Some time ago, I was experimenting with CSS3 transformations and transitions using Sass. Then, I decided to port these experiments into a Codepen to share it with the Internet community because I think that they are interesting. Read More
Author Archives: elchininet
Vue.js, tutorial of initiation in ten minutes
If you are aware of the most used JavaScript frameworks nowadays, surely you have heard about Vue.js. If not, next I’ll describe it for you quickly.
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3D Geometric plane animation using CSS3
Some days ago, I answered a question on Stack Overflow that asked for emulating a JavaScript Popmotion code using the GreenSock library. The original code animates a geometric plane with a tridimensional effect when it is dragged with the mouse.
Answering that question, the next code resulted, that replicates the same effect using just Vanilla JavaScript Read More
Fibonacci Sphere using CSS3 transformations
It has been some time since I don’t post anything, the project in which I’m working takes too much time from me. But this doesn’t prevent me to experiment a bit with the things that apasionate me.
I have wanted to test the performance of the main browsers using CSS3 transformations. In this little experiment, in each mouse movement, 300 DOM elements are transformed. Read More
CSS3 pseudo-classes to select elements
A pseudo-class is a CSS selector that helps us to select DOM elements taking into account their state instead of their information. Some of the most used pseudo-classes are :hover, :active or :focus. CSS3 brings some pseudo-classes that help us to select elements taking into account their position in the DOM tree. In this tutorial I’ll cover some of them.
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str_replace PHP function in JavaScript
Working with JavaScript, if one wants to replace a part of a string with another string, usually, the replace String method is used. This method allows to manipulate a string using another string or a regular expression. Next it is shown how it is used: Read More
Isometric projections in Illustrator
Most of the designers, have dealt with isometric projections in some moment of their careers. Very useful if one wants to represent industrial products in a user manual or to explain the functionality of a mechanism.
In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to approach this kind of axonometry in an easy way, using Adobe Illustrator.
Transformations and transitions in CSS3
I have been thinking since long time ago into making a basic tutorial about transformations and transitions in CSS3. This kind of technique allows us to transform HTML elements and even animate them without appeal to JavaScript. Using CSS3 animations the calculations are made by the GPU instead of the CPU, and most of the time this ends in smoother and preciser animations because the calculations can be made using non-integer numbers.
Roman numerals in JavaScript
Some years ago I developed a small Action Script 3 class to work with Roman numerals using regular expressions. As ActionScript is barely used on these days, I decided to port this class to JavaScript.
PHP class to create image thumbanils
Some years ago, I wrote a PHP class to create image thumbnails because I needed it for a project. There were needed certain things that I could not able to find in other PHP classes, and I decided to create one with my specific needs. Today, after some improvements and fixes to perfect it, I have decided to share it with anyone that wants to use it.