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Just as we do every month, we've pulled together a selection of articles from the world of web tech that we think are worth sharing…

Learn how to create an amazing CSS frost glass effect, gain insights into Angular 19, understand the concept of reactivity, and much more.

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How to build an awesome CSS frost glass effect

Josh W. Comeau shares useful techniques for using the backdrop-filter CSS property to create various effects. The most popular one is the well-known frost glass effect. With a few simple tricks, you can make it even more realistic and impressive.

What’s new in Angular 19

The Angular team has worked hard to improve server-side rendering support with incremental hydration. This feature, combined with event replay, significantly boosts the hydration performance of bigger projects. Another notable improvement in the developer experience is support for hot module reloading of styles. To find out more about these and other new features, check out the blog post!

CSS scroll-driven animations

Scrolling can trigger various animations, such as a loader showing progress while reading an article. However, these animations were traditionally managed using JavaScript event handlers running on the main UI thread, which doesn’t always produce smooth results. Learn how to use a pure CSS solution to build scroll-driven CSS animations.

Reactivity and signals explained

The article examines different reactivity models—push and pull reactivity—and how they are used in various UI frameworks. It further explains how signals revolutionize the concept and addresses the problems they solve.