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The order of accessible name computation steps | Stefan Judis Web Development
September 17, 2024
I try to be a good web citizen, and keep things accessible. Now, I’m no expert, but there are some things web developers should check at least: Do images have (or need) alt text? Are links…...
Read MoreLet’s talk about web components
September 17, 2024
Web components! They’re currently at the vanguard of web development and are a reliable source of hot drama in the community. We’ve built a number of web component-powered design systems with Fort...
Read MoreA Resource For Figuring Out The Fediverse
September 16, 2024
The Fediverse is more than Mastodon. Let’s get that straight away. Mastodon is just the most popular right now, because of the Twitter exodus.There are lots of other fediverse platforms that are nea...
Read MoreGoing Buildless
September 16, 2024
So, how far are we away from actually working without builds in HTML, CSS and Javascript? The idea of “buildless” development isn’t new – but there have been some recent improvements that ...
Read MoreTwo CSS Properties For Trimming Text Box Whitespace | CSS-Tricks
September 14, 2024
The text-box-trim and text-box-edge properties in CSS enable developers to trim specifiable amounts of the whitespace that appear above the first formatted line of text and below the last formatted...
Read MoreWhat Skills Should You Focus on as Junior Web Developer in 2024?
September 13, 2024
Let’s say Junior Web Developer means you’re either just starting out learning, you’ve got a job but are early in your career, or somewhere between those. Our goal with this guide is to give you ...
Read MoreWeb Developers, AI, and Development Fundamentals
September 13, 2024
Even the best AI can only take you so far without a solid foundation in development fundamentals. Developers need to adapt and evolve with AI, using it as the powerful tool that it is, but without ove...
Read MoreThe disposable web
September 13, 2024
Tools like websim.ai and repl.it are enabling me to create the things that I need and I’ve always wanted but didn’t feel that I had the time to do… But what happens to that software?...
Read MorePlaying with Infinity in CSS
September 13, 2024
CSS has an infinity constant. When I first learned about this, my brain lit up with all kinds of absurd possibilities. Let’s discuss! There might even be some practical use cases.No promises, though...
Read MoreFeatures of your font you had no idea about
September 12, 2024
Today I’d like to expand a bit more on the topic of fonts and what you can get out of a high-quality font (paid or free). High-quality fonts often come with a full bag of goodies, it will be unw...
Read MoreChrome’s new LLM AI API OMG
September 11, 2024
Chrome is experimenting with exposing an LLM to the web platform. Jake and Surma dig into how the API works, and whether something like this could work on the open web. Source: Chrome’s new LLM ...
Read MoreWhen Regex Goes Wrong
September 11, 2024
Issues and catastrophic failures caused by regexIn 2016, Stack Overflow experienced a 34-minute outage. The root cause? A regular expression (Regex) used in a part of the code that handled user input....
Read MoreThe State of ES5 on the Web
September 11, 2024
So what is the current state of ES5 on the web today? And what are the best practices for web developers when building code for production? This article looks at the data we have to answer these quest...
Read MoreThe Undeniable Utility Of CSS :has
September 11, 2024
Well, I’ve spent the past few months rebuilding this blog, using all of the modern CSS bells and whistles. And my goodness, I was wrong about :has. It’s an incredibly handy utility, even in a CSS-...
Read MoreHow fast are web components?
September 10, 2024
It is often said that web components are slow. This was also my experience when I first tried building web components a few years ago. At the time I was using the Stencil framework, because I didnR...
Read MoreThe goal isn’t to write less code
September 10, 2024
The goal isn’t to write less code.It’s to ship less code to users. Better code. Faster code. More resilient code. Source: The goal isn’t to write less code | Go Make Things...
Read MoreReplacing React code with CSS :has selector
September 10, 2024
Looking into what the new CSS :has selector is and how it can be used to improve our React code. Includes practical and beautiful examples. Source: Replacing React code with CSS :has selector...
Read MoreTransforming content design: the role of cognition and decision making | by Rich Prowse | Medium
September 9, 2024
Source: Transforming content design: the role of cognition and decision making | by Rich Prowse | Medium...
Read MoreI tried React Compiler today, and guess what… 😉
September 6, 2024
For the last two and a half years, after I release any piece of content that mentions patterns related to re-renders and memoization, visitors from the future would descend into the comments section a...
Read MoreWeb Design Museum – Discover old websites, apps and software
September 6, 2024
Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screens and videos of old websites, mobile apps and software from 1990s to mid-00s Source: Web Design Museum – Discover old websites, apps and software...
Read MorePWAs: Past, Present, Future
September 5, 2024
The first working draft of HTML5, then known as Web Applications 1.0, was released on September 1, 2005. For context, that’s almost 18 months before the first iPhone was released, over 3 years be...
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization
September 5, 2024
Optimizing the fonts displayed on your website comes with many web performance advantages, including faster page load times, improved user experience, and better results for Core Web Vitals and other ...
Read MoreCaptured Custom Properties — Roma’s Unpolished Posts
September 4, 2024
Registered custom properties are invaluable, as they unlock many things previously not possible.Among other use cases (I recommend reading the Providing Type Definitions for CSS with @property artic...
Read MoreIs AI a Silver Bullet?
September 3, 2024
Like previous attempts to find a silver bullet such as 4GLs, it does not seem likely that LLMs as a software authoring tool will be succeed. In particular, like 4GLs they suffer from the problem that ...
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