“2020” Archive

HTML and CSS Techniques to Reduce Your JavaScript · Dec 27, 2020 · html, css, javascript, performance
Ethical Design Guide · Dec 27, 2020 · websites, guides, design
The Art of Leadership · Dec 24, 2020 · leadership
Symbols to Copy · Dec 23, 2020 · websites, tooling, typography
Using “throw” as an Expression in PHP 8 · Dec 23, 2020 · php
Ignore AMP · Dec 21, 2020 · amp
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021 · Dec 16, 2020 · fonts, google
The Shorthand–Longhand Problem in Atomic CSS · Dec 14, 2020 · css, cascade, css-in-js
Page Weight · Dec 10, 2020 · studies, research, performance
JavaScript · Dec 10, 2020 · studies, research, javascript
CSS · Dec 9, 2020 · studies, research, css
Accessibility · Dec 9, 2020 · studies, research, accessibility
Is Edge Computing Secure? Here Are 4 Security Risks to Be Aware Of · Dec 9, 2020 · edge-computing, security
TLS and mTLS Demystified · Dec 9, 2020 · security, tls, protocols
Command Line Interface Guidelines · Dec 4, 2020 · websites, guidelines, command-line
Alt vs. Figcaption · Dec 1, 2020 · html, accessibility, comparisons
Why It’s Good for Users That HTML, CSS, and JS Are Separate Languages · Nov 25, 2020 · html, css, javascript
Know Your Standards · Nov 24, 2020 · accessibility, standards, wcag, aria, html, link-lists
To Be Creative, Practice · Nov 24, 2020 · design, creativity
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web · Nov 23, 2020 · fonts
Best Practices for Inclusive Textual Websites · Nov 23, 2020 · security, performance, accessibility, best-practices
CSS Vendor Prefixes · Nov 22, 2020 · css, prefixing
Upgrade Your HTML II · Nov 17, 2020 · books, html, minimalism, craft, conformance
How to Deal With Common React JS Problems—Actionable Tips · Nov 16, 2020 · how-tos, react, tips-and-tricks
Markup · Nov 10, 2020 · studies, research, html
The Raven Technique: One Step Closer to Container Queries · Nov 10, 2020 · css, container-queries, techniques
Chasing the Pixel-Perfect Dream · Nov 2, 2020 · design, css
Touch, Point, Click: Mouse vs. Touch Screen Input · Oct 20, 2020 · accessibility, interaction-design, comparisons
New Google Quality Rater Guidelines, Update Adds Emphasis on Needs Met · Oct 16, 2020 · guidelines, seo, quality, google
An Opinionated Guide to Accessibility Testing · Oct 14, 2020 · guides, accessibility, testing
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 · Oct 11, 2020 · design, history
How to Find the Cause of Horizontal Scrollbars · Oct 8, 2020 · how-tos, css, debugging, scrolling
Micro-Note on “aria-roledescription” · Oct 6, 2020 · accessibility, aria
CSS Variables 101 · Oct 6, 2020 · css
Reducing the Site Speed Impact of Third-Party Tags · Oct 2, 2020 · performance, embed-code
“font-kerning” · Sep 25, 2020 · css, kerning, typography
Drawing the Invisible: React Explained in Five Visual Metaphors · Sep 22, 2020 · videos, react
Custom Properties: Questioning “:root” · Sep 21, 2020 · cross-posted, css, custom-properties
Generate a Sitemap for Your Eleventy Website · Sep 16, 2020 · eleventy, sitemaps, seo
MIME Types (IANA Media Types) · Sep 15, 2020 · mime-types
The Thing With Leading in CSS · Aug 24, 2020 · css, typography
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts · Aug 24, 2020 · typography, fonts, apis
Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-Ons? · Aug 21, 2020 · user-agents, mozilla, xul
Loading Third-Party JavaScript · Aug 20, 2020 · javascript, performance
“this” in JavaScript and TypeScript · Aug 19, 2020 · javascript, typescript
The Anti-Reset (to Reset to User Agent Styles) · Aug 17, 2020 · css, resetting
Effective Code Browsing · Aug 16, 2020 · code-reviews
JS Minification Benchmarks · Aug 14, 2020 · javascript, minification, metrics
Islands Architecture · Aug 11, 2020 · architecture, html, concepts
Vue vs. React in 2021: Which Framework to Choose and When · Aug 6, 2020 · frameworks, vuejs, react, comparisons
Introduction to Metrics, Monitoring, and Alerting · Jul 29, 2020 · introductions, metrics, monitoring, alerting
Updating React at Etsy · Jul 29, 2020 · case-studies, react, preact, frameworks
Accessibility on the Canvas With JavaScript · Jul 28, 2020 · accessibility, javascript, canvas
Introduction to Memoization in JavaScript · Jul 25, 2020 · introductions, memoization, javascript
JavaScript to Know for React · Jul 15, 2020 · javascript, react
How to Document the Screen Reader User Experience · Jul 10, 2020 · how-tos, user-agents, assistive-tech, screen-readers, documentation, user-experience
A Beginner’s Guide to Microcontent · Jul 7, 2020 · guides, content, microcontent, concepts
The Ultimate Guide With All the Secrets You Will Need to Know to Become a Fabulous Design Unicorn · Jul 6, 2020 · websites, guides, design
Introduction to Logging in Python · Jul 3, 2020 · introductions, logging, python
Fast Sorting With Quicksort · Jul 2, 2020 · algorithms, sorting
Platform Adjacency Theory · Jun 30, 2020 · user-agents, web-platform
90’s Cursor Effects · Jun 28, 2020 · websites, effects, javascript
CSS Fundamentals: Vendor Prefixing · Jun 25, 2020 · css, fundamentals, prefixing
A Practical Guide to Testing React Applications With Jest · Jun 24, 2020 · guides, testing, react, jest
App Shell UX With Service Workers and Streams · Jun 23, 2020 · web-apps, spas, architecture, web-workers, streaming
Decentralization off the Shelf · Jun 15, 2020 · websites, design-patterns
Javascript RORO Pattern · Jun 13, 2020 · javascript
Allow End-User Styling Overrides · Jun 12, 2020 · css, cascade, user-styles
The Complete Guide to CSS Media Queries · Jun 2, 2020 · guides, css, media-queries
Dark Patterns in UX · May 28, 2020 · user-experience, dark-patterns
30 Seconds of Code · May 28, 2020 · websites, javascript, css, techniques
Web Platform Contribution Guide · May 26, 2020 · websites, guides, web-platform, standards, community
Tools for Better Thinking · May 25, 2020 · websites, productivity, learning, training
How to Reevaluate Your Frontend Architecture · May 21, 2020 · how-tos, architecture
Micro-Frontends in Context · May 21, 2020 · micro-frontends
Ask an Expert: Why Is CSS… the Way It Is? · May 21, 2020 · css
A User’s Guide to CSS Variables · May 21, 2020 · guides, css, custom-properties
The Secret of Typography, Kerning, Explained for Dummies · May 20, 2020 · typography, kerning
The Third Age of JavaScript · May 20, 2020 · javascript
Static Hoisting · May 20, 2020 · javascript
What Every JavaScript Developer Should Know About Unicode · May 19, 2020 · javascript, unicode
Blogged Answers: A (Mostly) Complete Guide to React Rendering Behavior · May 17, 2020 · guides, react, client-side-rendering
Developer Experience Metrics · May 11, 2020 · developer-experience, metrics
Manipulating Arrays and Objects in JavaScript · May 9, 2020 · videos, javascript, arrays, objects
What Is mTLS and How Does It Work? · Apr 30, 2020 · security
Introduction to Netlify CMS · Apr 28, 2020 · introductions, netlify, content-management, tooling
Invisible Design Systems · Apr 28, 2020 · videos, design-systems
The 4 Pillars of Good Embed Code · Apr 23, 2020 · embed-code, usability, quality
Everything You Should Know About SSH and SSH Key Exchange · Apr 17, 2020 · videos, protocols, ssh
Learn Programming · Apr 14, 2020 · courses, programming, javascript
The Web Development Glossary · Apr 7, 2020 · books, learning, training, concepts, terminology
No Need to Protect Your Website from Scraping: 8 Reasons · Apr 7, 2020 · web, scraping, seo, legal
How to Create a Native Web Component Without a Framework · Apr 3, 2020 · how-tos, web-components, javascript
The Frameworks Paradox · Apr 2, 2020 · frameworks
Why “Dark Mode” Causes More Accessibility Issues Than It Solves · Mar 31, 2020 · dark-mode, accessibility
The Component Gallery · Mar 30, 2020 · websites, components
On the Responsibility That Comes With Good JavaScript Support · Mar 26, 2020 · javascript, support
Margin Considered Harmful · Mar 24, 2020 · css, components
The Complete Guide to the Dark Mode Toggle · Mar 20, 2020 · guides, dark-mode
A Practical Overview of CSS Houdini · Mar 19, 2020 · overviews, css, apis, polyfills
Mutual TLS: Stuff You Should Know · Mar 19, 2020 · security, tls, protocols
10 Behavior Patterns for UX Design · Mar 16, 2020 · user-experience
Testing with Jest: An Introduction · Mar 15, 2020 · introductions, testing, jest
The Perils of Rehydration · Mar 7, 2020 · react, hydration
A Beginner’s Guide to Webpack · Mar 6, 2020 · guides, webpack
Why Are We Talking About CSS4? · Mar 4, 2020 · css, standards
How Emojis Work · Mar 3, 2020 · emoji, unicode
Simple Systems Have Less Downtime · Mar 2, 2020 · simplicity
The Economics of JavaScript Web Apps · Feb 23, 2020 · javascript, web-apps, economics
Page Builders Might Not Be a Good Idea · Feb 20, 2020 · maintainability, consistency, performance, quality
Google Tag Manager vs. Page Speed: The Impact and How to Improve · Feb 18, 2020 · google, tag-management, analytics, performance, optimization
What Is Kerning? Here’s What You Need to Know · Feb 18, 2020 · typography, kerning
What Is Memoization? · Feb 13, 2020 · memoization, javascript, concepts
Understanding Map and Set in JavaScript · Feb 12, 2020 · javascript
The Web We Want · Feb 11, 2020 · surveys, standards, tooling, web
Design System UI Is More Expensive Than a Product Team’s UI · Feb 11, 2020 · design-systems, design
Introduction to WebSockets: How to Create Responsive and Low-Latency Applications · Feb 1, 2020 · introductions, protocols, apis, websocket
The History of JavaScript: A Journey from Netscape to Frameworks and Libraries · Jan 22, 2020 · history, javascript, frameworks, libraries, netscape
React Tutorial · Jan 20, 2020 · courses, tutorials, react
Goodbye, Clean Code · Jan 11, 2020 · principles, processes, quality
Improving Site Performance With Webpack Tree Shaking · Jan 10, 2020 · performance, optimization, webpack, tree-shaking
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 · Jan 9, 2020 · how-tos, fonts, typography, conversion
Decision Strategies for a Micro Frontends Architecture · Jan 8, 2020 · architecture, micro-frontends
Putting Devs Before Users: How Frameworks Destroyed Web Performance · Jan 2, 2020 · frameworks, performance, developer-experience