Stripes look cool in the background and are very easy to create using repeating gradients. CSS has the properties repeating-linear-gradient and repeating-radial-gradient which we can use to create stripes. These two properties are widely supported in all browsers - Firefox 10+, Chrome 26+, Safari 6.1+, IE 10, 11 and Opera 11.6+ (use prefixes for ancient browsers). That means, you can spice up your next project with gradient stripes without worrying about browser support.

Syntax

background: repeating-linear-gradient(angle | to side-or-corner, color-stop1, color-stop2, ...);

These examples should help you understand better.

Horizontal Stripes

Working

There’s no magic happening here. It is exactly the same as…

In this post, I will show you a very easy way to create a simple text editor with Python. This tutorial is meant for absolute beginners. If you know the fundamentals of Python and a little bit of file handling, you can make one yourself. Before I begin, I would be explaining a bit of file handling for those who don’t know anything about it.

File Handling

File handling is basically working with files using a programming language. You can open a file, read, write, delete data, and close it again, making permanent changes. Apart from these, there are many more operations…

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Creating CSS illustrations can be interesting and fun. If you visit CodePen or any other similar website, you will find how incredible designs and artworks can be created with CSS. Let me show you an example.

Cool. Isn’t it? You can also add some animation and bring life to it. Trust me, once you start creating your own illustrations, you will get addicted to it. It also helps to skyrocket your CSS skills, especially, working with pseudo-elements, shadows, positioning and border-radius. Now, let’s see how we can create our own illustrations.

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In this quick post, I will be sharing a simple trick to test your internet speed through the command line. I know you can test your internet speed through a web browser, but there might be a few reasons for which you would prefer the command line tool instead. Maybe you’re remotely connected to a server via ssh, and want to test speeds on that machine. Maybe you’re already used to using commands to troubleshoot your network, and want to add a speedtest to your toolkit. Or, maybe you just think the command line is cool.

Whatever be the reason…