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 beginner-friendly guide to overcoming fear of the command line, explaining its safety and introducing six essential commands.
A tutorial on using Bower, a dependency manager for frontend libraries like jQuery, covering installation, setup, and basic usage.
Explains the six parts of a development workflow (Scaffold, Develop, Test, Integrate, Optimize, Deploy) and how to automate them to save time.
Troubleshooting guide for Susy Gallery's gallery() mixin, covering common layout issues and their solutions.
A web developer shares personal struggles with blogging and asks readers to choose their next technical topic: modern workflows, web animation, or UX design.
A technical guide on integrating the Masonry JavaScript library with the Susy CSS grid framework to create Pinterest-style layouts.
A developer creates a custom Sass mixin for media queries using Sass Maps, improving on the popular Breakpoint library.
A tutorial on configuring Gulp to use LibSass and the Susy grid framework for automating Sass compilation in a development workflow.
A tutorial on configuring Grunt to compile Sass with LibSass and the Susy grid framework for a modern front-end development workflow.
Explains the mobile-first CSS approach, its benefits over desktop-first, and provides practical code examples for responsive web design.
Author announces updates to the Learning Susy book, addressing common issues with the Susy Sass layout framework installation and usage.
Explains the key concept of 'context' in the Susy CSS grid framework to solve common nested grid layout problems.
A developer shares their journey of writing and selling their first ebook, a technical guide on the Susy layout tool for web developers.
A tutorial on creating off-canvas layouts using the Susy grid system for web development.
A guide to making responsive websites compatible with older browsers like IE8 using the Respond.js polyfill.
Explores creating semantic, self-correcting CSS layouts using pseudo-classes and the Susy framework to reduce reliance on presentational HTML classes.
A tutorial on creating fluid, asymmetric website layouts using the Susy 2 Sass framework and its isolate output mode.
Explains how gutter positions work in the Susy CSS grid framework and how they affect layout margins and paddings.
A tutorial on using Susy's background grid image for debugging responsive layouts across multiple breakpoints.
Explores two methods for organizing multiple theme styles in CSS using Sass, comparing a separate theme file vs. module-based theming.
