The Internet We Know is Built on Hacks
Explores how modern web technologies like HTTP2 and Flexbox evolved from early HTML hacks and workarounds to solve fundamental web limitations.
Explores how modern web technologies like HTTP2 and Flexbox evolved from early HTML hacks and workarounds to solve fundamental web limitations.
A developer argues for learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals before jumping into frameworks like React or Angular.
Automating a weekly tech newsletter using MailChimp, Markdown, and Rake tasks to streamline HTML generation and content management.
A practical guide summarizing WCAG web accessibility guidelines with actionable examples for developers.
Facebook's Instant Articles highlights the web's performance problem, analyzing why speed is a critical feature and the trend of circumventing the web for speed.
Explains how to use the HTML link tag with rel="alternate" to provide alternate content versions like themes, languages, and feeds.
A developer shares their personal answers to the H5BP Frontend Developer Interview Questions, covering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals.
A comprehensive guide to implementing favicons and touch icons across browsers, covering formats, HTML declaration, and browser compatibility.
Explains the purpose and importance of the <meta charset='UTF-8'> tag in HTML for proper character encoding.
Explains the purpose and importance of the HTML <!doctype> declaration, covering its history, browser compatibility, and validation.
Explains how to use the HTML <picture> element for better SVG fallback and art direction, replacing JavaScript-based methods.
A web developer argues against using target="_blank" on links, explaining why it's bad for user experience and control.
Explains the HTML download attribute, its use cases for triggering file downloads, browser support, and best practices like showing file size.
A tutorial showing how to create a simple HTML redirect page, with both a PHP-enhanced version and a plain HTML/JavaScript version.
A tutorial on adding rich HTML documentation to Swift Playgrounds for interactive learning experiences.
A 5-step tutorial on converting Markdown to HTML with Python, adding syntax highlighting for code blocks using Python-Markdown and Pygments.
A tutorial on creating internal links and a table of contents in IPython Notebooks and Markdown documents using HTML anchors.
Introducing handroll, a simple static site generator for creating handcrafted websites with Markdown and templates.
A developer's personal recap of attending the CSUN 2014 conference, focusing on learning about web accessibility, ARIA, and meeting experts in the field.
Part 2 of a series on HTML structure, focusing on semantic markup for navigation and other page elements.