Use CSS to Change the Mouse Cursor
Change the mouse cursor with CSS using built‑in cursor values or custom assets, while keeping interaction cues useful and avoiding distracting effects.
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Practical notes and articles on React, Next.js and web platform work.
Use CSS to Change the Mouse Cursor. 
Exploring CSS Viewport Units Beyond vw and vh. Exploring CSS Viewport Units Beyond
vwandvhExplore CSS viewport units beyond vw and vh, including vmin, vmax, vi, vb, svh, lvh, and dvh for mobile browser chrome, writing modes, and sizing bugs.
Happy Holidays! Happy Holidays!
A short 2021 holiday note closing the working year, thanking clients and collaborators, and reflecting on a productive year before the Christmas break.
Cleaning up Your JavaScript Code: The Double Bang (!!) Operator. Cleaning up Your JavaScript Code: The Double Bang (
!!) OperatorThe double bang operator turns values into explicit booleans, but it is not always the clearest option. Here's when it helps and when it does not.
Web Development and the Environment. Web Development and the Environment
Web development has an environmental cost, from heavy pages to inefficient infrastructure. This article looks at where teams can reduce the damage.
Understanding and Using Flexbox in CSS. Understanding and Using Flexbox in CSS
Flexbox in CSS allows for flexible, dynamic and responsive layouts. Learn how to use its properties to create efficient interfaces and avoid potential issues.
React vs. Vue vs. Angular. React vs. Vue vs. Angular
Compare React, Vue, and Angular across ecosystem, learning curve, state, templates, team fit, SEO concerns, and how to choose a front‑end framework.
Specificity in CSS. Specificity in CSS
CSS specificity explains why some selectors win and others stubbornly do not. This guide breaks down the rules without making them feel mystical.
Static Site Generators. Static Site Generators
Static site generators trade runtime complexity for build‑time output. This article looks at the benefits, the drawbacks, and where they fit best.
Use Chrome's Developer Tools to Track Element Focus. Use Chrome's Developer Tools to Track Element Focus
Use Chrome Developer Tools to track focused elements, debug phantom keyboard focus, improve accessibility testing, and create a useful live expression.
10 Essential SEO Tips for Front‑End Developers. 10 Essential SEO Tips for Front‑End Developers
Ten practical SEO areas front‑end developers can influence, from site speed and semantics to metadata, mobile UX, internal links, and structured data.
All About Headless CMSes. All About Headless CMSes
Websites have not been set‑and‑forget for a long time now, and without the technical know‑how to update a static site, CMSes are a key part of web development.
How to Amend Git Commits. How to Amend Git Commits
Amend Git commits safely with git commit ‑‑amend, message fixes, forgotten files, reset alternatives, tidy history, and remote‑branch cautions cleanly.
A Beginner's Guide to Web Hosting. A Beginner's Guide to Web Hosting
As someone new to the web, or hoping to launch your first website, hosting may come as a bit of a complicated shock. Hopefully I can help offer some advice!
What Makes a Great JavaScript Developer? What Makes a Great JavaScript Developer?
What makes a great JavaScript developer goes well beyond syntax. This article looks at judgement, fundamentals, debugging, and day‑to‑day habits.
Do Websites Need to Look the Same in Every Browser? Do Websites Need to Look the Same in Every Browser?
Progressive enhancement in web development is often misunderstood: it allows us to take advantage of more modern browsers, without penalising the older ones.
Adaptive vs. Responsive Design & Development. Adaptive vs. Responsive Design & Development
Now used as almost trivial marketing buzz words, there really are significant differences between responsive and adaptive design and development techniques.
What Skills are Required for a Front‑End Developer? 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.
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.
Flexbox vs. grid. Flexbox vs.
gridAt first glance, 'flexbox' and 'grid' in CSS appear to solve similar problems in different ways. They are both suited to very different layouts however.
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!
