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- Accessibility Training Can Sometimes Harm Accessibility (by) · · accessibility, training
- AI Is the New UI (by/via) · · ai, design
- Stop Using AI-Generated Images (by/via) · · ai, images
- NCSA Mosaic: How the First Mainstream Web Browser Changed the World Forever · · history, user-agents, mosaic
- Mastering Cryptography Fundamentals With Node’s “crypto” Module (by) · · security, cryptography, nodejs
- Lost in Translation: Tips for Multilingual Web Accessibility (by) · · tips-and-tricks, accessibility, internationalization, localization
- Do You Really Need to Validate Your HTML Code? · · discussions, html, conformance
- Never Use “scroll” Value for Overflow (by) · · css, scrolling
- Never Use “Scroll” Value for Overflow (by) · · css, scrolling
- CSS Nesting Is Here (by/via) · · css, nesting
- Creating Accessible UI Animations (via) · · accessibility, animations
- Cookie Permissions 101 (by/via) · · cookies, legal, user-experience
- A Faster Web in 2024 (by) · · performance, web-vitals, metrics, web
- Understanding HTML Landmarks and How to Apply Them (by/via) · · html, semantics, accessibility, aria
- NaN or Not a Number? (by/via) · · javascript
- Modern Frontend Testing With Vitest, Storybook, and Playwright (by/via) · · testing, storybook, playwright
- HTML Web Components (by) · · web-components, html, web-platform
- How Long Until Your Website Is Accessible? (by) · · accessibility, processes
- Front End Devs Really Don’t Understand Accessibility (by) · · accessibility, craft
- ES6 Features You Didn’t Know You Needed: A JavaScript Guide for Beginners (via) · · guides, javascript
- Effective Engineering Teams (by) · · collaboration, career, engineering-management
- CSS Nesting Relaxed Syntax Update (by/via) · · css, nesting, user-agents, google, chrome, support
- Can Bun Eat Node.js’s Lunch? Testing the Trendy Toolkit (by/via) · · bun, nodejs, comparisons
- CSS Positioning Crash Course (by/via) · · videos, courses, css, positioning, layout
- Introducing Angular v17 (by/via) · · introductions, release-notes, angular
- Web Developers: Remarkably Untalented and Careless? (by) · · quality, career, training
- Using CSS “content-visibility” to Boost Your Rendering Performance (via) · · css, rendering, performance
- Secure Code Review Tips to Defend Against Vulnerable Node.js Code (by) · · nodejs, security, code-reviews
- “@ scope” (by/via) · · css, scope, at-rules
- Monolith to Microservices: 5 Strategies, Challenges, and Solutions (by/via) · · monoliths, microservices, architecture, migration, strategies
- How to Use Timeouts in Node.js (by/via) · · how-tos, nodejs, javascript
- Handling Null, Undefined, and Zero Values in JavaScript (by/via) · · javascript
- Everything About SEO Is Obnoxious (by) · · seo, quality, ethics
- Angular (via) · · websites, angular
- Writing Components That Work in Any Frontend Framework (by) · · web-components, frameworks
- Why We Need a “Green” Perf Metric (by/via) · · videos, sustainability, performance, metrics
- Truly Semantic (by) · · design-tokens, semantics, naming
- Surprising Facts About New CSS Selectors (by/via) · · css, selectors
- React Router v6: A Beginner’s Guide (by/via) · · guides, react, routing
- How Miro Migrated Its Analytics Event Tracking System (by/via) · · analytics, metrics, monitoring, migration
- How Core Web Vitals Saved Users 10,000 Years of Waiting for Web Pages to Load (by+/via) · · google, performance, user-experience, metrics
- Headless Component: A Pattern for Composing React UIs (by/via) · · components, react, headless
- (Don’t) Mind the Gap (by/via) · · css, layout
- Deploying a Vue Application With Netlify and GitHub (via) · · deploying, vuejs, netlify, github
- Creating Accessible Content in Drupal 10 (by/via) · · videos, drupal, accessibility
- Addressing Accessibility Concerns With Using Fluid Type (by/via) · · accessibility, responsive-design, css
- Accessibility Training Will Not Save You (by) · · accessibility, training, career, quality
- 13 HTML Attributes You Should Know About (by) · · html
- The Role of Prototyping in UX Design: From Wireframes to Interactive Mockups (by/via) · · user-experience, design, prototyping
- Removing List Styles Without Affecting Semantics (by) · · html, css, semantics, accessibility
- How to Use npm Packages Outside of Node (via) · · how-tos, npm, dependencies, javascript
- How to Build a Server-Side React App Using Vite and Express (by/via) · · how-tos, react, vite, express, server-side-rendering
- “git rebase”: What Can Go Wrong? (by) · · git
- Default Layouts in 11ty (by) · · eleventy
- Understanding React Error Boundary (via) · · react
- To Hell With the Business Case (by) · · accessibility, economics, legal
- How Creating Content as a Developer Changed My Life (by) · · career, learning
- WCAG 2.2 Will Be a Part of EN 301 549 and With That a Part of WAD and EAA (by) · · accessibility, wcag, standards, legal
- Understanding CORS (by) · · security, cors
- Workarounds for Buggy Gradients (by) · · css, gradients, colors
- Totally Remdom, or How Browsers Zoom Text (by) · · accessibility, zooming, css, units, responsive-design
- Messing About With CSS Gradients (by/via) · · css, gradients
- How to Do a TypeScript Conversion (by) · · how-tos, javascript, typescript, migration, conversion, refactoring
- GitHub Copilot Now Generates AI Commit Messages (by) · · github, ai, commit-messages
- An Accessibility Bookmarklet for Testing 200% Text Size (by) · · accessibility, testing, bookmarklets
- Shadow DOM on Regular Elements (by) · · shadow-dom, dom
- Information vs. Experience: How to Build Mature Design Systems (via) · · how-tos, comparisons, design-systems
- Why You Should Use “px” Units for Margin, Padding, and Other Spacing Techniques (by) · · css, units, spacing, responsive-design
- Use the CSS “:disabled” Pseudo-Class Instead of the “[disabled]” Attribute Selector to Match Disabled Form Controls (by/via) · · css, selectors, forms
- In Quest to Defeat Euro Red-Tape, Apple Said It Had Three Safari Browsers—Not One (by/via) · · user-agents, apple, safari, web, legal
- How to Write Good Alt Text for Screen Readers (by) · · how-tos, accessibility, writing, alt-text, assistive-tech, screen-readers
- How to Use the Fetch API in Node.js, Deno, and Bun (by/via) · · how-tos, data-fetching, apis, nodejs, deno, bun, comparisons
- “:fullscreen” Demo Without JavaScript (by) · · css, selectors
- Don’t Turn a Table Into an ARIA Grid Just for a Clickable Row (by) · · html, tables, aria, accessibility
- Can AI Help Boost Accessibility? These Researchers Tested It for Themselves (via) · · accessibility, ai, research
- Answers to Common (Web) Accessibility Questions (by) · · accessibility
- 10 Best Web Development Stacks · · tooling, tech-stacks
- The “prefers-reduced-transparency” Media Feature (by) · · css, media-queries, accessibility
- The People Who Ruined the Internet (by/via) · · web, google, seo
- The Dangers of Doomscrolling for Designers and How to Break Free (via) · · career
- Technical Standards Bodies Are Regulators (by) · · standards, policies, legal
- Speeding Up the JavaScript Ecosystem—Tailwind CSS (by) · · performance, javascript, tailwind
- Response Code Cheat Sheet for Laravel HTTP Client (by) · · cheat-sheets, laravel, http
- Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 182 (by/via) · · release-notes, user-agents, apple, safari
- Personal-Scale Web Scraping for Fun and Profit · · scraping, javascript, functionality, optimization
- One HTML Tag, Thirty+ CSS Drawings—My Divtober 2023 Collection (by) · · css, art
- Learn Performance (by+/via) · · courses, performance
- How Bear Does Analytics With CSS · · analytics, metrics, css, case-studies
- Getting Started With NVDA (via) · · videos, introductions, assistive-tech, screen-readers, nvda, accessibility
- Dark Visitors (by) · · websites, ai, scraping, robotstxt
- Confusing Git Terminology (by) · · git, terminology
- Breaking Down a Design (by) · · design
- Blinded by the Light DOM (by) · · web-components, dom, shadow-dom, javascript
- A Comprehensive Guide to Data Engineering · · guides, data-engineering
- 0 KB Social Media Embeds (by) · · embed-code, quality
- 2023: 0 of the Global Top 100 Websites Use Valid HTML (by) · · html, css, conformance, metrics, quality
- Mobile-First Indexing Has Landed—Thanks for All Your Support (by/via) · · mobile-first, mobile, seo, google
- Why Signals Are Better Than React Hooks (by) · · videos, javascript, signals, react, hooks, comparisons
- Remix ❤️ Vite (by+/via) · · remix, vite, support
- Better Dynamic Themes in Tailwind With OKLCH Color Magic (by+/via) · · theming, tailwind, oklch, colors
- Answering Common Questions About Interpreting Page Speed Reports (by/via) · · performance, optimization
- Accessibility by Degrees (by) · · accessibility, processes
- A Complete Guide to LangChain in JavaScript (by/via) · · guides, langchain, javascript, frameworks
- What Exactly Is “Modern” CSS? (by) · · css
- Interop 2023 October Update (by/via) · · interoperability, web-platform, user-agents, support
- Effective Strategies for Optimizing Performance (by/via) · · strategies, performance, optimization
- Don’t Disable Buttons (by) · · buttons, accessibility, javascript
- 20 Effective Tips to Speed Up Your Drupal Website (by/via) · · drupal, tips-and-tricks, performance, optimization
- Unit-Testing: The Unsung Hero of Code Quality (by) · · testing, quality
- The New CSS Math: “rem()” and “mod()” (by) · · css, functions, math
- Is Express Still “De Facto” for Building Node Backends? (by) · · discussions, express
- A Guide to Using MSSQL With Node.js (via) · · guides, nodejs, databases, sql
- Why Is node_modules Heavier Than the Universe? (by) · · nodejs
- View Transitions and Stacking Context: Why Does My CSS View Transition Ignore “z-index”? (by) · · css, animations, transitions
- Let’s Reinvent the Wheel (by) · · html, css, user-experience, accessibility, web-platform
- An Introduction to Working With SVGs in React (via) · · introductions, images, svg, react
- You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Browser (by) · · user-agents, web-platform, user-experience, visions
- State of React 2023 (by/via) · · surveys, react
- Some Sensible Defaults for Your “img” Elements (by) · · images, css
- So You’ve Been Publicly Accessibility-Shamed (by) · · accessibility, quality, communication
- How to Find a Developer Job in 2023 (With Little or No Experience) (by) · · how-tos, career
- AI as a UX Assistant (by/via) · · user-experience, ai
- Why I Won’t Use Next.js (by/via) · · frameworks, nextjs
- What the !#@% Is a Passkey? (by/via) · · passwords, security
- Testing and Code Quality in Node.js (by/via) · · testing, quality, nodejs
- Secret Scanning Scans Public npm Packages (via) · · github, npm, dependencies, security
- Performance Optimization With Worker Threads Node.js · · performance, optimization, nodejs, worker-threads
- Next.js 14 (by+/via) · · release-notes, nextjs
- Introduction to Real-Time Communication in PHP Laravel (by/via) · · introductions, laravel
- Introduction to htmx (via) · · introductions, htmx
- HTML vs. DOM? Let’s Debug Them (by/via) · · videos, html, dom, debugging, comparisons
- Deprecation of Formatting Rules (by/via) · · eslint, linting, tooling, formatting, release-notes
- Astro 3.4: Page Partials (by+/via) · · release-notes, astro
- Arrays—Implementation in JavaScript (by) · · javascript, arrays
- 20 Simple Ways to Style the HTML “details” Element (by/via) · · html, css
- What Does the “A” Mean in “DEAI”? (via) · · dei, accessibility
- WebKit Features in Safari 17.1 (by/via) · · release-notes, user-agents, apple, safari, webkit
- Web Components Will Outlive Your JavaScript Framework (by) · · web-components, javascript, frameworks
- Vue.js (Vue v3) for Beginners (by/via) · · videos, courses, vuejs
- Understanding SC 2.4.11 “Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)” (by/via) · · accessibility, wcag, focus
- Sheet, Dialog, or Snackbar—What Should a Designer Go For? (by) · · design, design-patterns, modals
- Data Engineering Essentials #1: Your First Pipeline (by) · · data-engineering
- CSS “prefers-reduced-transparency” (by/via) · · css, media-queries, support
- My Problem With Using TypeScript in 2023 (by) · · videos, typescript
- It’s 2023, Here Is Why Your Web Design Sucks (by) · · web, design, career
- Goodbye, Node.js Buffer (by) · · nodejs
- Give Your Site Some Focus! Tips for Designing Useful and Usable Focus Indicators (via) · · accessibility, forms, focus, user-experience, tips-and-tricks
- Complex MPA View Transitions (by) · · mpas, transitions, css
- Change Project, Change Node Version, Let .nvmrc Help You · · nodejs, nvm
- A Comprehensive Guide to Django Caching (by/via) · · guides, django, caching
- What Removing Object Properties Tells Us About JavaScript (by/via) · · javascript, objects
- Unlocking JavaScript Design Patterns: Mastering Singleton for Ultimate Code Efficiency (by) · · javascript, software-design-patterns, efficiency
- Tailwind vs. Semantic CSS (by) · · tailwind, css, html, semantics, comparisons, performance
- Svelte by Example (by) · · websites, svelte, examples
- Stop Waiting (by) · · quality, testing
- Splitting Within Selects (by) · · accessibility, html, forms, user-agents, support
- Solved by CSS Scroll-Driven Animations: Style an Element Based on the Active Scroll Direction and Scroll Speed (by/via) · · css, scrolling, animations
- Select Element: Now With Horizontal Rules (by/via) · · html, forms, semantics, user-agents, google, chrome, apple, safari, support
- Release: Yarn 4.0 (by/via) · · yarn, release-notes
- Navigating the Ethical Complexities of Personalized User Experiences: Balancing Innovation With Privacy and Consent (via) · · user-experience, personalization, ethics, privacy, consent-management
- JavaScript Is Enabled by Default in Web Browsers (by) · · javascript, web-platform, permissions
- JavaScript Decorators: An In-Depth Guide (by/via) · · guides, javascript
- JavaScript Anti-Pattern: Self-Documenting Code (by) · · javascript, anti-patterns, documentation
- In Defense of Learning on Company Time (by) · · learning, career
- Igalia Chats: Web History Part VI (by+/via) · · podcasts, transcripts, web, history
- HTML Meta Tags · · html, metadata
- CSS “text-wrap: pretty” (by/via) · · css, typography, user-agents, google, chrome, support
- Color Contrast Accessibility Tools With Examples (via) · · accessibility, tooling, link-lists, colors, contrast, examples
- Changing Colors in an SVG Element Using CSS and JavaScript (by) · · svg, colors, css, javascript
- Accessibility Improvements for User-Agents (by) · · accessibility, user-agents
- Strikethrough Accessibility (by/via) · · accessibility, html, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, support
- What Should Be the Contrast Level of Inactive Buttons? (via) · · accessibility, buttons, contrast, colors
- When to Use CSS “text-wrap: balance;” vs. “text-wrap: pretty;” (by) · · css, typography, comparisons
- Using ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Phind to Generate Tailwind Config for Width Classes (by) · · ai, github, tailwind, configuration
- Using ChatGPT for Smart Truncation in Responsive Web Design (by) · · content, responsive-design, ai, html
- Is CAPTCHA Accessible? (via) · · accessibility, captcha
- How Do You Even Web Dev Without Node? A Quick Introduction to Test-Driven Web Development Using Just the Browser (by) · · introductions, testing
- Finding the Primary Branch of a Git Repository (by) · · git
- Embedding Accessibility Into Code Reviews (via) · · videos, accessibility, code-reviews, processes
- I Asked People to Make This Simple Layout and Was Surprised by the Results (by) · · videos, css, layout, comparisons
- Why Unique ID Attributes Matter (via) · · accessibility, html, conformance
- Web Accessibility Strategies for Non-Accessible Projects (by/via) · · videos, accessibility, strategies, processes
- The Need for Recognition in Open Source (by/via) · · foss, culture, communication, community
- Prodding Firefox to Update “:has()” Selection (by) · · css, selectors, mozilla, firefox, support
- How to Map a Number Between Two Ranges (by) · · how-tos, javascript, math
- How to Collaborate on Pull Requests for Beginners (by/via) · · how-tos, code-reviews, collaboration
- Don’t Do It on Frontend or… Frontend Good Practices for Devs (by) · · best-practices, quality, maintainability, documentation
- The Inverse Value of UX and Art (via) · · user-experience, art
- The New “light-dark()” Function to Switch Theme Color in CSS (by) · · css, functions, dark-mode
- Storybook 7.5 (by/via) · · storybook, release-notes
- Solid.js Creator Outlines Options to Reduce JavaScript Code (by/via) · · javascript, performance
- Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 181 (by/via) · · release-notes, user-agents, apple, safari
- On the Uniting Power of a Commitment to HTML Conformance (by) · · html, conformance, quality, community, web
- How to Animate Along a Path in CSS (by/via) · · how-tos, css, animations
- Does the HTML “hr” (Horizontal Rule) Benefit Screen Reader Users? (by/via) · · html, accessibility, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers
- Do We Need State Management in Angular? · · angular, state-management
- Start Styling Your “console.log()” Messages in DevTools (by/via) · · videos, javascript, console, user-agents, dev-tools
- Transition Animations: A Practical Guide (by) · · guides, transitions, animations, interaction-design
- The True Cost of Not Prioritizing Accessibility: Avoid Risk and Maximize Product ROI (by/via) · · accessibility, economics, product-management, prioritization
- The Three Cs: Concatenate, Compress, Cache (by) · · performance, compression, caching
- The Nuances of Base64 Encoding Strings in JavaScript (by) · · javascript, encoding
- Synchronizing Figma Variables With Design Tokens (by) · · figma, design-tokens, automation
- React Design Patterns (by/via) · · react, software-design-patterns
- Node.js 21 Available Now! (via) · · nodejs, release-notes
- How to Use SEO to Build Long-Term Brand Recognition and Visibility (by/via) · · how-tos, seo, branding
- Design System Documentation Sucks—How We Can Do Better (by) · · design-systems, documentation
- Burn Your Toast (by) · · notifications, accessibility, usability
- A Couple of New CSS Functions I’d Never Heard Of (by) · · css, functions
- Scroll-Driven State Transfer (by) · · css, scrolling
- Link Colors and the Rule of Tincture (by) · · links, colors
- “JavaScript Is Weird” as a Compressor (by) · · javascript, compression
- Ensuring Negative Numbers Are Available for Everyone (by+/via) · · accessibility, testing, math
- Common Vue.js Development Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (by) · · vuejs, mistakes
- 2.4.11: Adversarial Conformance (by) · · accessibility, wcag, compliance
- CSS Findings From Photoshop Web Version (by) · · html, css, adobe, photoshop, case-studies
- How to Style Element Descendants With Tailwind CSS (by) · · how-tos, tailwind
- Bubble Sort… in Pure CSS? (No JS) (by) · · css, algorithms, sorting
- Button Labels: Is “OK” Ok? (via) · · forms, buttons, writing, usability
- The Negative Impact of Mobile-First Web Design on Desktop (by+/via) · · design, mobile-first, mobile, desktop, usability, information-design
- What’s New in CSS? (by/via) · · css, transcripts
- Organizing Multiple Git Identities (by) · · git
- How We Optimized Package Imports in Next.js (by/via) · · nextjs, dependencies, optimization, case-studies
- Forget Twitter: WordPress.com Blogs Can Now Connect to Mastodon (by/via) · · social-media, twitter, wordpress, mastodon
- 44 React Frontend Interview Questions · · interviewing, react
- Digital Accessibility Blogs and Newsletters (by/via) · · accessibility, link-lists
- Why Companies Kill Great Design (by/via) · · design
- Using CSS Custom Properties Like This Is a Waste (by) · · videos, css, custom-properties
- Unpopular Opinion: It’s Harder Than Ever to Be a Good Software Engineer (by) · · career, quality
- Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem (by) · · scrolling, usability, accessibility
- Quick Tip: Creating Polymorphic Components in TypeScript (by/via) · · tips-and-tricks, typescript, components
- Honor User’s Transparency Setting in CSS (by) · · css, transparency, accessibility, user-experience
- Astro 3.3: Picture Component (by+/via) · · astro, release-notes
- You Can’t Get Faster Than No Build (by/via) · · building, processes
- Why Naming Is #1 Skill for Writing Clean Code (by/via) · · naming, conventions, best-practices
- We Need Web Progress, Not Pessimism (by) · · web-platform, principles
- Styling External Links With Attribute Selectors (by/via) · · links, css, selectors
- Skip Links on ikea.com (by) · · accessibility, links, case-studies
- Preventing and Debugging Memory Leaks in Node.js (by/via) · · debugging, memory, nodejs
- Let’s Prototype a JavaScript JIT Compiler (by) · · videos, javascript, compiling, prototyping
- Introduction to Web Sustainability (by/via) · · introductions, sustainability
- Designing for All: The Basic Principles of Web Accessibility (via) · · accessibility, fundamentals, principles, aria, tooling
- CSS Relative Color Syntax (by/via) · · css, colors, functions
- AI Could Soon Need as Much Electricity as an Entire Country (by/via) · · ai, sustainability
- The Selected Date Must Be Within the Last 10 Years (by/via) · · html, forms, validation
- The Global “innerWidth” and “innerHeight” Properties Return the Width and Height of the Layout Viewport (by/via) · · javascript, interoperability, webkit
- Local HTTPS for Next.js 13.5 (by) · · security, testing, http, nextjs
- Hashnode’s Overall Architecture (by/via) · · architecture, case-studies
- Greenwashing and the COP28 Website (by/via) · · sustainability, case-studies
- 5 Best Practices for Preventing Chaos in Tailwind CSS (by+/via) · · best-practices, tailwind
- Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore (by/via) · · web, social-media