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So, you think you’ve got project management nailed down
20.6.2019
Who needs a project manager? You're an organized person who can keep track of your own work, right?
Wrong.
Well, wrong if you're part of a team. The thing about being self-organized is that it's related to project management but not synonymous with it. Case in point: what happens if your project...
So, you think you’ve got project management nailed down
20.6.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Who needs a project manager? You're an organized person who can keep track of your own work, right?
Wrong.
Well, wrong if you're part of a team. The thing about being self-organized is that it's related to project management but not synonymous with it. Case in point:...
How to Increase Your Page Size by 1,500% with webpack and Vue
19.6.2019
What we don’t have are enough articles showing you how to increase your page size. In fact, the only article I could find was this one from the Geek Squad which ended up being about making the font size bigger. This is a good start, but I think we can do better.
The post How to Increase Your Page...
Drop caps & design systems
19.6.2019
Ethan Marcotte has written up his process for how to make drop caps accessible for screen readers and browsers alike. All of that is very interesting and I’m sure I’ll use a technique like this in the near future, but the part that made me hop out of my seat is where Ethan notes his experience with...
Every Layout
18.6.2019
Every Layout is a new work-in-progress website and book by Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell that explains how to make common layout patterns with CSS. They describe a lot of the issues when it comes to the design of these layouts, such as responsive problems and making sure we all write maintainable...
How to Section Your HTML
18.6.2019
The sectioning elements in HTML5 are <nav>, <aside>, <article>, and <section>. <body> is also kind of a sectioning element since all content lying inside of it is part of the default document section.
Here is a brief explanation of each sectioning element...
If you can build a site with WordPress.com, you should build your site on WordPress.com.
18.6.2019
That’s what I like to tell people. I’ve seen too many websites die off, often damaging the company along the way because the technical debt of hosting and maintaining the website is too much in the long term. For a few examples, there is the domain name itself to handle and the tricky DNS settings...
Managing State in React using Unstated-Next
17.6.2019
In a previous post, we saw how to manage state using Unstated. As you might recall, Unstated uses React’s built-in setState to allow you create components that can consume state by subscribing to a provider — like the React’s Context API.
Well, we’re going to build off that last post by looking...
Components, yo.
14.6.2019
I see VuePress just went 1.0. Explained simply, it's a static site generator based on Vue. But of course, you work in Vue, which means you work in components.
All the modern JavaScript frameworks are component-based. Even when they disagree with each other about specific things (like how Svelte...
Weekly Platform News: CSS Scroll Snap, Opera GX, PWA Install Icon
14.6.2019
In this week's roundup, Chrome is adding an install option for Progressive Web Apps, Opera GX comes to Windows, the ECMAScript proposals get an update, and CSS Scroll Snap is coming to a Firefox browser near you.
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Drawing Realistic Clouds with SVG and CSS
13.6.2019
Greek mythology tells the story of Zeus creating the cloud nymph, Nephele. Like other Greek myths, this tale gets pretty bizarre and X-rated. Here’s a very abridged, polite version.
Nephele, we are told, was created by Zeus in the image of his own beautiful wife. A mortal meets Nephele, falls...
A11Y with Lindsey
13.6.2019
Lindsey Kopacz has a wonderful blog about accessibility. I've seen a number of her articles making the rounds lately and I was like, dang I better make sure I'm subscribed. For example:
An Introduction to ARIA States
3 Simple Tips to Improve Keyboard Accessibility
Create custom keyboard accessible...
Grid, content re-ordering and accessibility
13.6.2019
Take this:
<ol>
<li>Get hungry</li>
<li>Order pizza</li>
<li>Eat pizza</li>
</ol>
That HTML ends up in the DOM that way (and thus how it is is exposed to assistive technology), and by default, those list items are also visually...
Using Cypress to Write Tests for a React Application
12.6.2019
End-to-end tests are written to assert the flow of an application from start to finish. Instead of handling the tests yourself — you know, manually clicking all over the application — you can write a test that runs as you build the application. That’s what we call continuous integration and it’s...
Everything You Need to Know About Date in JavaScript
11.6.2019
Date is weird in JavaScript. It gets on our nerves so much that we reach for libraries (like Date-fns and Moment) the moment (ha!) we need to work with date and time.
But we don't always need to use libraries. Date can actually be quite simple if you know what to watch out for. In this article...
Level up your .sort game
10.6.2019
Sorting is a super handy JavaScript method that can display the values of an array in a certain order. Whether that’s real estate listings by price, burger joints by distance, or best nearby happy hours by rating, sorting arrays of information is a common need.
If you’re already doing this with...
Designing with Motifs
10.6.2019
I love the way Erik Kennedy talks about digital design. Very practical and understandable. Have a listen to a chat with him we had on ShopTalk.
One of his latest blog posts is titled "The #1 Way to Spice Up Your Designs (And Create a More Cohesive Brand)" and it's about something he pegs as more...
Using DevTools to Improve the UX Design to Development Process
7.6.2019
I’d like to tell you how I see code and design intersect and support one another. Specifically, I want to cover how designers can use code in their everyday work. I suggest this not because it’s a required skill, but because even a baseline understanding of coding can make designs better and...
Weekly Platform News: Feature Policy, ECMAScript i18n API, Packaged PWAs
7.6.2019
In this week's news, a new Feature Policy API in Chrome, Firefox blocks cookies from known trackers, Chrome for Android now allows websites to share images, and more.
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Your first performance budget with Lighthouse
7.6.2019
Ire Aderinokun writes about a new way to set a performance budget (and stick to it) with Lighthouse, Google’s suite of tools that help developers see how performant and accessible their websites are:
Until recently, I also hadn't setup an official performance budget and enforced it. This isn’t...