~frontendfocus | Issue 669 - Might Google be forced to sell Chrome? (15)

Monicon: A Universal Icon Library for Any JavaScript Framework — The project itself is not new, but provides quick access to 200,000+ icons from popular sets and works with most frameworks and build tools.

How overflow: clip Works in CSS — This is a solid look at using the well-supported clip value alongside the overflow CSS property — with some good example use cases, particularly around art direction.

The State of HTML 2024 Results — The results from this year’s State of HTML survey dropped late last week, and Patrick Brosset (of the Edge team) sums up where things stand in his conclusion:

Meet Angular v19 — The latest version of this popular web app framework is here — to mark the release ▶️ here’s a video running through what new features you can expect.

Importing a Frontend JavaScript Library Without a Build System — Julia explores how to import a JS library when taking a no-build-system approach.

alt Text: Don’t Just Describe Images — Advice for writing alt text that communicates an image’s purpose without repeating page content — chiefly focus on meaning rather than visual description.

Pinpoint Flaky and Failing Tests with Codecov Test Analytics — Stop digging through logs and re-running your CI. See why tests are failing and which are flaky, right in your PR.

Creating an ASCII Shader Using OGL — This is an incredibly cool effect, not to mention great tutorial on getting started with shaders and using OGL, a minimal WebGL library that’s a lot lighter than Three.js.

▶  Nerd Show and Tell: Meet Zach Leatherman — Zach talks about the “rollercoaster ride of building Eleventy”, why owning your corner of the internet is more important than ever, and how platforms like Eleventy could be “the ticket to a new wave of web independence”.

SVG to Font 6.1: Read SVG Icons and Output a Font File — Both a CLI tool and Node.js library that can read in SVG documents and output WOFF2, WOFF, EOT, TTF and SVG fonts. Useful for generating a Web font from a set of icons, say, as in this demo.

lite-youtube Web Component v1.6 Released — The latest version of this web component that quickly renders YouTube embeds adds auto-pausing, custom CSS properties, named slot thumbnails, and more.

Troubleshoot Frontend Issues with Digital Experience Monitoring — Learn how Datadog provides a single source of truth for frontend monitoring so teams can troubleshoot issues faster.

SmarkForm: A Library for Creating Markup-Driven and Extendable Forms in Web Apps — This allows you to add advanced features to forms, like JSON import/export, hotkeys, along with other interactive enhancements. Try some examples here.

Coding Font: A 'Game' to Find Your New Favorite Code Font — This is a fun idea. It throws over 25 popular developer-oriented fonts into a ‘tournament’ and you then pick your favorites until you’re left with a winner. (It was Cousine for me.)

Prompt, Run, Edit, and Deploy Full-Stack Web Apps with bolt.new — StackBlitz recently released in-browser AI web development agent: bolt.new! Give it a try today.