Frontend Weekly Digest #417 (2–9 June 2025)

Web Dev

• How to Create Responsive and SEO-friendly WebGL Text
• Complete Monorepo Guide: pnpm + Workspace + Changesets (2025)
• Master Image Processing in Node.js Using Sharp for Fast Web Apps
• HTMX served from static as a SPA?
• Using Local Storage in OutSystems Web Applications

• Tools
  • Storybook 9
  • ​​Improving frontend workflows with in-browser database tools
• Accessibility
  • Where to Put Focus When Opening a Modal Dialog
• Demo
  • Building a Real-Time Dithering Shader
  • Smashing Animations Part 4: Optimising SVGs
  • Getting Creative With HTML Dialog
  • Elastic Grid Scroll: Creating Lag-Based Layout Animations with GSAP ScrollSmoother

CSS

• Better CSS Shapes Using shape() — Part 3: Curves
• State of CSS 2025
• Exploring the CSS contrast-color() Function… a Second Time
• Modern CSS carousels: No JavaScript required
• When to use Flexbox and when to use CSS Grid
• Using CSS breakpoints for fluid, future-proof layouts
• An Auto-Filling CSS Grid With Max Columns of a Minimum Size
• Printing the web: making webpages look good on paper

JavaScripts

• firstChild can be white space
• `document.currentScript` is more useful than I thought.
• JavaScript promises: 4 gotchas and how to avoid them

• React
  • Towards React Server Components in Clojure, Part 3
  • How Imports Work in RSC
  • React forwardRef explained: Usage, alternatives, and React 19 update
  • How to consume APIs in React using Fetch and Async/Await
  • How to use the useEffect hook in React: A complete guide

Memes