🚀 2024 Web Dev Trends - What's Next for Front-End Pioneers?
Tags: css, html, webdev, ui
Published: 2024-05-15 17:26:00


**Hey** 👋 I hope this week has been a good one so far. Here's a quick look at this week's newsletter:

🔨 Master CSS Counters Beyond HTML Lists  
🛠️ 5 UI Patterns to Elevate Your Dev Tools  
⚙️ How I Juggle Multiple Projects with Ease

Dive in & enjoy 👋 - Adam at Unicorn Club.  

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### 🦄 This week's best

[**Top 10 SVG Pattern Generators**](https://dev.to/bybydev/top-10-svg-pattern-generators-16h?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

A quick collection of all the very best SVG generators to use in future projects.

[**Leveling Up: From HTML Lists to CSS Counters**](https://dev.to/harshitads44217/leveling-up-from-html-lists-to-css-counters-33ad?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

There is a high chance that you must have encountered the ol tag that stands for "ordered list" and is used to create a list of intentionally ordered items.

[**Web development trends we will see in 2024**](https://dev.to/wasp/web-development-trends-we-will-see-in-2024-55pi?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

There is a high chance that you must have encountered the ol tag that stands for "ordered list" and is used to create a list of intentionally ordered items.

[**5 essential design patterns for dev tool UIs**](https://evilmartians.com/chronicles/keep-it-together-5-essential-design-patterns-for-dev-tool-uis?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

UI design is a critical factor that can often make or break a successful developer tool. Whether you’re creating a tool for designers, engineers, creatives, or any other tool tailored for developers, this post is for you.

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**🧠 Fun Fact**

**Birth of SVGs**  - SVGs were born out of a collaboration between different tech giants. The first SVG specification was released by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1999. This was a collaborative effort to create a standard for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML.

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[**How I Boosted My Productivity While Working on Multiple Projects**](https://hackernoon.com/how-i-boosted-my-productivity-while-working-on-multiple-projects?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

As a freelance web developer, app creator, and open-source maintainer, I have to constantly switch back and forth between multiple workflows, such as editing code, designing mockups, and managing to-do lists...

[**Shades of Grey with color-mix()**](https://css-irl.info/shades-of-grey-with-color-mix/?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

Greys. Who doesn’t love ’em? When it comes to building websites, it can be handy having a few shades of grey at your disposal, no matter your colour palette.

[**How I interview product designers**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-i-interview-product-designers-b096441e5607?utm_source=unicornclub.dev&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unicornclub.dev&ref=unicornclub.dev)

I’ve been part of the interviewing teams before, but this is my first time being the hiring manager. It’s been quite a learning experience.

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