2024-09-30-Inspirations

A button is arguably the most likely component to find itself in your codebase so I’m going to show you how I approach building one.

I scratched my own itch (again) and built a command line tool for “CanIUse …”.

A set of custom elements for rule checking and toggling the value visibility of an HTML password input.

Looking into what the new CSS :has selector is and how it can be used to improve our React code. Includes practical and beautiful examples.

The :has selector is incredibly powerful. Things that used to require JavaScript can now be accomplished exclusively using CSS!

There’s differing, strong opinions on how best masonry layouts should finally be realised in CSS. Nicole does a good job of bringing us up to speed on the various sides both clearly and fairly.

Sticky positioning is one of those CSS features that’s pretty delicate and can be negated by a lot of things, so here’s another one to add to your mental catalog: Sticky elements don’t play nicely if they have to coordinate with other elements to make up a combined height, like `100vh`. Philip Braunen explores why this happens and presents a solution to fix it.

In software development, certain principles stand as the bedrock for writing code that is not only functional but also clean, maintainable, and efficient. In this article, we will explore 9 such software design principles every developer should have in their toolkit.

I find the Web Custom Formats proposal promising, and I hope it becomes implemented by all of the major browsers. It seems like it would enable writing custom data types to the clipboard in a secure and practical manner.

Are you developing public services? Or a system that people might access when they're in desperate need of help? Plain HTML works. A small bit of simple CSS will make look decent. JavaScript is probably unnecessary - but can be used to progressively enhance stuff.

Brian LeRoux posted a few thoughts about forms and the idea of a “good form” resonated with me so I dogpiled some of my own thoughts and experiences on it. Here’s a compilation of those ideas. I’m sure this is incomplete and would love to see your list.