Some Articles About Accessibility I’ve Saved Recently II
Show/Hide password accessibility and password hints tutorial — Nicolas Steenhout goes deep on <input type="password"> accessibility. For one thing,
VS Code Extensions for HTML
Let's look at some extensions for VS Code that make writing and editing HTML (and languages that are basically HTML with extra powers) better. You may not
How To Build A Geocoding App In Vue.js Using Mapbox — Smashing Magazine
In this guide, Prince Chukwudire will show you how to build a simple geocoding app from scratch, using Vue.js and Mapbox. He’ll cover the process from building the front-end scaffolding up to building a geocoder to handle forward geocoding and reverse geocoding. To get the most out of this guide, you’ll need a basic understanding of JavaScript and Vue.js and how to make API calls.
How to use React Context effectively
How to create and expose React Context providers and consumers
An Unbelievable Demo
Network-based policies in Cloudflare Gateway
Today we’re excited to announce the ability for administrators to configure network-based policies in Cloudflare Gateway.
Principles for user-centered front-end development
Colin Oakley:
Can I :has()
I just joked that we're basically getting everything we want in CSS super fast (mostly referring to container queries, my gosh, can you imagine they are
Pride 2021: Getting back out there
Reflections on Pride month, and how you can participate
Updates to our policies regarding exploits, malware, and vulnerability research
One month ago, we started a discussion with the community about proposed revisions to clarify GitHub’s policies on security research, malware, and exploits with the goal to enable, welcome, and…
Release Radar
We’ve seen some amazing community projects this last month. This was a huge month for your community with hundreds of new releases. There’s everything from world-changing tech to weekend hobbies.…
Getting Started With Webpack — Smashing Magazine
Modern browsers provide good support for JavaScript modules, but module bundlers such as webpack stay a critical part of the JavaScript toolchain. Module bundlers such as webpack, Parcel, Rollup and also Google’s Closure Compiler were written to create optimized bundles of your code for your end-user’s browser to download and execute. In this article, Nwani Victory will take a deep dive into what
Syria’s exam-related Internet shutdowns
To prevent cheating in exams many countries restrict or even shut down Internet access during critical exam hours. For most of June Syria is having planned Internet shutdowns during critical exam periods.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now generally available
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now generally available for all customers. It helps customers work with large, busy repositories, while enabling developers to develop and deploy with less effort than…
Static vs Unit vs Integration vs E2E Testing for Frontend Apps
What these mean, why they matter, and why they don't
The Testing Trophy and Testing Classifications
How to interpret the testing trophy for optimal clarity
Updating Illustrations at Scale - Shopify
@shopify/get-repo-images is an open source solution that makes it easily find illustrations and their references in code across multiple repositories.
How a Jenkins Job Broke our Jenkins UI
Artwork courtesy of the Jenkins project. At Slack we manage a sophisticated Jenkins infrastructure to continuously build and test our mobile apps before release. We have hundreds of jobs running in a variety of different environments. One day something very odd happened — our Jenkins UI stopped working although the jobs continued to run. This…
Managing Shared State In Vue 3 — Smashing Magazine
Writing large-scale Vue applications can be a challenge. Using shared state in your Vue 3 applications can be a solution to reducing this complexity. There are a number common solutions to solving state. In this article, I will dive into the pros and cons of approaches like factories, shared objects, and using Vuex. I’ll also show you what is coming in Vuex 5 that might change how we all use share
A Crash Course in WordPress Block Filters
Blocks in WordPress are great. Drop some into the page, arrange them how you like, and you’ve got a pretty sweet landing page with little effort. But what if
On the Diverse And Fantastical Shapes of Testing
There are arguments about whether a testing portfolio should be a pyramid or more like honeycomb. My second biggest issue with this argument is that it's rendered opaque by the fact that it's not clear what people see as the difference between unit and integration tests.
GitHub Availability Report: May 2021
In May, we experienced two incidents resulting in significant impact to multiple GitHub services.
Kinda a big announcement
The other day I was talking to a young developer working on a code base with tons of COM code, and I told him that even before… Read more “Kinda a big announcement”
You can now buy print version of my zines!
You can now buy print version of my zines!