Author Rachel Andrew

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Rachel Andrew is not only editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, but also a web developer, writer and speaker. She is the author of a number of books, including The New CSS Layout. She is one of the people behind the content management system, Perch, and writes about business and technology on her own site at rachelandrew.co.uk.

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When And How To Use CSS Multi-Column Layout

January 11, 2019 — The Multi-column Layout spec is often overlooked as we use Grid and Flexbox. In this article Rachel Andrew explains why it is different to other layout methods, and shows some useful patterns and sites which showcase it well. Read More…

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How To Learn CSS

January 2, 2019 — You don’t need to commit to memorizing every CSS Property and Value, as there are good places to look them up. There are some fundamental things, however, which will make CSS much easier for you to use. This article aims to guide you along your path of learning CSS. Read More…

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2018: A Smashing Year In Review

December 31, 2018 — The Smashing Team looks back at 2018. Conferences, articles, books and the Smashing Membership — there has been a lot going on. Read More…

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Protecting Your Site With Feature Policy

December 12, 2018 — Feature Policy can help protect your site from third parties using APIs that have security and privacy implications, and also from your own team adding outdated APIs or poorly optimized images. Find out how. Read More…

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Web Design And Development Advent Roundup For 2018

December 3, 2018 — A roundup of Advent Calendar sites of interest to web designers and developers. From accessibility to UX, coding challenges to Perl, there really is something for everyone this December. Read More…

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CSS Frameworks Or CSS Grid: What Should I Use For My Project?

November 9, 2018 — Have you ever considered whether CSS Grid can actually replace the need for CSS frameworks or third-party component libraries? In doing so, Rachel Andrew discovered a range of reasons people use a third-party framework and the positive and negative things about doing so. Read More…

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The CSS Working Group At TPAC: What’s New In CSS?

October 26, 2018 — Last week, Rachel Andrew attended the CSS Working Group meeting at W3C TPAC, and rounds up some of the discussions in this post — including those things where you can help make a decision. Read More…

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Use Cases For Flexbox

October 4, 2018 — In this final article of the series, we wrap up by taking a look at some of the common uses for Flexbox. What should we use Flexbox for, and what it is not so good at? Read More…

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Representing Web Developers In The W3C

September 27, 2018 — Rachel Andrew writes about her involvement with the CSS Working Group, and why she feels it is important that web developers understand what is being worked on in CSS, and have a way to offer feedback. Read More…

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Flexbox: How Big Is That Flexible Box?

September 17, 2018 — In the last two articles, we have looked at what happens when we create a flex container, and also taken a look at alignment. This time we explore the often confusing issue of sizing in Flexbox. How does Flexbox decide how big things should be? Read More…