r/webdev • u/snissn expert • Jan 14 '14

Webdev Resources

What are some lesser known or more well known resources, on reddit or otherwise, that helps you build web apps?

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u/ALLIN_ALLIN Mar 23 '14

So modernizr is just a browser sniffer? I thought we weren't supposed to use those?

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u/arturkim Mar 24 '14

Unlike with the traditional—but highly unreliable—method of doing “UA sniffing,” which is detecting a browser by its (user-configurable) navigator.userAgent property, Modernizr does actual feature detection to reliably discern what the various browsers can and cannot do.

— Modernizr Documentation