Rob O'Leary Rob is a solution architect, fullstack developer, technical writer, and educator. He is an active participant in non-profit organizations supporting the underprivileged and promoting equality. He is travel-obsessed (one bug he cannot fix). You can find him at roboleary.net.

Stories by Rob O'Leary

Using CSS Content-Visibility To Boost Your Rendering Performance

Using CSS content-visibility to boost your rendering performance

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CSS content-visibility helps boost rendering performance by controlling whether or not an element renders its contents.

Rob O'Leary
Nov 8, 2023 ⋅ 12 min read
CSS Trigonometry Practical Applications

CSS trig functions: Practical applications

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We use CSS trigonometry functions to make precise measurements and create shapes, layouts, animations, and creative designs.

Rob O'Leary
Jun 21, 2023 ⋅ 10 min read
Create Beautiful Stroked Text CSS

Can you create beautiful stroked text in CSS?

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We explore several approaches for creating stroked text (or outline text) in CSS and with SVGs and look at many stroked text examples.

Rob O'Leary
Apr 5, 2023 ⋅ 11 min read
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How to create parallax scrolling with CSS

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This article demystifies the parallax scrolling technique. Get insights on how to implement parallax scrolling with CSS without compromising UX.

Rob O'Leary
Mar 17, 2023 ⋅ 15 min read
CSS Breakpoints Responsive Design

CSS breakpoints for responsive design

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We discuss the role of CSS breakpoints in responsive design, reviewing different methods of choosing breakpoints and some best practices.

Rob O'Leary
Mar 2, 2023 ⋅ 11 min read
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A deep dive into the CSS float property

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Let’s discuss the history of CSS float and show how it can be used in modern web design to achieve creative text layouts.

Rob O'Leary
Aug 19, 2022 ⋅ 9 min read
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Testing a Svelte app with Vitest

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Vitest has become the first choice dev tool for Svelte. Learn about its features and integrations and how it compares to Jest.

Rob O'Leary
Jun 22, 2022 ⋅ 12 min read
Data Visualization in Svelte and d3

Data visualization with Svelte and D3

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Let’s explore the advantages of the hybrid approach of using Svelte and D3 together for data visualization.

Rob O'Leary
Mar 22, 2022 ⋅ 11 min read
Using Prettier And ESLint To Automate Formatting And Fixing JavaScript

Using Prettier and ESLint to automate formatting and fixing JavaScript

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Learn how to use ESLint and Prettier together to automatically format and fix JavaScript code in your projects.

Rob O'Leary
Feb 11, 2022 ⋅ 8 min read
Using Stylelint To Improve And Lint CSS, SCSS, And Sass

Level up your CSS linting using Stylelint

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Level up your CSS, SCSS, and Sass linting skills and improve your code quality using this advanced guide on Stylelint.

Rob O'Leary
Aug 17, 2021 ⋅ 7 min read
VS Code Extensions in JavaScript

Writing VS Code extensions in JavaScript

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Learn how to set up a project and write your first VS code extension in JavaScript.

Rob O'Leary
Apr 1, 2021 ⋅ 11 min read
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The latest features of CSS in 2021

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This overview covers the latest major CSS features to make it to browsers in 2021 and includes clear use cases for them.

Rob O'Leary
Mar 2, 2021 ⋅ 6 min read