Creating Directionally Lit 3D Buttons with CSS
HTML & CSS
By Jhey Tompkins,
Ever thought of adding lighting effects to your UI buttons? You can! Learn how to create directionally lit 3D buttons with CSS and just a little bit of JS.
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Create Powerful CSS Animation Effects without JavaScript
HTML & CSS
By Paul Ryan,
Do animations need JavaScript? No! Learn some amazing CSS animation tricks you can perform with just a small amount of really cool CSS.
Recreate the Cyberpunk 2077 Button Glitch Effect in CSS
HTML & CSS
By Jhey Tompkins,
To celebrate Cyberpunk 2077's long-awaited arrival, Jhey Tomkins shows you how to create the famous buttons with a glitch effect on hover in CSS.
CSS with SVG: Real World Usage
HTML & CSS
By Craig Buckler,
Craig explains how to add CSS styles to SVGs when used as static images, inlined backgrounds and HTML, sprites, HTML content effects and portable files.
9 of the Best Animation Libraries for UI Designers
HTML & CSS
By Alex Walker, Tanay Pant, Maria Antonietta Perna,
Animation is a part of a UI designer's job. Here are 9 free animation libraries we think deliver the most power for the smallest file size, while being relatively easy to use for reasonably code-savvy designers that aren't full-blown developers.
UI Code Challenge #1 – Heartbeats
HTML & CSS
By Alex Walker,
The user interfaces we see in popular culture are often more fun than ones we build at work. Here's a code challenge to show us how you'd build your own.
Using CSS Transforms in the Real World
HTML & CSS
By Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski,
Ilya Bodrov explains how CSS transforms can be used in the real world to solve various tasks and achieve interesting results — showing how to adjust elements vertically, create nice-looking arrows, build loading animations and create flip animations.
3D Transformation Functions in CSS
HTML & CSS
By Craig Buckler,
Craig Buckler shows how to add another dimension to your web pages and applications with the new 3D transformation functions and properties in CSS, covering transform, translate, rotations, scaling, perspective and more, along with z-index, browser gotchas, and ideal use cases.
A Practical Guide to CSS Variables (Custom Properties)
HTML & CSS
By Maria Antonietta Perna,
Maria Antonietta Perna walks you through CSS variables/custom properties, the awesome new technology that adds more flexibility and fun to CSS coding.
Optimizing CSS: Tweaking Animation Performance with DevTools
HTML & CSS
By Maria Antonietta Perna,
Maria Antonietta Perna explores the Performance Tool available in the Firefox browser to find out more about CSS animation performance.
Fancy Web Animations Made Easy with GreenSock Plugins
HTML & CSS
By Maria Antonietta Perna,
Maria Antonietta Perna gives you an overview of GreenSock plugins to add complex animations to your project quickly and in a few lines of code.
Frame by Frame Animation Tutorial with CSS and JavaScript
HTML & CSS
By Michael Romanov,
Michael Romanov explains how you can build a frame by frame animation with just HTML, CSS and JavaScript which performs well and works great on all browsers
GreenSock for Beginners (Part 2): GSAP’s Timeline
HTML & CSS
By Maria Antonietta Perna,
In Part 2 of her GreenSock (GSAP) tutorial for beginners, Maria Antonietta Perna shows how GSAP timeline makes coding complex animations easier and faster.
Building a 3D Rotating Carousel with CSS and JavaScript
HTML & CSS
By Giulio Mainardi,
Giulio Mainardi shows you how to build a 3D rotating carousel using CSS 3D transforms, with some nifty math tricks and some JavaScript to enhance.
GreenSock for Beginners: a Web Animation Tutorial (Part 1)
HTML & CSS
By Maria Antonietta Perna,
Maria Antonietta Perna introduces GreenSock in a multi-part article for the Beyond CSS: Dynamic DOM Animation Libraries series. Ready for some cool effects?
Cool on Scroll Animations Made Easy With the AOS Library
HTML & CSS
By Gajendar Singh,
Gajendar Singh shows how the AOS library (Animate On Scroll) works and how you can quickly animate your site to life with stunning effects on scroll.