One of the big battles we see in the web development world is still CSS vs. JavaScript. Both have their merits, their own syntax and ideas and it can be tough to get your head around them. This is why I love that we have ways to make the two communicate and use each for […]
Today is Visual Studio Code day and I gave a talk about an extension to Visual Studio Code that helps you with avoiding context switching. If you want to listen to the talk, here is a pre-recording I did as a fallback should my connection not work out. Here’s what I talked about: Hello there, […]
I just love how far CSS has come in the last few years. With custom properties and media queries you can achieve so much in just a few lines of code. For example, these 15 lines make sure that users of light mode in their operating systems get a black on white document and those […]
The other day I had a friend come to my place with the request to “learn HTML and how web sites work”. We spent a few hours playing with the topic and she got excited and quite far into it. The whole thing reminded me about a real problem when it comes to teaching people […]
There are lots of ways to test your web site for accessibility issues. Services, software packages, even human testing companies. They all have their place and often a test with real people is the best thing to do. However, for a quick, preliminary test you don’t need to install anything or pay for a service. […]