Meta box support in Gutenberg, CSS box vs. drop shadow and CSS linters – development links round-up #14

Hello people, and welcome back to our usual round-up of development-related links!

Meta box support for project Gutenberg

I cannot lie, this is a moment we’ve all been waiting for. Initial and partial support for meta boxes will be added to version 1.5 of the Gutenberg editor. Is this a step forward? Yes. Does the chosen approach raise questions and doubts? Yes, too.

Breaking down CSS Box Shadow vs. Drop Shadow

There are fundamental differences between drop shadows you can have in graphic files, and the box shadows you apply through CSS. This article explains how to handle them, and how to solve some common issues about this effect.

Prettier + Stylelint: Writing Very Clean CSS

I am a fan of carefully crafted and styled code. Code must be functional, of course, but it also has got to be readable by other humans, and that’s where linters come into play.

That’s it for this week! Come back in a few days for more design links, and we’ll see you in seven days, for more development resources!