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Ask HN: What's your most useful CSS or JavaScript trick?
Over time we all learn little nifty coding tricks that help us solve common problems or anticipate potential bugs. What's your favorite CSS or JavaScript tip for beginners and professionals? What do you keep using often in your design or development work?
- jimmynewtron 15y agoCSS Reset. Every project starts with a full reset.
- proexploit 15y agoFull Reset? As in * { clear everything }?
- jk215 15y agoLook up the Eric Meyer CSS reset. It saves tons of time with cross-browser compatibility issues straight from the beginning.
- ontouchstart 15y agodocument.styleSheets[0].insertRule(...)
- Flam 15y ago*rule/_rule for CSS ie6/7 hacks font-weight: 900 instead of bold, saves 1 character :P
- geuis 15y agoSimple doctype: <!DOCTYPE html> Script tags just work (no need for type="text/javascript": <script></script> CSS Understand how to do general vs specific border/margin/etc assignments and how they cascade. Useful for generic classes: .class1{ border:1px solid #000; } .sub_class1{ border-bottom:2px solid #cc0000; } JS 0|3.14 === 3, vs Math.floor(3.14) === 3