What Skills are Required for a Front‑End Developer?
Front‑end developer skills explained, from HTML, CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, debugging, Git, APIs, frameworks, responsive design, and communication.
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This is a very broad category within my articles which encompasses any aspect of web development, from initial design and architecture to coding, testing, and deployment.
Below you will find a subset of articles from my blog specifically about Development. This is an area I have worked with for many years, and it has been a regular subject in my writing. There are four hundred twenty articles collected together for you below.
What Skills are Required for a Front‑End Developer? What is an HTML Entity? What is an HTML Entity?
HTML entities explained through reserved characters, invisible spaces, ampersands, symbols, punctuation, browser rendering, and when entities are useful.
Renaming and Destructuring Variables in ES6. Renaming and Destructuring Variables in ES6
Perhaps one of the most‑used but misunderstood features of ES6, destructuring data is easy to use and leads to cleaner, simpler code and happier developers!
How to Choose a React Developer. How to Choose a React Developer
Hiring a React developer is about more than matching keywords. This guide looks at fundamentals, judgement, and what good front‑end signals look like.
Create Arrays of Any Size with Placeholder Content in JavaScript. Create Arrays of Any Size with Placeholder Content in JavaScript
There are many different ways of creating placeholder arrays in JavaScript ‑ whether the array itself is a placeholder, or simply the content within it.
The Quirks of z‑index. The Quirks of
z‑indexDebug z‑index quirks in CSS by understanding positioning, stacking contexts, opacity, transforms, huge values, and why layers still misbehave again.
Life as a Freelance Developer in Brighton. Life as a Freelance Developer in Brighton
Freelance development in Brighton examined honestly, covering seaside appeal, local community, high costs, commuting, limited local work, and trade‑offs.
Ethical Web Development: Part II. Ethical Web Development: Part II
Ethical web development part two covers accessibility, inclusivity, WCAG, open source responsibility, and how developers can make safer web experiences.
How to Hire a Freelance Front‑End Developer. How to Hire a Freelance Front‑End Developer
Hire a freelance front‑end developer by clarifying scope, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, testing, performance, debugging, frameworks, and collaboration needs.
Ethical Web Development: Part I. Ethical Web Development: Part I
As a developer (and especially perhaps as a front end developer) we have a unique responsibility to our users, and to remove unethical practices from the web.
How Much Does a Front‑End Developer Make? How Much Does a Front‑End Developer Make?
Freelance front‑end developers can earn a wide range of salaries depending on their skills, experience, location, and the type of projects they take on.
The Differences Between Lead and Senior Roles in Front‑End Development. The Differences Between Lead and Senior Roles in Front‑End Development
Lead and senior front‑end roles overlap, but they are not the same job. This article looks at delivery, ownership, mentoring, and decision‑making.
Block Bad Bots Using .htaccess. Block Bad Bots Using
.htaccessBlock bad bots with .htaccess and robots.txt, including why unwanted crawlers waste bandwidth, where rules help, and what to treat with caution too.
What Does Front‑End Development Mean? What Does Front‑End Development Mean?
What front‑end development means, what front‑end developers actually build, and how HTML, CSS, JavaScript, accessibility, and performance fit together.
What is Front‑End Development? What is Front‑End Development?
Front‑end web development explained through HTML, CSS, JavaScript, UI work, browser behaviour, back‑end integration, and what front‑end developers do.
Access CSS Variables from a Database via db-connect. Access CSS Variables from a Database via
db‑connectIn CSS, db‑connect is a misunderstood but immensely useful technique for connecting to databases directly from vanilla CSS in order to access stored properties.
Incremental Static Regeneration and CMS Publishing Freshness. Incremental Static Regeneration and CMS Publishing Freshness
How Incremental Static Regeneration affects CMS publishing freshness, including rebuild timing, stale pages, previews, and editorial expectations.
Installing Gatsby onto an M1 MacBook Air. Installing Gatsby onto an M1 MacBook Air
Set up Gatsby on an M1 MacBook Air with Xcode, Homebrew, NVM, Node.js, vips, Yarn, the Gatsby CLI, dependency reinstall steps, and native image dependencies.
