News and Tools for Frontend Developers (18)
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- Accessibility Audits for All (by) · · accessibility, auditing, testing
- S.P.A.C.E. Framework—the Ultimate Framework for Measuring Your Tech Team Productivity (by) · · productivity, metrics, engineering-management, culture, communication, collaboration, efficiency
- What Is Personalization? (via) · · personalization, concepts
- The Art of Code Review (by/via) · · code-reviews, processes, collaboration
- I Think I Finally “Get” JS Objects (by) · · javascript, objects
- Hands on With the Node.js Test Runner (by/via) · · nodejs, testing
- Cracking the Theme Switcher and Dark Mode (by/via) · · css, javascript, dark-mode
- Announcing the Second Compute Pressure Origin Trial (by/via) · · apis, user-agents, google, chrome
- An Introduction to JavaScript Proxies (by/via) · · introductions, javascript
- 21 Awesome Web Features You’re Not Using Yet (by/via) · · videos, html, css, javascript
- The Double-Edged Sword of Design Systems (via) · · design-systems, design
- Simple Things Make Things Simple (by) · · simplicity, case-studies
- Don’t Meddle With User Input (by) · · accessibility, forms
- 10 Incident Management Best Practices (via) · · incident-response, best-practices, processes
- Improving the Quality of the Software With Qodana and GitHub Actions (by) · · jetbrains, qodana, quality, optimization, github, ci-cd
- Sass-Like Nesting in Native CSS (by) · · css, sass, nesting
- The Problem With Nested Fieldsets and How to Avoid Them (by) · · accessibility, forms, assistive-tech, support
- The Optimization Sinkhole (by) · · productivity, optimization
- Mastering CSS Blend Modes (by) · · css, blend-modes
- How Screen-Reader Users Type on and Control Mobile Devices (by/via) · · accessibility, usability, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, mobile
- Understanding the Importance of Encoding (by) · · encoding
- WordPress Turns 20 (by/via) · · wordpress
- Why Does “👩🏾🌾” Have a Length of 7 in JavaScript? (by) · · javascript, unicode
- When to Use Plain Text or Images Instead of MathML (via) · · mathml, math, accessibility
- Plain Old JavaScript and the DOM (by) · · javascript, dom
- We Need to Talk About How We Talk About Accessibility (by+/via) · · accessibility, communication, dei
- Supper Club × Bramus Van Damme on CSS (by+/via) · · podcasts, interviews, css
- How to Draw Any Regular Shape With Just One JavaScript Function (by/via) · · how-tos, javascript, functions
- Designing a Better Design Handoff File in Figma (by/via) · · design, processes, figma
- Brief Note on Popovers With Dialogs (by) · · html, support, accessibility, pop-overs, modals
- A Practical Overview on Architecture Decision Records (ADR) (by) · · overviews, documentation, processes
- Two Things That Are Not Great About OKLCH (by) · · colors, oklch
- Seven Lessons From 7 Years Designing Systems (by) · · lessons, design-systems
- Levelling Up Accessibility Skills in Your Organisation (by+/via) · · videos, accessibility
- “display: contents” Considered Harmful (by) · · accessibility, css
- A Complete Guide to Using IndexedDB (via) · · guides, databases, indexeddb
- Responsive CSS Layout Grids Without Media Queries (by/via) · · css, grids, layout, responsive-design
- Single Line Comments in CSS (by) · · css, comments
- Reading a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) or Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR) (by/via) · · accessibility, vpat-acr, documentation
- WebKit and web-platform-tests (by) · · webkit
- The Yellow Fade Technique With Modern CSS Using “@ starting-style” (by/via) · · css, at-rules, techniques
- Register Custom Properties in CSS, Get and Update Them With JavaScript (by) · · css, custom-properties
- Querying Parsed HTML in BigQuery (by) · · html
- Deploying AVIF for More Responsive Websites (by/via) · · images, avif, performance
- 11 HTML Best Practices for Login and Sign-Up Forms (by/via) · · html, best-practices, forms
- Where to Put Your Types in Application Code (by) · · typescript
- Two Simple Layouts That Work Better With Grid (by) · · videos, css, grids, layout
- File Upload Security and Malware Protection (by) · · security, file-handling, edge-computing
- Introducing the Popover API (by/via) · · introductions, apis, html, pop-overs
- You Don’t Need a Modal Window (by) · · websites, modals
- I Created 100+ Unique CSS Patterns (by) · · css, backgrounds, effects
- Graph Slider (by) · · css
- Future of CSS: Popover API (by) · · css, apis, pop-overs
- Addressing Timeout Modals: Navigating the Nuances for Inclusive Web Design (by/via) · · accessibility, dei, modals
- Building a Modern Design System in Layers (by) · · design-systems
- Stop Rewriting Your CSS! Use “:not()” Instead (by/via) · · videos, css, selectors, maintenance
- Working With URLs With Vanilla JavaScript (by) · · javascript, urls
- Why We’re Bad at CSS (by) · · css
- Visual-Design Principles and UX Design Best Practices (via) · · design, user-experience, principles, best-practices
- Be Careful Using “Menu” (by) · · html, aria, design, terminology
- 10 Ways to Boost Your Landing Page Conversion Rates (via) · · landing-pages, user-conversion, metrics
- Beyond Design Systems for Interfaces: A Mega System of Design Systems · · design-systems
- Building Offline-First Web Applications With Service Workers and IndexedDB (by) · · offline, web-apps, web-workers, databases, indexeddb, javascript
- A Web Component Intro With Example · · introductions, web-components, examples
- Server-Sent Events With Node.js (via) · · nodejs, events
- A Beginners Guide to Digital Accessibility (by) · · guides, accessibility
- A New Approach to Measuring Developer Productivity (by) · · research, productivity, metrics
- Website Issues: On the Relevance of Audience Size and Impact (by) · · processes, quality
- Using “linear()” for Better Animation (by) · · animations, css, javascript
- Measuring Design System “Adoption” (by) · · design-systems, metrics
- How to Build Lean Efficient Websites in 2023 (by) · · how-tos, html, progressive-enhancement, minimalism
- Creating a Shine Effect on a Card With Tailwind CSS (by) · · tailwind, effects
- Getting Started With View Transitions on Multi-Page Apps (by) · · transitions, multi-page-apps, introductions
- Write Better Code by Following These JavaScript Best Practices (by) · · javascript, best-practices
- What Devs Can Do on Global Accessibility Awareness Day (by) · · accessibility, awareness-days
- How to Create a Custom Range Slider Using CSS (by/via) · · how-tos, css, forms
- Are We There Yet? WCAG 2.2 Is at the Candidate Recommendation [Stage] v3 (by/via) · · accessibility, wcag, standards
- Accessible Numbers (by) · · websites, accessibility
- 6 Tips for Improving Language Switchers on Ecommerce Sites (via) · · videos, usability, internationalization, localization, tips-and-tricks
- Thinking on Ways to Solve Color Palettes (by/via) · · videos, css, colors, color-palettes
- Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 170 (by/via) · · release-notes, user-agents, apple, safari
- Jekyll Tutorial: How to Create a Static Website (by/via) · · tutorials, how-tos, jekyll
- ESLint Guide: How to Use It With Confidence (by/via) · · guides, eslint, linting, consistency, maintainability
- A History of Metaphors for the Internet (by/via) · · history, web, terminology
- Why Your Design Language System Needs a Product Manager (via) · · design-systems, product-management
- Fieldsets, Legends, and Screen Readers Again (by/via) · · accessibility, html, forms, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers
- Why Is Web Accessibility Important? (by/via) · · videos, accessibility
- Python Developers Survey 2022 Results (via) · · surveys, python
- Vertical Rhythm Using CSS “lh” and “rlh” Units (by) · · css, units
- State of Node.js Performance 2023 (by) · · nodejs
- Semantics and the “popover” Attribute: What to Use When? (by) · · html, semantics, accessibility, pop-overs
- It’ll Soon Be (Too) Easy to Develop a Website in A Day (via) · · ai, processes, productivity, creativity
- I Just Did a Test to Apply as a Front End Developer—and Things Aren’t Going Well (by) · · career, interviewing
- GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT Alternatives (by) · · github, ai, comparisons
- Getting an Item an Array With a Negative Index With Modern JavaScript (by) · · javascript, arrays
- Design Patterns Are a Better Way to Collaborate on Your Design System (by/via) · · design-patterns, design-systems, collaboration
- Conditional CSS With “:has” and “:nth-last-child” (by) · · css, selectors
- Comparing Version Control Systems: Git, SVN, CVS, and More · · comparisons, version-control, git, svn, cvs
- Using HTML Landmark Roles to Improve Accessibility (by/via) · · accessibility, html
- Solving Media Object Float Issues With CSS Block Formatting Contexts (by/via) · · css, floats
- Let’s Share Our Salaries, Title, Location, XP · · discussions, career
- HTML Landmark Roles Screen Reader Demo (by/via) · · videos, accessibility, html, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers
- How to Handle Production Support When Using Scrum (by/via) · · how-tos, agile, scrum, processes
- Get Full Type Support With Plain JavaScript (via) · · javascript
- CSS Art: Drawing a Coffee Stain (by) · · css, art
- 10 Books to Improve Coding Skill in 2023 (by) · · books, programming, link-lists
- The Problem With Disabled Buttons and What to Do Instead (by) · · buttons, user-experience, accessibility
- Screen Readers Don’t Announce When the User Reaches the “maxlength” Character Limit (by/via) · · html, accessibility, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, support
- ES2023 Features (by) · · ecmascript
- Error Message Guidelines (by+/via) · · guidelines, usability, errors, writing
- 7 Secret TypeScript Tricks Pros Use (by) · · typescript, tips-and-tricks
- Building a Frontend Framework—Reactivity and Composability With Zero Dependencies (by) · · frameworks, reactivity, dependencies
- What Is “Fake Door” Testing in UX? (via) · · testing, user-experience
- Respect Your Children (by/via) · · accessibility, html, aria
- Keeping Up With an Ever Changing Web (by/via) · · web-platform, learning
- Building a Greener Web (by/via) · · videos, web, sustainability
- Add Opacity to an Existing Color (by) · · colors, css
- Announcing INP as the Next Core Web Vital: What Shopify Stores Can Do Now (by/via) · · performance, web-vitals, shopify
- What’s New in CSS and UI: I/O 2023 Edition (by+/via) · · css, retrospectives
- The JavaScript Ecosystem Is Delightfully Weird (by/via) · · javascript
- Regular Expressions in JavaScript (by/via) · · javascript, regex
- Introduction to Screen‐Readers: VoiceOver macOS Edition (by) · · introductions, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, apple, voiceover
- Introduction to Screen‐Readers: NVDA Edition (by) · · introductions, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, nvda
- Introduction to Screen‐Readers: JAWS Edition (by) · · introductions, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, jaws
- Best Practices for All Developers (by) · · best-practices
- An Introduction to the Bun JavaScript Runtime (by/via) · · javascript, runtimes, bun
- The Difference Between Agile and UX Is Not About Quantity vs. Quality (by/via) · · agile, user-experience, processes, comparisons
- Introducing Baseline (by/via) · · introductions, user-agents, support, web-platform
- Introducing INP to Core Web Vitals (via) · · introductions, performance, web-vitals, seo
- Introducing Baseline: A Unified View of Stable Web Features (by/via) · · introductions, user-agents, support, web-platform
- Why an Engineering Manager Should Not Review Code (by/via) · · engineering-management, code-reviews
- What’s New in Web (by/via) · · videos, user-agents, support, web-platform
- What’s New in Web Animations (by/via) · · videos, animations
- The 9 Most Effective Core Web Vitals Opportunities of 2023 (by/via) · · videos, performance, web-vitals
- Slow Design (via) · · websites, design
- Is Data Transfer the Best Proxy for Website Carbon Emissions? (by) · · sustainability, network
- How to Optimize Web Responsiveness With Interaction to Next Paint (by+/via) · · videos, how-tos, performance, web-vitals
- ES2023 Introduces New Array Copying Methods to JavaScript (by/via) · · javascript, ecmascript, standards, arrays
- Developer Tools That Shouldn’t Be Secrets (by/via) · · videos, user-agents, dev-tools
- Crafting a Modern Spotlight Effect With React and CSS (by) · · css, react, effects
- Baseline Features You Can Use Today (by/via) · · user-agents, support, web-platform
- Advancing Interaction to Next Paint (by+/via) · · performance, web-vitals
- Rearrange/Animate CSS Grid Layouts With the View Transition API (by/via) · · css, grids, layout, transitions, apis
- The Ongoing Defence of Frontend as a Full-Time Job (by) · · career
- See What’s New in Firefox [113.0] (via) · · release-notes, user-agents, mozilla, firefox
- Script Evaluation and Long Tasks (by/via) · · performance, javascript, web-vitals
- Optimize Input Delay (by/via) · · performance, web-vitals, optimization
- How to Handle Emojis in Node.js (by) · · how-tos, nodejs, emoji, unicode
- How Large DOM Sizes Affect Interactivity, and What You Can Do About It (by/via) · · performance, dom, html, optimization
- Find Slow Interactions in the Field (by/via) · · performance, web-vitals, auditing
- Diagnose Slow Interactions in the Lab (by/via) · · performance, web-vitals
- Design Systems [Are] a Mindset Not a Library (by/via) · · design-systems
- Client-Side Rendering of HTML and Interactivity (by/via) · · performance, html, client-side-rendering
- An Introduction to Container Queries in CSS (by/via) · · introductions, css, container-queries
- Proportional Design Systems With Proportio.app (by/via) · · design-systems
- A Comprehensive Guide to Using Langchain.js and Google Cloud Functions for AI Applications (by/via) · · guides, langchain, google, gcp, functions, ai
- Speed Trap (by/via) · · google, amp, web-platform
- ShatGPT (by) · · accessibility, ai
- Pay Attention to Web Performance Metrics to Improve the UX (by/via) · · performance, metrics, user-experience, web-vitals, optimization
- Improving Web-Site Conversion Rates Through Better UX Design (via) · · user-conversion, metrics, optimization, user-experience
- Dithering (by) · · images, dithering
- A Complete Guide to Usability Testing (by/via) · · guides, usability, testing
- How to Configure Path Aliases in Frontend Projects in the Native Way · · how-tos, aliases, javascript, configuration
- The Problem With Sticky Menus and What to Do Instead (by) · · navigation, usability, user-experience
- How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website’s Design · · web, design, history, html, css
- The Image Sorting Experiment (by/via) · · images, information-design, sorting, experiments
- Should the Confirmation Button Come First or Last? (via) · · buttons, interaction-design
- Scaling Node.js Web Apps With Docker (by) · · scaling, nodejs, web-apps, docker
- Cron Job: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners (via) · · guides, cron
- Complete Guide on Playwright Visual Regression Testing (by/via) · · guides, playwright, design, testing, regressions
- Speed Up or Slow Down a Video (by/via) · · user-agents, dev-tools, multimedia
- Scroll-Driven Animations (by) · · websites, scrolling, animations
- I’m Done With React (by) · · videos, react
- HTTP/1 vs. HTTP/2 vs. HTTP/3 (via) · · http, protocols, comparisons
- htmx Is the Future (by) · · htmx, visions
- How “:not()” Chains Multiple Selectors (by/via) · · css, selectors
- Design Tokens: Beginner’s Guide (by) · · guides, design-tokens, design-systems
- CSS Logical Properties: A Good Use Case (by) · · videos, css, logical-properties
- 5 Best Practices to Sustainably Improve Core Web Vitals (by/via) · · performance, web-vitals, best-practices
- Using Go for Front End Development (by/via) · · go
- The Frontend Cloud Advantage (via) · · cloud-computing
- React Testing Library and Accessibility (by) · · react, libraries, accessibility, testing, automation
- How Do You Declare Namespace in JavaScript? · · javascript, namespaces
- GitHub Actions: All Actions Will Run on Node 16 Instead of Node 12 (via) · · github, automation, nodejs
- Code Coverage vs. Test Coverage (via) · · code-coverage, testing, quality, comparisons
- An Introduction to the “:has()” Selector in CSS (by/via) · · introductions, css, selectors
- Make Your Website Load Fast by Optimizing Request Priorities (via) · · performance, optimization, network
- How to Make a CSS-Only Hamburger Menu (by) · · how-tos, css, navigation
- 7 Practical CSS Typography Tips and Tricks (by/via) · · videos, css, typography, tips-and-tricks
- Where Would You Take the W3C? (by) · · discussions, w3c
- The Latest Innovations in Drupal (by) · · drupal
- The Intersectionality of Web Performance (by) · · performance, sustainability, dei
- Security Implications of HTTP Response Headers (via) · · security, http
- Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 169 (by/via) · · release-notes, user-agents, apple, safari
- How to Write More Efficient JavaScript Conditions (via) · · how-tos, javascript, efficiency
- Don’t Use Custom CSS Scrollbars (by) · · css, scrolling
- Digital Accessibility Is a Bigger Education Issue Than We Think—Here’s What We Can Do About It (by/via) · · accessibility, training
- Detecting if an Event Was Triggered by a User or by JavaScript (by/via) · · events, javascript
- Angular v16 Is Here (by/via) · · angular, release-notes
- The Simple Trick to Transition From Height “0” to “auto” With CSS (by) · · videos, css, transitions, tips-and-tricks
- CSS Naked Day and the Missing Wikipedia Page (by) · · css, awareness-days, maintainability
- Why “font-size” Must Never Be in Pixels (by) · · css, units, accessibility, responsive-design
- SupportsCSS (by) · · websites, tooling, css, support
- Short Note: Why Isn’t “role=presentation”/“none” Allowed on Focusable Elements? (by) · · accessibility, focus, aria, html
- Do Logical Properties Make CSS Easier to Learn? (by) · · css, logical-properties, learning
- developers.events: Maintaining a GitHub repository—What Have I Learned in 7 Years? (by) · · foss, community, github
- Creating an Animated Gradient Border With CSS (by) · · css, animations, gradients, borders
- An Update on the Lock Icon (by+/via) · · user-agents, google, chrome
- A Radical Proposal: Put UX Research in Charge (by/via) · · user-experience, research, product-management, strategies
- A Complete Guide to Performance Budgets (by/via) · · guides, performance, performance-budgets, metrics
- A/B Testing: A Primer · · introductions, testing, metrics, optimization
- 3 Engineering Mistakes That Kill Startups (by) · · mistakes, architecture
- Qwik Reaches v1.0 (via) · · release-notes, qwik
- What’s New in Svelte: May 2023 (by/via) · · release-notes, svelte, sveltekit
- CDNs: Speed Up Performance by Reducing Latency (by) · · content-delivery, performance
- This Blog Is Hosted on My Android Phone (by) · · websites, hosting
- Testing Feature Support for Modern CSS (by) · · css, feature-detection, support
- Tailwind CSS vs. UnoCSS (by) · · tailwind, unocss, css, frameworks, comparisons
- “:root” Isn’t Global (by) · · css
- Practical Guide to Not Blocking the Event Loop · · guides, javascript, event-loop, events, performance
- CSS Wishlist 2023 (by) · · css, wish-lists
- Configuring ESLint, Prettier, and TypeScript Together (by) · · eslint, prettier, linting, formatting, tooling, typescript, configuration
- Beyond Content Creation: How Open Source Contributions Can Help You Get Noticed (by/via) · · foss, content, career
- 7 Things to Remove From Your Job Postings to Be More Inclusive (by/via) · · hiring, dei
- 30th Anniversary of Licensing the Web for General Use and at No Cost (by/via) · · web, web-platform, standards, foss, history, anniversaries
- Two Underused Arguments for Writing Documentation (by) · · writing, documentation, career
- My Favorite Free Courses to Learn JavaScript in Depth (by) · · courses, javascript, training, link-lists
- The Popover API Is Exciting, Sort Of (by) · · apis, pop-overs
- Dark Mode in 3 Lines of CSS and Other Adventures (by) · · css, dark-mode
- Write Better CSS by Borrowing Ideas From JavaScript Functions (by/via) · · css, javascript, functions, quality
- Rebuilding a Featured News Section With Modern CSS: Vox News (by) · · css, refactoring, maintenance, optimization
- New to the Web Platform in April (by/via) · · release-notes, web-platform, user-agents, google, chrome, mozilla, firefox
- JS Private Class Fields Considered Harmful (by) · · javascript
- Everything You Need to Know About Webpack’s Bundle Analyzer (by) · · webpack, bundling, tooling
- Animating the Impossible (by/via) · · videos, animations, transitions
- A Beginner’s Introduction to the Most Common Data Types in Programming (via) · · introductions, data-types, programming
- What Is the Value of a Design System? (by/via) · · design-systems
- Progress Over Perfection: The Better Way for Communication and Accessibility Advocacy (by) · · accessibility, communication, advocacy, processes
- Writing Unit Tests in Node.js Using Jest (by+/via) · · testing, nodejs, jest
- Typography for Everyone (by/via) · · videos, fonts, typography
- The Most Underrated Section of Design Portfolios (by/via) · · design, career
- Modern CSS Layout Is Awesome! (by/via) · · videos, css, layout
- How to Manage Design Tokens (by) · · how-tos, design-tokens, maintenance
- How to Deep Merge Arrays and Objects With JavaScript (by) · · how-tos, javascript, arrays, objects
- Accessible Target Sizes Cheatsheet (by/via) · · accessibility, user-experience
- The Most Important Thing Productivity Tools Are Missing About AI (by/via) · · tooling, productivity, ai
- The Interactive Guide to Rendering in React (by/via) · · guides, client-side-rendering, react
- Discovering the Power of JavaScript Proxy After All This Time (by) · · javascript
- Adding Motion to the Next Decade of Atomic Design (via) · · design, atomic-design
- Transition To and From “display: none” With Upcoming CSS Capabilities (by) · · videos, css, transitions