Zell Liew is a front-end developer, writer, and creator known for deep, practical explorations of CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, and modern web tooling. His work blends thoughtful technical guidance with personal reflections on life, work, and growth, and is frequently featured on CSS-Tricks and Splendid Labz.
350 articles from this blog
A tutorial explaining how to use Git's stash feature to temporarily save uncommitted work and switch branches without losing changes.
A tutorial on using CSS Flexbox to create a simple, responsive email subscription form with proper alignment and spacing.
A guide to remembering and effectively using CSS Grid properties by grouping them into logical categories like explicit grid, gaps, alignment, and implicit grid.
Explains Semantic Versioning (SemVer), covering major, minor, and patch version numbers and their meaning for software releases.
A developer shares a personal experiment to schedule daily learning time while maintaining content output, focusing on productivity techniques.
A guide to using Git Flow, a branching strategy for managing development, feature, release, and hotfix branches in a Git repository.
Author discusses challenges and delays in completing the 'Learn JavaScript' course, explaining why previous deadlines were missed and providing a new estimate.
Explains Git branches using a parallel worlds analogy, covering creation, purpose, and workflow for beginners.
A beginner's guide to identifying and resolving Git merge conflicts when collaborating on code, including a practical example.
Explains the CSS :empty and :blank pseudo-selectors, their differences, and practical use cases for styling empty elements and creating empty states.
A beginner's guide to cloning a Git repository from GitHub, covering the process, SSH usage, and collaborator rights.
Explores the essential skills beyond JavaScript for frontend developers, focusing on empathy, code, design, and communication to create great user experiences.
A beginner's guide to pulling changes from a Git remote repository, covering the fetch and pull commands in a typical workflow.
A guide for developers on simplifying technical communication by avoiding jargon and using plain language when teaching programming concepts.
A beginner's guide to setting up a Git remote on GitHub, covering repository creation and linking a local repo using the Fork GUI.
A guide on using analogies to teach programming concepts like JavaScript functions, objects, and Git to beginners.
A beginner's guide to making your first Git commit using the Fork client, covering staging files and writing commit messages.
A guide outlining five key factors for writing effective and clear programming tutorials that help students learn concepts without confusion.
A beginner-friendly guide to understanding Git and setting up a Git client, focusing on the Fork application.
A developer announces the launch of a new podcast, 'Fridays with Zell', to complement his existing video tutorials on coding and JavaScript.
