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@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active April 30, 2024 17:56
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent
@ericelliott
ericelliott / essential-javascript-links.md
Last active April 22, 2024 10:15
Essential JavaScript Links
@hdragomir
hdragomir / sm-annotated.html
Last active March 5, 2024 08:57
The deferred font loading logic for Smashing Magazine. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
<script type="text/javascript">
(function () {
"use strict";
// once cached, the css file is stored on the client forever unless
// the URL below is changed. Any change will invalidate the cache
var css_href = './index_files/web-fonts.css';
// a simple event handler wrapper
function on(el, ev, callback) {
if (el.addEventListener) {
el.addEventListener(ev, callback, false);
@sergejmueller
sergejmueller / ttf2woff2.md
Last active March 9, 2024 13:37
WOFF 2.0 – Learn more about the next generation Web Font Format and convert TTF to WOFF2
@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active May 2, 2024 03:13
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@thulstrup
thulstrup / compass-retina-sprites.scss
Created March 20, 2012 19:18
Using Compass to generate normal and retina sprite maps
$sprites: sprite-map("sprites/*.png");
$sprites-retina: sprite-map("sprites-retina/*.png");
@mixin sprite-background($name) {
background-image: sprite-url($sprites);
background-position: sprite-position($sprites, $name);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
display: block;
height: image-height(sprite-file($sprites, $name));
width: image-width(sprite-file($sprites, $name));
@scottkellum
scottkellum / normalized.html
Created December 6, 2011 14:58
pixel normalization
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Encoding -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<!-- Always force latest IE rendering engine (even in intranet) & Chrome Frame -->
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"></meta>
@ryanb
ryanb / rails_3_1_rc4_changes.md
Created May 6, 2011 01:10
The Changelogs for Rails 3.1 Beta 1

Railties 3.1 RC4

  • The new rake task assets:clean removes precompiled assets. [fxn]

  • Application and plugin generation run bundle install unless --skip-gemfile or --skip-bundle. [fxn]

  • Fixed database tasks for jdbc* adapters #jruby [Rashmi Yadav]

  • Template generation for jdbcpostgresql #jruby [Vishnu Atrai]

@adamesque
adamesque / preloader.js
Created February 16, 2011 23:38
Uses jQuery's new Deferred object to help with image loading
/**
* Helper function for passing arrays of promises to $.when
*/
jQuery.whenArray = function ( array ) {
return jQuery.when.apply( this, array );
};
/**
* Accepts a single image src or an array of image srcs.