Josh Collinsworth is a Design Engineer at Deno and former Shopify senior frontend developer, writing about web development, design, and modern JavaScript. He shares practical insights on frontend engineering, SvelteKit, accessibility, and the intersection of design and code.
43 articles from this blog
Guide to migrating from old to new routing and data loading syntax in SvelteKit's August 2022 update, including a migration tool.
An analysis arguing React's dominance is due to popularity, not technical superiority, and that newer frameworks may be better choices for modern projects.
Developer announces Hondo, a continuous, Wordle-inspired word game with energy mechanics and special abilities.
A guide to building accessible toggle buttons with optimal HTML semantics and framework examples for Svelte, Vue, and React.
A guide for web developers on debugging iOS Safari websites using only a Mac, covering emulation and developer tools.
A tutorial on building responsive bar charts using CSS Grid, with no external libraries required.
A tutorial on building a static Markdown blog using SvelteKit, covering setup, fundamentals, and integration with Sass and an API.
A guide to adding GitHub-powered comments to a static website using the utterances library, which leverages GitHub issues for storage.
A developer's experience and technical guide for migrating a static site from the Gridsome framework to the newer SvelteKit meta-framework.
An introduction to the Svelte JavaScript framework, comparing its developer experience and performance to React and Vue.
A developer's journey from WordPress to modern static site generators, detailing the evolution of their personal site and the reasons for moving away from the platform.
Developer announces Quina, their first standalone word game app built with web technologies and published on the Google Play Store.
A tutorial on using the Block Lab WordPress plugin to create custom Gutenberg blocks with minimal coding required.
A developer details migrating a blog to a headless WordPress setup using Gridsome and the Jamstack, explaining the concepts and process.
A tutorial on integrating CodeKit, a Mac development tool, with Local (formerly Local by Flywheel) to enhance WordPress local development with features like live reload.
A guide to detecting duplicate property values in an array of JavaScript objects using Sets and the map method.
A guide to enabling and styling full-width and wide-width image support for the Gutenberg editor in WordPress themes using PHP and CSS.
A tutorial explaining the basics and benefits of CSS variables (custom properties) for cleaner, more maintainable stylesheets.
A developer details the process of building a custom WordPress theme from scratch, using tools like Local by Flywheel, CodeKit, Sass, and Timber.
A developer shares their essential software and tools for efficient WordPress development, including editors, utilities, and productivity apps.
