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Front‑end web development is my personal niche, it is the art of creating visual and interactive elements for a website, including layout, design, and interactivity, using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Below you will find a subset of articles from my blog specifically about Front‑End 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 eight articles collected together for you below.
Static Generation vs. Server‑Side Rendering in Next.js. 
Break Out of CSS Nesting with Sass. Break Out of CSS Nesting with Sass
On the occasion that you need to break a single (or several) CSS rules out of the nested structure of your CSS, the Sass @at‑root rule is exactly what you need.
Advanced Sass: Loops. Advanced Sass: Loops
Use Sass loops more deliberately, including while, for, and each patterns, generated selectors, readable output, and where loops beat repetition.
Using Storybook to Document Front‑End Components. Using Storybook to Document Front‑End Components
How Storybook can document front‑end components, states, edge cases, accessibility checks, and design conversations outside the main application.
Hiding Empty Elements with CSS. Hiding Empty Elements with CSS
Hide empty elements with the CSS :empty pseudo‑class, including strict matching rules, whitespace caveats, supported selectors, and practical UI uses.
Disabling Text Selection Highlighting with CSS. Disabling Text Selection Highlighting with CSS
User‑select makes stopping visitors from selecting items on‑page easy, and can be combined with ::selection to capture the browsers where user‑select is absent.
If Not Internet Explorer Conditional HTML. If Not Internet Explorer Conditional HTML
Conditional comments were once the standard way to target Internet Explorer. This guide shows how the non‑IE pattern works and where it catches people out.
How to Replace All Instances of a String in JavaScript. How to Replace All Instances of a String in JavaScript
Replacing every instance of a string in JavaScript depends on what you are matching. This guide covers replaceAll(), regexes, and older fallbacks.
Understanding Element Dimensions in JavaScript: Width and Height. Understanding Element Dimensions in JavaScript: Width and Height
Measure element dimensions in JavaScript with clientWidth, offsetWidth, getBoundingClientRect(), innerWidth, outerWidth, and responsive layout cautions.
Managing Design Values in Front‑End Code. Managing Design Values in Front‑End Code
Manage colours, spacing, typography, breakpoints, and component values in front‑end code without scattering design decisions or weakening consistency.
How to Use and Clear the CSS float Property. How to Use and Clear the CSS
floatPropertyUse and clear the CSS float property in legacy layouts, including text wrapping, clearing behaviour, layout examples, and when modern tools are better.
Using display in CSS. Using
displayin CSSUnderstand the CSS display property, including block, inline, inline‑block, none, flex, and grid, plus how defaults affect front‑end layout decisions.
How to Use grid in CSS. How to Use
gridin CSSStart using CSS Grid with containers, columns, rows, item placement, gaps, track sizing, flexible layouts, and practical two‑dimensional examples.
UseReducer in React. useReducerin React`UseReducer` in React explained clearly, including reducer functions, action objects, complex state updates, and when it is a better fit than `useState`.
Check If Three Values are Equal in JavaScript. Check If Three Values are Equal in JavaScript
A brief explanation of how to check if three variables are equal in JavaScript using the equality operators, ternary operator and Array.prototype.every method.
Toggle a Boolean in JavaScript. Toggle a Boolean in JavaScript
A brief explanation of how to toggle a variable in JavaScript by inverting its value. Learn how to switch a variable from true to false and vice versa.
Dynamic Routes in Next.js. Dynamic Routes in Next.js
Dynamic routes in Next.js explained with `[slug]` pages, route params, nested segments, and why file‑based dynamic routing simplifies content‑driven sites.
JavaScript’s Math.random(). JavaScript's
Math.random()JavaScript Math.random() explained beyond the basics, including pseudo‑random generation, browser history, ranges, array indexes, and randomness limits.
