John Rhea

The CSS xywh() function allows you to create rectangles by setting the upper-left corner point and the width and height for use in the shape-outside, clip-path properties.

The CSS inset() function allows you to create rectangles to use with the shape-outside, clip-path, and offset-path properties.

The CSS ellipse() function allows you to create ellipses when used with the shape-outside, clip-path, and offset-path properties.…

The CSS circle() function allows you to create, you guessed it, circles when used with the shape-outside, clip-path, and offset-path properties.…

The CSS path() function enables us to create complex paths, polygons and other shapes using SVG path command syntax.

The CSS shape() function enables us to more easily create complex paths, polygons and other shapes using a more human readable syntax using lines, arcs, and curves. It also allows much greater flexibility and responsiveness in the use of units than the CSS path() function.

What it looks like to troubleshoot one of those impossible issues that turns out to be something totally else you never thought of.

What does it look like to refactor your own code? John Rhea picks apart an old CSS animation he wrote and walks through the thought process of optimizing it.

I’ve always been fascinated with how much we can do with just HTML and CSS. The new interactive features of the Popover API are yet another example of just how far we can get with those two languages alone.…