Frontend Weekly Digest #403 (24 Feb — 2 March 2025)

Web-development

• Frontend Development Trends in 2025
• OKLCH Color Picker & Converter
• The Dino 🦕, the Llama 🦙, and the Whale 🐋
• Comparing local large language models for alt-text generation
• Grainy distorted interactive 1 gradient blobs
• WebGPU Fluid Simulations: High Performance & Real-Time Rendering

CSS

• A CSS-Only Star Rating Component and More! (Part 1)
• Custom Property Fallbacks
• How to Use attr() in CSS for Columns, Colors, and Font-Size
• Extract Colors from an Image for CSS Themes
• Using & Styling the Details Element
• Better Anchor Positioning with position-area

TypeScript

• Announcing TypeScript 5.8
• Navigating TypeScript’s Type System: 24 Brilliant Advanced Techniques
• Michigan TypeScript Founder Successfully Runs Doom Inside TypeScript’s Type System
• What is TypeScript? An overview for JavaScript programmers

JavaScript

• Why Rescript is the Top JavaScript Alternative for 2025
• Solved by StyleObserver: Element.matchContainer()
• React.memo explained: When to use it (and when not to)
• How Svelte 5 Made Me Understand Nuxt