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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties” (kiz)125
css, variables, custom-properties
Alt Text or Image Description?124
accessibility, images, alt-text, comparisons
Headers, Headings, and Titles (tem)123
html, headings, comparisons
Vibe Engineering (sim)122
vibe-coding, ai
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)121
accessibility, standards, conformance, compliance, comparisons, wcag
Accessibility Terms Every Content Creator Should Know120
accessibility
Is It JavaScript? (jim)119
javascript, browsers, servers, jsx, typescript
Data vs. Findings vs. Insights in UX (vit/sma)118
user-experience, metrics, comparisons
Cold vs. Hot Observables in Angular With RxJS117
angular, asynchronicity, reactivity, examples
Composite vs. Simple Tokens116
design-tokens, comparisons, maintainability
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)115
javascript, support
Views on Views (hdv)114
accessibility, wcag
How I Created a Popular WordPress Theme and Coined the Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) (sma)113
wordpress, themes, history
WCAG 3 a Change of Context (ste)112
accessibility, wcag
10 Backend Terms Every Frontend Developer Should Know111
concepts, architecture, performance
An Overview of the 50 Highest-Ranking Web Design and Development Glossaries (j9t)110
overviews, comparisons, concepts, link-lists
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)109
html, attributes, javascript
Is It “Frontend” or “Front-End” or “Front End”? (mar)108
guest-posts
What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? (j9t)107
html, optimization
Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility106
guides, introductions, accessibility, leadership, processes
What Is User Experience (and What Is It Not)? (nng)105
user-experience, comparisons
What’s the Difference Between Information Architecture and Content Strategy? (jar)104
content, content-strategy, information-architecture, concepts, comparisons
IndieWeb vs. Indie Web (fyr)103
web, indieweb, comparisons
Dev Encyclopedia102
websites, concepts, learning
Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?” (aar)101
accessibility, communication
AT Is More Than Screen Readers (aar)100
accessibility, assistive-tech, screen-readers, concepts
The Anchor Element (hey)99
html, links, semantics, usability
Browsers, Cookies, and Surfing the Web: The Quirky History of Internet Lingo (moz)98
web, history
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)97
accessibility, standards, legal, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
Be Careful Using “Grid” (aar)96
grids
Don’t Refactor the Code95
refactoring, technical-debt, maintenance
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)94
design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, design, documentation, concepts
Visual Design: Glossary (tbf/nng)93
design
Why Designers Aren’t Understood (vit/sma)92
design, career, communication
Doing the Right Thing Right—Validation and Verification91
validation, comparisons
Typography Terms: Glossary (tbf/nng)90
typography
“Slop” Is the New Name for Unwanted AI-Generated Content (sim)89
ai
Websites Are Not Books (ons)88
concepts
The 7 Most Useful Web Design and Web Development Glossaries (apo)87
concepts, link-lists
The Front End Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024 (fro)86
overviews, career, learning, tech-stacks, concepts
Latency Numbers Every Frontend Developer Should Know (ind)85
performance, metrics
Ableism and Related Terms You Need to Know (mer)84
communication, dei
What Is Whitespace? (nng)83
videos, whitespace, design, concepts
What Even Is a JSON Number?82
json
What Even Are Dragging Movements? (cat)81
accessibility, interaction-design
Skeuomorphism (nng)80
design
The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn’t Exist (jak)79
concepts, comparisons
10 Interview Questions Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 2024 (eri)78
interviewing, javascript, career, concepts
What Really Is Technical Debt?77
technical-debt, quality
Decoding Compound Tokens76
design-tokens
Confusing Git Terminology (b0r)75
git
CSS Terminology Demystified (zor/css)74
videos, css
What Is Functional Testing? Definition, Key Concepts, and Types73
testing, concepts
WebGlossary.info (j9t)72
websites, learning, training, concepts
Why Inclusive Language Matters in Coding (uxd)71
dei, processes, documentation
The Web Development Glossary 3K (j9t/fro)70
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
Good Code Is— (j9t)69
quality
URL Explained: The Fundamentals (itt)68
Bottom Sheets: Definition and UX Guidelines (nng)67
guidelines, mobile, user-experience
48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development (j9t)66
programming, principles
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)65
html, aria, design
A History of Metaphors for the Internet (ver)64
history, web
The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web (whi)63
rendering, server-side-rendering, client-side-rendering
URI vs. URL: The Main Differences Between URL and URI62
urls, comparisons
URL, URI, URN: What’s the Difference?61
urls, comparisons
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)60
standards
ISR vs. DPR: Big Words, Quick Explanation (cas/sma)59
incremental-static-regeneration, rendering, concepts
Web Crawling vs. Web Scraping58
crawling, scraping, comparisons
Adversarial Interoperability (plu)57
interoperability, concepts, link-lists
What Is Developer Experience (DX)? (chr/css)56
developer-experience, comparisons
Web Crawler vs. Web Scraper: The Differences55
crawling, scraping, comparisons
“The Title ‘Front-End Developer’ Is Obsolete” (chr/css)54
career
The Web Development Glossary (j9t/fro)53
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
How to Debug a Node.js Application: Tips, Tricks, and Tools (cra)52
how-tos, nodejs, debugging, tips-and-tricks, tooling
Ruby vs. Ruby on Rails: Same or Different?51
ruby, ruby-on-rails, metrics, comparisons
JAMstack vs. Jamstack (chr/css)50
jamstack, comparisons
On Writing Better Markup (j9t)49
html, quality, maintainability, performance
Definition of Web Developer (j9t)48
career, tooling
The Ironic Inaccessibility of “a11y” (chr/css)47
accessibility
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web (ati/css)46
links, urls, command-line, tooling, electron
A Reference Guide for Typography in Mobile Web Design (sma)45
guides, typography, mobile
CSS Basics: The Syntax That Matters and the Syntax That Doesn’t (chr/css)44
fundamentals, css, formatting
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)43
css, resets, history, normalize-css, comparisons
Explainer: What Is the Semantic Web? (ren)42
semantic-web, metadata, rdf
Reread the Classics, What Is IxD, UX, and HCI? A Designer’s Perspective (jia)41
interaction-design, user-experience, hci, concepts, comparisons
CSS Ruleset Terminology (chr/css)40
css
What Is the Definition of a “CSS Hack”? (lou)39
css, hacks, browsers
What Is a Headless CMS? (chr/css)38
content-management, headless, concepts
Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (ibo/the)37
career
Polyfills or Ponyfills?36
polyfills, ecmascript, javascript
CSS Vocabulary35
css, cheat-sheets
On Web Documents and Web Apps (j9t)34
concepts, comparisons
All Code Is Not Equal: On Research and Production Code (j9t)33
concepts, comparisons
Linked Data Glossary (w3c)32
structured-data, semantic-web, concepts
The Overuse of “Censorship” (tan)31
google, censorship
Typography 10130
introductions, typography
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)29
css, vendor-extensions, standards
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)28
web, web-platform, trends, standards
Internationalization vs. Localization: What’s the Difference? (cms)27
internationalization, localization, comparisons
Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window (chr/css)26
browsers, viewport, metrics
Web (bgz/nyt)25
web, history
“HTML 5” or “HTML5”? (j9t)24
html
Web 2.OMG (geo)23
web-2.0
The Top 10 Technology Terms That Confuse Clients (cra)22
communication, business-relations
CSS Positioning Properties at a Glance Guide21
guides, css, positioning
URI vs. URL: What’s the Difference?20
urls
Web API Glossary of Terms (eva)19
apis
Elements, Tags, and Attributes (j9t)18
html, attributes
Perspective: An Axe to Grind With AJAX (cne)17
ajax
Minification vs. Obfuscation (dou)16
minification, obfuscation, comparisons, javascript
Move Over AJAX, Welcome AHAH (jus)15
ajax
CSS Patches (sim)14
css, hacks
What Is Web 2.0 (tim/ore)13
web, web-2.0, concepts, comparisons
HTML Tags vs. Elements vs. Attributes12
html, attributes, comparisons
What Is AJAX? (jus)11
ajax
DHTML != DOM (ppk)10
dhtml, dom, javascript
HTML Tags (lac)9
html, comparisons
Viewport, Canvas, Root (ann)8
viewport
Tags vs. Elements (ann)7
html, comparisons
XML Glossary6
xml, java, concepts, link-lists
The XML Files5
xml, history
Web Hosting Options4
hosting
All About Web Coding: Techspeak and Front-End Development Demystified3
concepts
Web 101 for Dummies2
web, history
What Is XML?1
xml, css, xsl, dom