Emojis + HTML/CSS/JS = Awesomeness! 😜
Hi, *|USERNAME|*!
Did you know that the first emojis were used by NTT Docomo in 1999? Yep! They also looked like this:
Since then, the emojis we use have gotten both numerous and less pixelated-looking. What hasn't changed in all this time is how emojis are represented under the covers. They are just unicode characters. This means you can use emojis not just in your favorite chat apps, but you can also more generally use them anywhere text is allowed.
This also includes our web code:
If you've been curious to know more about how emojis work in the fun world of HTML, CSS, and JS, look no further than my latest article and video on this topic. It's a quick and fun read.
TILL NEXT TIME!
Emojis often seem unnecessarily mysterious. They are no different than the letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and other related symbols we use on a daily basis. I guess if we had really large keyboards, we could have a key for representing each emoji and every other type of character that we may one day want to represent. What isn't mysterious is how to use emojis in our web apps, and hopefully this newsletter showed you some tips and tricks on how to do that.
As always, before I leave you to it, I would love to hear from you on what you think about this newsletter. Drop by the forum topic for this and chime in, or ping me via Twitter.
Cheers,
Kirupa 😀