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Like a raging, flesh-eating zombie this blog is about to rejoin the world of the living. After a two week lapse gears are squirting back into motion, ready for a fresh delivery of tasty updates. Unlike past years I didn't post a little reminder before I closed the doors, read on if you want to know why. For those who can't be bothered, just know that business will resume as usual from this point on, so take leave your squishy brain muscle at the door and trust me to handle it with care.
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Last week I wrote a little introduction to web design patterns. Apart from introducing the benefits to front-end development I simply hoped to give the whole concept a little extra attention with all the html5, css3, ... hyping going on. New patterns are slowly emerging from this period of experimentation and like everything else in this world, new doesn't necessarily equal better. As a starter I'd like to take a closer look at the increasingly popular pagination alternative.
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Patterns are big business in IT. You can't get far in OO programming before hitting a book about design patterns, stressing the need for standardized solutions to particular problems. When it comes to web development though, design patterns never really hit off. Maybe because of the chaotic nature of the so-called web standards, maybe because we as an industry are just not ready for them yet. That's no reason to ignore their potential though.
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The onderhond blog has been running for a good 2.5 years now. There's been ups, downs and many in-betweens. I've learned a lot from the time spent on writing the near-400 articles already present on this blog, but with all the time going into fine-tuning these articles you start to demand something in return. Now, before you think this is my goodbye note, no need to worry. There's only happy stuff in here.
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The world of css knows many grey zones. Areas where a healthy css developer would rather not tread if they had anything to say about it, but can be conquered with a serious dose of willpower. There is worse though. The black holes of css make us cringe only by thinking of them. That exact same cringe you might notice when a designer starts talking about pixel differences in forms. Oh, the horror!