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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Maybe the “Webmaster” Isn’t Dead After All (j9t)142
career, ai
No New Name Has Replaced “UX” (nng)141
user-experience
We Need a New Word—How About… Zuzai? (map)140
websites, ai
Calling Everything AI-Generated Is Lazy (jed)139
ai
Front-End Doesn’t Exist (dut)138
career
The Web Development Glossary 4K (j9t/fro)137
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
What Is the IndieWeb? (bre)136
indieweb, concepts
Distinguishing “Components” and “Utilities” in Tailwind (zel/css)135
tailwind
It Is OK to Say “CSS Variables” Instead of (or Alongside) “Custom Properties” (kiz)134
css, variables, custom-properties
Alt Text or Image Description?133
accessibility, images, alt-text, comparisons
Headers, Headings, and Titles (tem)132
html, headings, comparisons
Vibe Engineering (sim)131
vibe-coding, ai
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)130
accessibility, standards, conformance, compliance, comparisons, wcag
Accessibility Terms Every Content Creator Should Know129
accessibility
Is It JavaScript? (jim)128
javascript, browsers, servers, jsx, typescript
Data vs. Findings vs. Insights in UX (vit/sma)127
user-experience, metrics, comparisons
Cold vs. Hot Observables in Angular With RxJS126
angular, asynchronicity, reactivity, examples
Composite vs. Simple Tokens125
design-tokens, comparisons, maintainability
Ten Years Ago Today I Coined the Shorthand “js;dr” for “JavaScript Required; Didn’t Read” (tan)124
javascript, support
Views on Views (hdv)123
accessibility, wcag
How I Created a Popular WordPress Theme and Coined the Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) (sma)122
wordpress, themes, history
WCAG 3 a Change of Context (ste)121
accessibility, wcag
10 Backend Terms Every Frontend Developer Should Know120
concepts, architecture, performance
An Overview of the 50 Highest-Ranking Web Design and Development Glossaries (j9t)119
overviews, comparisons, concepts, link-lists
The Difference Between HTML Attributes and Properties (pau/clo)118
html, attributes, javascript
Is It “Frontend” or “Front-End” or “Front End”? (mar)117
guest-posts
What Is HTML Optimization? What Is It Not? (j9t)116
html, optimization
Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility115
guides, introductions, accessibility, leadership, processes
What Is User Experience (and What Is It Not)? (nng)114
user-experience, comparisons
What’s the Difference Between Information Architecture and Content Strategy? (jar)113
content, content-strategy, information-architecture, concepts, comparisons
IndieWeb vs. Indie Web (fyr)112
web, indieweb, comparisons
Dev Encyclopedia111
websites, concepts, learning
Things to Do Before Asking “Is This Accessible?” (aar)110
accessibility, communication
AT Is More Than Screen Readers (aar)109
accessibility, assistive-tech, screen-readers, concepts
The Anchor Element (hey)108
html, links, semantics, usability
Browsers, Cookies, and Surfing the Web: The Quirky History of Internet Lingo (moz)107
web, history
WCAG, VPAT, S508, Level A—What on Earth? (int)106
accessibility, standards, legal, wcag, vpat-acr, section-508
Be Careful Using “Grid” (aar)105
grids
Don’t Refactor the Code104
refactoring, technical-debt, maintenance
Design Systems vs. Style Guides (nng)103
design-systems, style-guides, comparisons, design, documentation, concepts
Visual Design: Glossary (tbf/nng)102
design
Why Designers Aren’t Understood (vit/sma)101
design, career, communication
Doing the Right Thing Right—Validation and Verification100
validation, comparisons
Typography Terms: Glossary (tbf/nng)99
typography
Websites Are Not Books (ons)98
concepts
“Slop” Is the New Name for Unwanted AI-Generated Content (sim)97
ai, slop
The 7 Most Useful Web Design and Web Development Glossaries (apo)96
concepts, link-lists
The Front End Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024 (fro)95
overviews, career, learning, tech-stacks, concepts
Latency Numbers Every Frontend Developer Should Know (ind)94
performance, metrics
Ableism and Related Terms You Need to Know (mer)93
communication, dei
What Is Whitespace? (nng)92
videos, whitespace, design, concepts
What Even Is a JSON Number?91
json
What Even Are Dragging Movements? (cat/spa)90
accessibility, interaction-design
Skeuomorphism (nng)89
design
The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn’t Exist (jak)88
concepts, comparisons
10 Interview Questions Every JavaScript Developer Should Know in 2024 (eri)87
interviewing, javascript, career, concepts
What Really Is Technical Debt?86
technical-debt, quality
Decoding Compound Tokens85
design-tokens
Confusing Git Terminology (b0r)84
git
CSS Terminology Demystified (zor/css)83
videos, css
What Is Functional Testing? Definition, Key Concepts, and Types82
testing, concepts
WebGlossary.info (j9t)81
websites, learning, training, concepts
Why Inclusive Language Matters in Coding80
dei, processes, documentation
The Web Development Glossary 3K (j9t/fro)79
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
Good Code Is— (j9t)78
quality
URL Explained: The Fundamentals (itt)77
Bottom Sheets: Definition and UX Guidelines (nng)76
guidelines, mobile, user-experience
48 Laws, Rules, and Principles of Web Development (j9t)75
programming, principles
Be Careful Using “Menu” (aar)74
html, aria, design
A History of Metaphors for the Internet (jos/ver)73
history, web
The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web (whi)72
rendering, server-side-rendering, client-side-rendering
URI vs. URL: The Main Differences Between URL and URI71
urls, comparisons
URL, URI, URN: What’s the Difference?70
urls, comparisons
WebDex: Web Specs Index (don)69
standards
ISR vs. DPR: Big Words, Quick Explanation (cas/sma)68
incremental-static-regeneration, rendering, concepts
Acronyms in Web Development (fla)67
Web Crawling vs. Web Scraping66
crawling, scraping, comparisons
Adversarial Interoperability (plu)65
interoperability, concepts, link-lists
What Is Developer Experience (DX)? (chr/css)64
developer-experience, comparisons
Web Crawler vs. Web Scraper: The Differences63
crawling, scraping, comparisons
“The Title ‘Front-End Developer’ Is Obsolete” (chr/css)62
career
The Web Development Glossary (j9t/fro)61
books, frontend-dogma, learning, training, concepts
How to Debug a Node.js Application: Tips, Tricks, and Tools (cra)60
how-tos, nodejs, debugging, tips-and-tricks, tooling
Ruby vs. Ruby on Rails: Same or Different?59
ruby, ruby-on-rails, metrics, comparisons
JAMstack vs. Jamstack (chr/css)58
jamstack, comparisons
On Writing Better Markup (j9t)57
html, quality, maintainability, performance
Definition of Web Developer (j9t)56
career, tooling
The Ironic Inaccessibility of “a11y” (chr/css)55
accessibility
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web (ati/css)54
links, urls, command-line, tooling, electron
A Reference Guide for Typography in Mobile Web Design (sma)53
guides, typography, mobile
CSS Basics: The Syntax That Matters and the Syntax That Doesn’t (chr/css)52
fundamentals, css, formatting
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)51
css, resets, history, normalize-css, comparisons
Explainer: What Is the Semantic Web? (ren)50
semantic-web, metadata, rdf
Reread the Classics, What Is IxD, UX, and HCI? A Designer’s Perspective (jia)49
interaction-design, user-experience, hci, concepts, comparisons
CSS Ruleset Terminology (chr/css)48
css
What Is the Definition of a “CSS Hack”? (lou)47
css, hacks, browsers
What Is a Headless CMS? (chr/css)46
content-management, headless, concepts
Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (ibo)45
career
Polyfills or Ponyfills?44
polyfills, ecmascript, javascript
CSS Vocabulary43
css, cheat-sheets
On Web Documents and Web Apps (j9t)42
concepts, comparisons
All Code Is Not Equal: On Research and Production Code (j9t)41
concepts, comparisons
Linked Data Glossary (w3c)40
structured-data, semantic-web, concepts
The Overuse of “Censorship” (tan)39
google, censorship
Typography 10138
introductions, typography
Every Time You Call a Proprietary Feature “CSS3,” a Kitten Dies (lea/ali)37
css, vendor-extensions, standards
The Responsive Design Process (mat)36
responsive-design, processes, business-relations
From Hypertext to Hyperdevices (don/w3c)35
web, web-platform, trends, standards
Internationalization vs. Localization: What’s the Difference? (cms)34
internationalization, localization, comparisons
Screen Resolution ≠ Browser Window (chr/css)33
browsers, viewport, metrics
Web (bgz)32
web, history
The Difference Between a Web Developer and an Engineer31
programming, career
“HTML 5” or “HTML5”? (j9t)30
html
Web 2.OMG (geo)29
web-2.0
The Top 10 Technology Terms That Confuse Clients (cra)28
communication, business-relations
CSS Positioning Properties at a Glance Guide27
guides, css, positioning
URI vs. URL: What’s the Difference?26
urls
Talk Like a Googler: Parts of a URL25
urls
Web API Glossary of Terms (eva)24
apis
Elements, Tags, and Attributes (j9t)23
html, attributes
Perspective: An Axe to Grind With AJAX (cne)22
ajax
Minification vs. Obfuscation (dou)21
minification, obfuscation, comparisons, javascript
Move Over AJAX, Welcome AHAH (jus)20
ajax
CSS Patches (sim)19
css, hacks
What Is Web 2.0 (tim/ore)18
web, web-2.0, concepts, comparisons
HTML Tags vs. Elements vs. Attributes17
html, attributes, comparisons
What Is AJAX? (jus)16
ajax
Is “User Experience,” for All Intents and Purposes, Dead? (pet)15
user-experience
The Real Difference Between a URL and a URI (dan)14
urls
DHTML != DOM (ppk)13
dhtml, dom, javascript
HTML Tags (lac)12
html, comparisons
Redefining Tag Soup, by Faruk Ateş (far/ann)11
html, xhtml, xml
Viewport, Canvas, Root (ann)10
viewport
Tags vs. Elements (ann)9
html, comparisons
What Is Tag Soup? (dav)8
html
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