Frontend Dogma

News and Tools for Frontend Development

Articles and books, tips and tricks, craft and beauty from the world of frontend development. (Stay up-to-date on all topics by RSS feed or on Mastodon.)

  1. “<style>”: Inline Optimizations for the Bold · · , , ,
  2. The Future of 11ty · · , ,
  3. Cloning Queries in Laravel · · ,
  4. Weighing in on CSS Masonry · · ,
  5. CSS Container Queries in Practice · · , ,
  6. What’s New in Angular · · ,
  7. Beyond CSS Media Queries · · , , , ,
  8. Merging Remix and React Router · · , ,
  9. Transforming the Relationship Between Designers and Developers · · , ,
  10. State of HTML 2023 · · ,
  11. Why Designers Aren’t Understood · · , , ,
  12. 10 Updates from Google I/O 2024: Unlocking the Power of AI for Every Web Developer · · , ,
  13. New in Chrome 125 · · , , ,
  14. The Great Tech and People Hypocrisy · · ,
  15. Web Platform Status · · , , , ,
  16. The CSS Stepped Value Math Functions Are Now in Baseline 2024 · · , , , , , ,
  17. The Times You Need a Custom “@ property” Instead of a CSS Variable · · , , ,
  18. JavaScript Objects—Complete Guide · · , ,
  19. WebKit Features in Safari 17.5 · · , , , ,
  20. How I Made My GitHub Profile README Dynamic · · ,
  21. Intopia’s WCAG 2.2 Maps · · , ,
  22. Software Engineering Principles Every Frontend Developer Should Know · · , ,
  23. Manifesto for a Humane Web · · , , , , , ,
  24. The Modern Guide for Making CSS Shapes · · , , ,
  25. Make Your Figma Components Work Harder · · , ,
  26. Design Taste vs. Technical Skills in the Era of AI · · , , ,
  27. Build Your Own React.js in 400 Lines of Code · · , ,
  28. Typography Terms: Glossary · · ,
  29. How to Document Your JavaScript Package · · , , , , ,
  30. Simple Implemention to Understand “worker_threads” in Node.js · · , ,
  31. Upgrade Your HTML V · · , , , ,
  32. Why Use Web Components over Traditional DOM Manipulation? · · ,
  33. 37 Tips from a Senior Frontend Developer · · , , , ,
  34. Five Basic Things About JavaScript That Will Help Non JavaScript-Focused Web Designers · · , ,
  35. What Is UX (Not)? · · , ,
  36. Websites Are Not Books · · ,
  37. Let’s Build a Web Scraper in PHP and Python · · , ,
  38. Modern WordPress—Yikes! · · ,
  39. Evidence-Based Management Guide, 2024—What’s New? · · , , , , ,
  40. Why Patching Globals Is Harmful · · ,
  41. Introducing the Gulp Developer Survey · · ,
  42. How We’re Building More Inclusive and Accessible Components at GitHub · · , , , ,
  43. Javascript “var”, “let”, and “const” Explained · ·
  44. A Brief Note on Highlighted Text · · , , , ,
  45. Inclusive Digital Experiences: Redesign Strategies for Addressing Diverse Abilities and Accessibility Challenges II · · , , ,
  46. What’s New in Node.js v22 · · ,
  47. Using the Popover API for HTML Tooltips · · , ,
  48. Mastering User-Centered Design, With 5 Advanced Tips · · , , , ,
  49. Using Simple Tools as a Radical Act of Independence · · , ,
  50. Misconceptions About CSS Specificity · · ,
  51. The 7 Most Useful Web Design and Web Development Glossaries · · , ,
  52. Securing Client-Side JavaScript · · , ,
  53. Shades of Grey With “color-mix()” · · , ,
  54. A to Z of Assistive Technology for Reading Digital Text · · , , , ,
  55. At Some Point, JavaScript Got Good · · ,
  56. WCAG After Quarter of a Century—We Still Need More Awareness · · , ,
  57. How Slack Automates Deploys · · , ,
  58. Poor Express Authentication Patterns in Node.js and How to Avoid Them · · , , ,
  59. Content Standards in Design Systems · · , ,
  60. So I Got Fired · ·
  61. Quick-and-Dirty Accessibility · · ,
  62. Web Components from Early 2024 · · ,
  63. Combining CSS “:has()” and HTML “<select>” for Greater Conditional Styling · · , , ,
  64. How to Archive Your Design System Effectively · · , ,
  65. Frontend Development on Frontend Dogma, April 2024 AI Summary · · ,
  66. Will the CSS Scope Feature Replace Angular’s View Encapsulation? · · , ,
  67. The Vue Ecosystem in 2024 · · , , ,
  68. Web Development Trends We Will See in 2024 · ·
  69. Introduction to htmx · · ,
  70. 3 Methods to Elevate Your Writing With Visual Content · · , ,
  71. If View Transitions and Scroll-Driven Animations Had a Baby… · · , , ,
  72. How to Create Content in WordPress With AI · · , ,
  73. When to Use Bun Instead of Node.js · · , ,
  74. Ryan Dahl: From Node.js and Deno to the “Modern” JSR Registry · · , , ,
  75. Cookie Permissions: 6 Design Guidelines · · , , , , ,
  76. Why Are My Live Regions Not Working? · · , ,
  77. Using AI to Predict Design Trends · · , ,
  78. Demystifying React’s Types: Ref Types · ·
  79. Understanding What Drupal Editors and Authors Need · ·
  80. A React Developer’s Guide to Learning Solid.js · · , , ,
  81. The Evolution of Figma’s Mobile Engine: Compiling Away Our Custom Programming Language · · , , , ,
  82. Should We Rely on Browser Detection? · · ,
  83. Web Accessibility in the 2024 [U.S.] Presidential Campaigns · · ,
  84. Use Both Ratings Average and Number of Ratings When Sorting by User Ratings · · , ,
  85. Pretty Much Every Website Uses the Wrong Font Size… · · ,
  86. An Alternative Proposal for CSS Masonry · · , ,
  87. Popover API Is Here · · , ,
  88. I Reviewed 1,000s of Opinions on htmx · ·
  89. Handling the Indentation of a Treeview Component · ·
  90. New to the Web Platform in April · · , , , , , , , ,
  91. What Is Vite (and Why Is It So Popular)? · ·
  92. My Approach to HTML Web Components · · ,
  93. How to Design Accessible Forms in 10 Steps · · , , ,
  94. WebAssembly Performance Patterns for Web Apps · · , ,
  95. Deprecating Support for “-ms-high-contrast” and “-ms-high-contrast-adjust” · · , , ,
  96. CSS Inheritance · · ,
  97. Superior Range Syntax · · ,
  98. Accessibility Evolution of Organizations · · , ,
  99. No, I Don’t Want to Fill out Your Contact Form · · ,
  100. The Polish Paradox · · , ,
  101. Top 50 System Design Interview Questions for 2024 · · , ,
  102. Passkeys: A Shattered Dream · · , ,
  103. The Picture-Superiority Effect: Harness the Power of Visuals · · , ,
  104. What Do Developers Want from AI? · · , ,
  105. Ditch Dotenv: Node.js Now Natively Supports .env File Loading · · , ,
  106. Basic Algorithms · · , ,
  107. Optimizing INP: A Deep Dive · · , , , , , , , ,
  108. Design Deja Vu · · , , , ,
  109. Maintaining a Design System in Figma · · , ,
  110. The HTML, CSS, and SVG for a Classic Search Form · · , , , ,
  111. The Rise of Large-Language-Model Optimization · · ,
  112. Popover API Lands in Baseline · · , , , , ,
  113. Conducting Accessibility Research in an Inaccessible Ecosystem · · , , ,
  114. Celebrate JavaScript Naked Day Every Year on April 24 · · , ,
  115. How to Escape JavaScript for a Script Tag · · , , ,
  116. HTML Attributes vs. DOM Properties · · , ,
  117. JSR Is Not Another Package Manager · · ,
  118. Node.js 22 Available Now · · ,
  119. The Problem With “new URL()”, and How “URL.parse()” Fixes That · · ,
  120. Write Better CSS With Modern CSS · · , , ,
  121. The Perfect Site Doesn’t Exist · · , ,
  122. Why Don’t We Talk About Minifying CSS Anymore? · · , ,
  123. The New “!important” · · ,
  124. Printing Music With CSS Grid · · ,
  125. Adding ESLint and Auto-Fixing an Existing TypeScript Project · · , , ,
  126. Comparing Full Stack and Headless CMS Platforms · · , , ,
  127. Creating Fluid Typography With the CSS “clamp()” Function · · , ,
  128. F-Shape Pattern and How Users Read · · ,
  129. Hello Bun: How Sveld Now Deploys 2× Faster on GitHub and Render · · , , ,
  130. The First Framework That Lets You Visualize Your React/Node.js App · · , ,
  131. The Front End Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024 · · , , , , ,
  132. Update on the Plan for Phase-Out of Third-Party Cookies on Chrome · · , , , ,
  133. Reflecting on My Programming Career · ·
  134. Your Page Can’t Change Media Features · · , , ,
  135. How the Meaning of Colour Varies per Culture · · ,
  136. Notes on Quality · · , ,
  137. Using Vite to Rebuild Local Dependencies in an npm Workspace · · , ,
  138. Latency Numbers Every Frontend Developer Should Know · · , ,
  139. Images as the First Thing in a Button or Link · · , , , ,
  140. Invoking Elements by Using Only HTML: A First Look at Invokers · · , ,
  141. 15 Essential UX Design Principles and Practices for Developers · · , ,
  142. The Crucial Dance: Enhancing Designer–Developer Collaboration for Exceptional Products · · ,
  143. Using Legitimate GitHub URLs for Malware · · ,
  144. What You Can Do as a Web Builder on Earth Day · · ,
  145. Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking to a Friend · · ,
  146. The Ultimate Collection of CSS-Only Shapes · · ,
  147. 5 Hidden CSS Properties You Didn’t Know Existed · ·
  148. 3 Essential Design Trends, May 2024 · · ,
  149. What Is CI/CD Pipelines: A Crucial Skill for Every Software Engineer · · ,
  150. Creating a UX Playbook for Onboarding Users to Your Product · · , ,
  151. April 24 Is JS Naked Day · · , ,
  152. Considerations for AI Opt-Out · ·
  153. Detect JavaScript Support · · , , ,
  154. Optimising React Apps · · ,
  155. A Conversation With Una Kravets: The Rapid Evolution of CSS and Hobbies Outside of Work · · , ,
  156. 3 Tips for Advanced Prototyping in Figma · · , ,
  157. Make Product Design Great Again · · , ,
  158. Long Alt · · , , , , ,
  159. Make Sure That Your Design System Is Accessible · · ,
  160. Detect JavaScript Support in CSS · · , , ,
  161. Node.js Task Runner · · ,
  162. Using “@ defer” Defer Views in Angular 17 · · , ,
  163. A Short Guide to Mastering Keyboard Shortcuts on GitHub · · , ,
  164. Help Us Invent CSS Grid Level 3, aka “Masonry” Layout · · ,
  165. How to Work With GraphQL in WordPress in 2024 · · , ,
  166. This Web of Ours, Revisited · ·
  167. How to Create CSS Utility Classes · · ,
  168. Accessibility Overlays—Friend or Foe? · · , ,
  169. Building a Culture of Accessibility · · ,
  170. Git Common Developer Pitfalls and Solutions · ·
  171. The End of an Era: Women Who Code Closing · ·
  172. The “Intl.Segmenter” Object Is Now Part of Baseline · · , , , ,
  173. Sustainable Web Development: Website Redesign With a Low Carbon Footprint · · ,
  174. Building an npm Package Compatible With ESM and CJS in 2024 · · , ,
  175. What’s Going On in Dark Theme / Light Theme Land · · , ,
  176. A Primer on the Cascade and Specificity · · , ,
  177. Angular’s New Signal Inputs · · , ,
  178. 12 Tips from a Mid-Level Developer · · ,
  179. Converting Plain Text to Encoded HTML With Vanilla JavaScript · · , ,
  180. Displaying HTML Web Components · · ,
  181. How to Write World-Beating Web Content · · , ,
  182. Property Hooks Are Coming in PHP 8.4 · · ,
  183. Upgrading jQuery: Working Towards a Healthy Web · · , ,
  184. When Security and Accessibility Clash: Why Are Banking Applications So Inaccessible? · · ,
  185. Who Should Block AI Bots? · · , ,
  186. Webhooks and WebSockets · · ,
  187. The Impact of Color Contrast on Accessibility · · , ,
  188. [pnpm] v9.0.0 · · ,
  189. The Invisible Seafaring Industry That Keeps the Internet Afloat · ·
  190. Things That Can Break “aspect-ratio” in CSS · ·
  191. We Need to Rewild the Internet · · , , , ,
  192. The Biggest Lie in HTML · · ,
  193. The Making of a TypeScript Feature: Inferring Type Predicates · ·
  194. Hardest Problem in Computer Science: Centering Things · · ,
  195. Alternating Style Queries · · , ,
  196. An Intro to Flexbox · · , ,
  197. ARIA in HTML · · , , ,
  198. Document Collaboration (With Comments!) · · , , ,
  199. Five Ways Cookie Consent Managers Hurt Web Performance (and How to Fix Them) · · , ,
  200. How a Successful Website Migration Led to a 20% Increase in Keyword Rankings · · , , ,
  201. Open Source Security (OpenSSF) and OpenJS Foundations Issue Alert for Social Engineering Takeovers of Open Source Projects · · ,
  202. Ethics in Times of Growth Design · · ,
  203. Don’t Use the “maxlength” Attribute to Stop Users from Exceeding the Limit · · , ,
  204. 10 Top Accessibility Errors and How to Avoid and Fix Them · ·
  205. CSS in React Server Components · · , , ,
  206. Interview With Senior JS Developer 2024 · · , , , , , , ,
  207. Beware—Automatic Tools Over-Report Accessibility Issues and Steal Your Time · · , ,
  208. My “Skip to Content” Markup Was Breaking the Back Button on iOS · · , , ,
  209. Things You Should Do in Your Dev Journey · ·
  210. What If You Had Real Control over Light Mode / Dark Mode on a Per-Site Basis? · · ,
  211. 9 Signs Your Frontend Code Has Quality Issues That Affect Your Users · · , , , , , ,
  212. 10 Things Software Developers Should Learn About Learning · · ,
  213. Blockin’ Bots · · , , ,
  214. Introducing JS Naked Day · · , ,
  215. Monitoring BFCache Blocking Reasons · · , , ,
  216. Sliding 3D Image Frames in CSS · · , ,
  217. How Do Open Source Licenses Work? The Ultimate Guide · · , ,
  218. How to Build a Reusable Grid System With CSS Grid · · , ,
  219. Naming Colors in Design Systems · · , ,
  220. CSS Tricks to Master the “clip-path” Property · · ,
  221. Gap Is the New Margin · · ,
  222. Quick Tip: How to Animate Text Gradients and Patterns in CSS · · , , , ,
  223. Web Accessibility Statement: How to Write One · · , ,
  224. Zombie Estimation · · ,
  225. A Comparison of Automated Testing Tools for Digital Accessibility · · , , , ,
  226. An Intro to CSS Grid · · , ,
  227. Unleashing Designers With Tailwind CSS · · , , ,
  228. Accessible Interactions in JavaScript Apps · · , , , ,
  229. Complete a VPAT: Show How Accessible Your Product Is · · , , ,
  230. Epic App Performance Starts With the Database · · , , , ,
  231. Socks, Lies, and Accessibility · · ,
  232. Let Me Be · · , ,
  233. Control Your Vertigo—the Unspoken Rule for Defending Design Decisions · · ,
  234. Frontend Development Beyond React: Svelte · ·
  235. JS Naked Day · · , , ,
  236. Notes on Git’s Error Messages · · ,
  237. Optimizing WebKit and Safari for Speedometer 3.0 · · , , , , ,
  238. Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 192 · · , , ,
  239. The Guide to Git I Never Had · · , , ,
  240. Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Security Releases · · , ,
  241. A Love Letter to Gen Z from Gen Y: Understanding React’s Evolution · · ,
  242. Ableism and Related Terms You Need to Know · · , ,
  243. Figma Prototypes vs. HTML Prototypes · · , , , , ,
  244. Happy CSS Naked Day 2024 · · , ,
  245. Layered Toggles: Optional CSS Mixins · · ,
  246. Recapping ng-conf 2024 · ·
  247. Sending Email Using Node.js · · ,
  248. The ADA Now Has Regulations for Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Apps · · , , ,
  249. Understanding Interaction to Next Paint (INP) · · ,
  250. An Introduction to the Node.js Performance API · · , , ,