Codrops
tympanus.net · Company blog · on HN since 2010
Codrops is a front-end site with tutorials, demos, and references on CSS, JavaScript, and web animation.
What HN saysHN commenters recommend it for its CSS reference, design-trend demos, and artistic web experiments, and call it a favorite for learning front-end code.
251HN people shared it
87linked it in comments
307stories submitted
2.7Kstory points
4 months agolast shared
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Most-shared posts
- 1Amazing Web Design and Development Resource15 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 2Off-Canvas Sidebar Transitions with CSS7 people · 218 points · first shared 2013 · 28 comments on HN
- 3The Codrops CSS Reference7 people · 7 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 4Rain and Water Effect Experiments6 people · 161 points · first shared 2015 · 30 comments on HN
- 5Cinema Seat Preview Experiment6 people · 11 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 6Animated Map Path for Interactive Storytelling6 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 7Elastic Progress Bar4 people · 12 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 8Nifty Modals4 people · 11 points · first shared 2013 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Modern and subtle styles & effects for buttons4 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 10Making SVGs Responsive with CSS4 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 11The Complete Guide to CSS Grid3 people · 7 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 12So, you're a web designer, right?3 people · 6 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 13Styling SVG Content with CSS – Codrops3 people · 5 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 14Animating a Basic 3D Scene with Three.js3 people · 4 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 15Creative Gooey Effects3 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
redanddead · 2022-06-11
There's a collective that does a really great job of presenting and archiving the most artistic web experiences today https://tympanus.net/
I think it's run by a Ukrainian guy, they showed pics of cars on their street being bombed, it was wild
tholman · 2016-11-24
Great clean guide. Here's a couple more that often offer extra tidbits of certain properties.
- https://css-tricks.com/almanac/
- http://tympanus.net/codrops/css_reference/
franciscop · 2016-10-03
The "See work" link it's trivial for anyone with their fair share of CSS. The projects inside their works are what look really awesome and complex.
To see more demos like that button, I highly recommend Tympanus/Codrops: http://tympanus.net/Tutorials/CSSMaskTransition/ (keep clicking on the arrow to see them all).
coppolaemilio · 2014-08-25
This is one of my favorites sites to catch up on design trends and the code behind it. Take a look read some, code some, I'm sure you'll get used to how things are working in a couple of days.
http://tympanus.net/codrops/
bliker · 2014-04-06
I highly recommend all of tympanus/codedrops articles and examples. http://tympanus.net/codrops/category/playground/
capex · 2014-04-02
The best use of carousel I recently saw was applied on a form
http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/04/01/minimal-form-interface/
gits1225 · 2014-03-31
http://html5weekly.com/ is one quality newsletter. Then there is http://tinyletter.com/webaudioweekly which I have been subscribed to for around 3 weeks now; some really interesting links there.
From the list in the OP, http://webtoolsweekly.com/ and http://tympanus.net/codrops/ looks very very interesting. Thanks for sharing this.
Edit:
Unfortunately, codrops doesn't seem to have a subscribe by email option. Oh well.
jameswyse · 2014-03-26
codrops is one of my favourites: http://tympanus.net/codrops/
NKCSS · 2013-11-06
Very cool. I also love http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedCheckboxes/
Chris_Newton · 2013-11-06
Or just go to the main Codrops page:
http://tympanus.net/codrops/
They have one of the best blogs for interesting/innovative front-end web effects at the moment, IMHO. Almost anything by Mary Lou is worth a look, and they’ve got some good material from a few others too.
winslow · 2013-11-06
Anyone having "stuttering/flashing" problems in Firefox? Works great in Chrome.
EDIT: Stuttering on this page http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedCheckboxes/
dannyp32 · 2013-04-06
Purely design or using css to bring your design to life?
Here is a good website for web design inspiration. Some of the best designers in the world are on http://dribbble.com
You can see design patterns by regularly visiting the site, and some of them provide freebies so that you can see how they created their designs.
These sites also has some good tutorials:
http://webdesign.tutsplus.com/
http://tympanus.net/codrops/
dmix · 2011-11-24
Even the web design company behind the blog isn't using HTML5 on their own site: http://www.tympanus.net/
pseudosavant · 2021-04-07
This is a great exploration of how to use SVG on the web. It is a very under-utilized technology.
One thing that would add to this post is to point out that you can define an SVG once in a document and then reference it everywhere else. That way you aren't inlining the actual SVG markup over and over and over.
1. Place your SVG inline anywhere in the document. I usually put all of them in a `<div>` I do `display: none` on.
2. Make sure you assigned each SVG an ID: `<svg id="foobar"><!-- SVG markup --></svg>`
3. Reference that SVG anywhere in your document using `<svg><use xlink:href='#foobar'></svg>`
I use it extensively in a Github project (shameless plug) I've been working on lately. https://github.com/pseudosavant/player.html/blob/master/src/player.htm…
Edit: The author does link to her great post digging into the details of using `<use>`, but it didn't seem prominent enough that people would check it out. https://tympanus.net/codrops/2015/07/16/styling-svg-use-content-css/
iamphilsharp · 2012-08-25
This isn't available for others to try yet. Before I put a lot of work into the idea I wanted to see if anyone else found it worthwhile.
I read a lot of books these days, but for the most part they're digital. Because of that, they're not staring at me on a bookshelf and I find myself forgetting what I've read. Most importantly, I find myself forgetting the memories attached to those books.
Before e-books, I'd have physical copies that would remind me of specific moments in my life. It was nice to see a few books and think, "Oh yeah, that was when I lived in San Francisco and met my girlfriend," or "oh yeah, that book reminds me of my family back in Southern California."
I wanted to get that feeling back. The feeling of being able to look through my past...but by using books. I put this together as something quick and easy to make me happy.
In fact, all the code can be found here: http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/12/05/lateral-on-scroll-sliding-with-… If folks are interested in the idea then please let me know and I'll see about making something that we all can use.
This is just my way of showing the quick idea :).
igravious · 2025-06-26
lbebber · 2025-02-05
Oh, this was based off of a project I made for Codrops[1]. Let me know if you'd like some help or input!
[1]https://tympanus.net/Development/StorytellingMap/
sflanker · 2025-02-04
https://tympanus.net/codrops/2015/12/16/animated-map-path-for-interact… Not an exact match for your description, but in the same vein
zh3 · 2024-11-19
Related online demo on using mediapipe for flying spaceships and camera/hand interaction to grab VR cubes (2nd link for the demo). There was a discussion on hackaday recently [2].
[0] https://tympanus.net/codrops/2024/10/24/creating-a-3d-hand-controller-…
[1] https://tympanus.net/Tutorials/webcam-3D-handcontrols/
[2] [https://hackaday.com/2024/10/25/diy-3d-hand-controller-using-a-webcam-… DIY 3d hand controller
netghost · 2024-06-02
If you're curious about how the page was put together, or peeved it didn't load on your phone, check out this article describing how the author made it: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2024/04/08/case-study-84-24/
psYchotic · 2024-02-02
Not to detract from your argument (which I agree with), but SVG _can_ technically solve that problem using CSS. Here's a link that demonstrates this: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/08/19/making-svgs-responsive-with-cs…
giantrobot · 2023-01-16
You can make SVGs responsive based on their raster size[0] using media queries. So there's no need for a grey soup when the icon is rastered at small dimensions.
[0] http://tympanus.net/codrops/2014/08/19/making-svgs-responsive-with-css…
blakblakarak · 2022-09-14
This is a good resource for beginner too: https://tympanus.net/codrops/css_reference/
scottydelta · 2022-08-04
Case Study on how it was created: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2022/04/25/case-study-windland-an-immersi…
Y-bar · 2022-05-05
It should be possible as well: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/12/26/css3-lightbox/
detaro · 2021-10-12
article with details: https://tympanus.net/codrops/2019/10/01/simulating-depth-of-field-with… (linked from the page itself, but I suspect that might not load well on some devices)
yreg · 2021-09-27
It's Daedalus[0], so more of an SGA ship.
This is the one thing OP got right, the demo looks like the VFX seen in Stargate.
The original demo that OP copied labeled the effect "Star Wars" although it looks nothing like Star Wars. [1]
[0] - https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Daedalus
[1] - https://tympanus.net/Development/InfiniteTubes/index3.html
paulintrognon · 2021-09-27
haha true! There's even a demo in the tutorial with the exact same effect, as well as others: https://tympanus.net/Development/InfiniteTubes/index3.html
zfxfr · 2021-09-27
I believe it has been more specifically inspired by this tutorial on this website https://tympanus.net/codrops/2017/05/09/infinite-tubes-with-three-js/
tmfi · 2021-06-12
Links to the other parts in the series:
"Getting Creative with Trigonometric Functions":
https://tympanus.net/codrops/2021/06/02/trigonometry-in-css-and-javasc…
"Beyond Triangles":
https://tympanus.net/codrops/2021/06/04/trigonometry-in-css-and-javasc…