate people on how browsers render elements by default, and make it easier for them to be involved in submitting improvements.

How to use normalize.css

First, install or download normalize.css from GitHub. There are then 2 main ways to make use of it.

Approach 1: use normalize.css as a starting point for your own project’s base CSS, customising the values to match the design’s requirements.

Approach 2: include normalize.css untouched and build upon it, overriding the defaults later in your CSS if necessary.

Closing comments

Normalize.css is significantly different in scope and execution to CSS resets. It’s worth trying it out to see if it fits with your development approach and preferences.

The project is developed in the open on GitHub. Anyone can report issues and submit patches. The full history of the project is available for anyone to see, and the context and reasoning for all changes can be found in the commit messages and the issue threads.

Related reading

Detailed information on default UA styles: WHATWG suggestions for rendering HTML documents, Internet Explorer User Agent Style Sheets,and CSS2.1 User Agent Style Sheet Defaults.

Translations

• Про normalize.css
• About normalize.css (Italiano)
• 关于Normalize.css

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