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Building a Magical 3D button with HTML and CSS

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Every action we take on the web starts with a button click, and yet most buttons are ho-hum and uninspired. In this tutorial, we'll build an animated 3D button with HTML and CSS that sparks joy.

Introduction I had a neat realization recently: Buttons are the “killer feature” of the web. Every significant thing we do online, from ordering food to scheduling an appointment to playing a video, involves pressing a button. Buttons (and the forms they submit) make the web dynamic and interactive and powerful. But so many of those buttons are lackluster. They can trigger enormous changes in the real world, but they don't feel tangible at all. The feel like dull everyday pixels. In this tutorial, we'll build a whimsical 3D button: Push Me Intended audience This is an intermediate-level tutori

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