Learning Gutenberg: A Primer with create-guten-block

Welcome back! We’ve just taken a look at what Gutenberg is and how it operates from the admin side. Gutenberg is certainly going to have a massive impact on the WordPress world. If you are just arriving here and have no idea what we’re talking about, I recommend at least skimming Part 1 to make sure you have the appropriate background.

Let’s create a custom block with a bit of help from a wonderful tool called create-guten-block. Onward!

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25 Best Subtle Black & White Background Textures

Are you looking for a subtle black and white background texture to make your designs stand out from the crowd? In this collection, we’re featuring some of the most beautiful, simple, and modern black and white background textures you can use for your design projects. A black and white texture is the ideal choice for […]
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​Build live comments with sentiment analysis using Nest.js

(This is a sponsored post.)

Interestingly, one of the most important areas of a blog post is the comment section. This plays an important role in the success of a post or an article, as it allows proper interaction and participation from readers. This makes it inevitable for every platform with a direct comments system to handle it in realtime.

In this post, we’ll build an application with a live comment feature. This will happen in realtime as …

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Dark theme in a day

Marcin Wichary has written a great piece that dives into how he used CSS Variables to create a night mode and high contrast theme in an app. There’s so many neat tricks about how to use CSS Variables (Chris has also looked at theming) as well as how to organize them (Andras Galante has an interesting take on this) in here. Plus, Marcin shares some tricks about using filters to invert the color of an image.

I also …

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5 Key Elements of a One-Page Website

One-page sites are becoming popular in 2018, mainly due to the rise in mobile device browsing and the subsequent need for short, impactful information. They’re also perfect for developers who need to offer a summary of their services to potential clients. However, knowing what to include on a one-page site isn’t always easy. One-page sites …
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Choosing the Best Font for PowerPoint: 10 Tips & Examples

There’s a fine art to creating a great PowerPont presentation that wows. With so many tricks and features in this little bit of software, it’s more likely to see a bad presentation than a good one (and you don’t want to be that person!) While there are a lot of factors that contribute to the […]
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Learning Gutenberg: What is Gutenberg, Anyway?

Gutenberg is the new React-driven SPA editing experience in WordPress. Oh wait, a string of buzzwords doesn’t count for a viable explanation of software? We’re going to unpack that string of buzzwords as we explain what Gutenberg is.

Article Series:

  1. Series Introduction
  2. What is Gutenberg, Anyway? (This Post)
  3. A Primer with create-guten-block (Coming Soon!)
  4. Modern JavaScript Syntax (Coming Soon!)
  5. React 101 (Coming Soon!)
  6. Setting up a Custom webpack (Coming Soon!)
  7. A Custom “Card” Block (Coming Soon!)

First, a before-and-after screenshot …

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Learning Gutenberg: Series Introduction

Hey CSS-Tricksters! 👋 We have a special long-form series we’re kicking off here totally dedicated to Gutenberg, a major change to the WordPress editor. I’ve invited a dynamic duo of authors to bring you this series, which will bring you up to speed on what Gutenberg is, what it can do for your site, and how you can actually develop for it.

Who this is for

This series is more for developers who are curious about this new world …

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Foreword for CSS In Depth

Keith Grant recently released a brand new book on CSS: CSS in Depth. If you’re looking for a book focused specifically on learning CSS, you’ve found it. I was happy to write the foreword for it, which I’ll republish here.


“A minute to learn… A lifetime to master.” That phrase might feel a little trite these days, but I still like it. It was popularized in modern times by being the tagline for the board game Othello. In Othello, …

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