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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All (j9t)139
career, ai
No New Name Has Replaced “UX” (nng)138
user-experience
We Need a New Word—How About… Zuzai? (map)137
websites, ai
Calling Everything AI-Generated Is Lazy (jed)136
ai
The Web Development Glossary 4K (j9t/fro)135
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
What Is the IndieWeb? (bre)134
indieweb, concepts
Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind (zel/css)133
tailwind
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties” (kiz)132
css, variables, custom-properties
Alt Text or Image Description?131
accessibility, images, alt-text, comparisons
Headers, Headings, and Titles (tem)130
html, headings, comparisons
Vibe Engineering (sim)129
vibe-coding, ai
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)128
accessibility, standards, conformance, compliance, comparisons, wcag
Accessibility Terms Every Content Creator Should Know127
accessibility
Is It JavaScript? (jim)126
javascript, browsers, servers, jsx, typescript
Data vs. Findings vs. Insights in UX (vit/sma)125
user-experience, metrics, comparisons
Cold vs. Hot Observables in Angular With RxJS124
angular, asynchronicity, reactivity, examples
Composite vs. Simple Tokens123
design-tokens, comparisons, maintainability
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)122
javascript, support
Views on Views (hdv)121
accessibility, wcag
How I Created a Popular WordPress Theme and Coined the Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) (sma)120
wordpress, themes, history
WCAG 3 a Change of Context (ste)119
accessibility, wcag
10 Backend Terms Every Frontend Developer Should Know118
concepts, architecture, performance
An Overview of the 50 Highest-Ranking Web Design and Development Glossaries (j9t)117
overviews, comparisons, concepts, link-lists
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)116
html, attributes, javascript
Is It “Frontend” or “Front-End” or “Front End”? (mar)115
guest-posts
What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? (j9t)114
html, optimization
Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility113
guides, introductions, accessibility, leadership, processes
What Is User Experience (and What Is It Not)? (nng)112
user-experience, comparisons
What’s the Difference Between Information Architecture and Content Strategy? (jar)111
content, content-strategy, information-architecture, concepts, comparisons
IndieWeb vs. Indie Web (fyr)110
web, indieweb, comparisons
Dev Encyclopedia109
websites, concepts, learning
Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?” (aar)108
accessibility, communication
AT Is More Than Screen Readers (aar)107
accessibility, assistive-tech, screen-readers, concepts
The Anchor Element (hey)106
html, links, semantics, usability
Browsers, Cookies, and Surfing the Web: The Quirky History of Internet Lingo (moz)105
web, history
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)104
accessibility, standards, legal, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
Be Careful Using “Grid” (aar)103
grids
Don’t Refactor the Code102
refactoring, technical-debt, maintenance
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)101
design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, design, documentation, concepts
Visual Design: Glossary (tbf/nng)100
design
Why Designers Aren’t Understood (vit/sma)99
design, career, communication
Doing the Right Thing Right—Validation and Verification98
validation, comparisons
Typography Terms: Glossary (tbf/nng)97
typography
Websites Are Not Books (ons)96
concepts
“Slop” Is the New Name for Unwanted AI-Generated Content (sim)95
ai, slop
The 7 Most Useful Web Design and Web Development Glossaries (apo)94
concepts, link-lists
The Front End Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024 (fro)93
overviews, career, learning, tech-stacks, concepts
Latency Numbers Every Frontend Developer Should Know (ind)92
performance, metrics
Ableism and Related Terms You Need to Know (mer)91
communication, dei
What Is Whitespace? (nng)90
videos, whitespace, design, concepts
What Even Is a JSON Number?89
json
What Even Are Dragging Movements? (cat/spa)88
accessibility, interaction-design
Skeuomorphism (nng)87
design
The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn’t Exist (jak)86
concepts, comparisons
10 Interview Questions Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 2024 (eri)85
interviewing, javascript, career, concepts
What Really Is Technical Debt?84
technical-debt, quality
Decoding Compound Tokens83
design-tokens
Confusing Git Terminology (b0r)82
git
CSS Terminology Demystified (zor/css)81
videos, css
What Is Functional Testing? Definition, Key Concepts, and Types80
testing, concepts
WebGlossary.info (j9t)79
websites, learning, training, concepts
Why Inclusive Language Matters in Coding78
dei, processes, documentation
The Web Development Glossary 3K (j9t/fro)77
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
Good Code Is— (j9t)76
quality
URL Explained: The Fundamentals (itt)75
Bottom Sheets: Definition and UX Guidelines (nng)74
guidelines, mobile, user-experience
48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development (j9t)73
programming, principles
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)72
html, aria, design
A History of Metaphors for the Internet (jos/ver)71
history, web
The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web (whi)70
rendering, server-side-rendering, client-side-rendering
URI vs. URL: The Main Differences Between URL and URI69
urls, comparisons
URL, URI, URN: What’s the Difference?68
urls, comparisons
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)67
standards
ISR vs. DPR: Big Words, Quick Explanation (cas/sma)66
incremental-static-regeneration, rendering, concepts
Acronyms in Web Development (fla)65
Web Crawling vs. Web Scraping64
crawling, scraping, comparisons
Adversarial Interoperability (plu)63
interoperability, concepts, link-lists
What Is Developer Experience (DX)? (chr/css)62
developer-experience, comparisons
Web Crawler vs. Web Scraper: The Differences61
crawling, scraping, comparisons
“The Title ‘Front-End Developer’ Is Obsolete” (chr/css)60
career
The Web Development Glossary (j9t/fro)59
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
How to Debug a Node.js Application: Tips, Tricks, and Tools (cra)58
how-tos, nodejs, debugging, tips-and-tricks, tooling
Ruby vs. Ruby on Rails: Same or Different?57
ruby, ruby-on-rails, metrics, comparisons
JAMstack vs. Jamstack (chr/css)56
jamstack, comparisons
On Writing Better Markup (j9t)55
html, quality, maintainability, performance
Definition of Web Developer (j9t)54
career, tooling
The Ironic Inaccessibility of “a11y” (chr/css)53
accessibility
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web (ati/css)52
links, urls, command-line, tooling, electron
A Reference Guide for Typography in Mobile Web Design (sma)51
guides, typography, mobile
CSS Basics: The Syntax That Matters and the Syntax That Doesn’t (chr/css)50
fundamentals, css, formatting
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)49
css, resets, history, normalize-css, comparisons
Explainer: What Is the Semantic Web? (ren)48
semantic-web, metadata, rdf
Reread the Classics, What Is IxD, UX, and HCI? A Designer’s Perspective (jia)47
interaction-design, user-experience, hci, concepts, comparisons
CSS Ruleset Terminology (chr/css)46
css
What Is the Definition of a “CSS Hack”? (lou)45
css, hacks, browsers
What Is a Headless CMS? (chr/css)44
content-management, headless, concepts
Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (ibo/the)43
career
Polyfills or Ponyfills?42
polyfills, ecmascript, javascript
CSS Vocabulary41
css, cheat-sheets
On Web Documents and Web Apps (j9t)40
concepts, comparisons
All Code Is Not Equal: On Research and Production Code (j9t)39
concepts, comparisons
Linked Data Glossary (w3c)38
structured-data, semantic-web, concepts
The Overuse of “Censorship” (tan)37
google, censorship
Typography 10136
introductions, typography
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)35
css, vendor-extensions, standards
The Responsive Design Process (mat)34
responsive-design, processes, business-relations
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)33
web, web-platform, trends, standards
Internationalization vs. Localization: What’s the Difference? (cms)32
internationalization, localization, comparisons
Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window (chr/css)31
browsers, viewport, metrics
Web (bgz)30
web, history
The Difference Between a Web Developer and an Engineer29
programming, career
“HTML 5” or “HTML5”? (j9t)28
html
Web 2.OMG (geo)27
web-2.0
The Top 10 Technology Terms That Confuse Clients (cra)26
communication, business-relations
CSS Positioning Properties at a Glance Guide25
guides, css, positioning
URI vs. URL: What’s the Difference?24
urls
Talk Like a Googler: Parts of a URL23
urls
Web API Glossary of Terms (eva)22
apis
Elements, Tags, and Attributes (j9t)21
html, attributes
Perspective: An Axe to Grind With AJAX (cne)20
ajax
Minification vs. Obfuscation (dou)19
minification, obfuscation, comparisons, javascript
Move Over AJAX, Welcome AHAH (jus)18
ajax
CSS Patches (sim)17
css, hacks
What Is Web 2.0 (tim/ore)16
web, web-2.0, concepts, comparisons
HTML Tags vs. Elements vs. Attributes15
html, attributes, comparisons
What Is AJAX? (jus)14
ajax
The Real Difference Between a URL and a URI (dan)13
urls
DHTML != DOM (ppk)12
dhtml, dom, javascript
HTML Tags (lac)11
html, comparisons
Redefining Tag Soup, by Faruk Ateş (far/ann)10
html, xhtml, xml
Viewport, Canvas, Root (ann)9
viewport
Tags vs. Elements (ann)8
html, comparisons
XML Glossary7
xml, java, concepts, link-lists
The XML Files6
xml, history
Web Hosting Options5
hosting
All About Web Coding: Techspeak and Front-End Development Demystified4
concepts
Web 101 for Dummies3
web, history
What Is XML?2
xml, css, xsl, dom
Typography Glossary1
typography