CTO, UX / UI Designer & Developer
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Martine Dowden has degrees in both Psychology, and Design and Visual Communications, which she uses to develop amazing user experiences and user interfaces. She specializes in web accessibility, and has years of experience in leadership, marketing, design, and development. In addition to being the CTO of Andromeda, Martine is also an international conference speaker, a published author, is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, Angular, and Firebase, and a Microsoft MVP in Developer Technologies.
Latest Posts
CSS Parent Selector
A very common CSS question is whether there is such a thing as a parent selector. In this article we dig into the use of the pseudo-class :has() and how we can use it to select elements based on the element's siblings or children.Read More →
CSS Subgrid
Have you played with subgrid yet? Let's explore how it works and how to create fallbacks so we can start using subgrid in our projects today.Read More →
Manipulating Text Layout
Getting text to wrap just right in CSS use to require workarounds but we now have new values for the text-balance property that allow us take our typography to the next level. Check it out!Read More →
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JavaScript Promises Demystified
A deep dive into JavaScript promises and how to use them.Read More →
Drop Caps Then and Now
Drop caps have been around for for centuries but on the web they haven't been so easy to create. Let's look at the new CSS initial-letter property and how we can use to make a drop cap.Read More →
Creating dialogs without a library
Did you know there is a dialog element with built in methods and CSS selectors that can be used to created and style dialogs? Let's take a look at how it works and implement one together.Read More →
Styling components using CSS container queries
Ever create a component for a project or website but didn't know where it was going to be used? With the newly added container queries, available in all major browsers, we can now style elements based on the size of the container they are placed in. Let's look at how they work.Read More →
Snapping when you have a sticky header
One of the newly added features to our CSS toolbox is scroll snap. Let's combine it with a sticky header to see what it can do.Read More →
Building a static website from content stored in Firebase
Learn about how Martine created a content management system for Firebase to build apps and static websites.Read More →