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Written content to help you along your web development journey, without forgetting to have some fun along the way.
Designing a Website for Variable Content using Extremes
Designing a website with variable content is challenging. Here’s a suggestion I give designers that helps strengthen the system without adding significant scope to the project.
Creating Parity Between CI and Jamstack Deployment Process
You can get to production faster by separating CI and build/deployment process. But there’s risk in it. Here are two approaches to help with the decision.
10 Angular Tools to Build Creative Web Apps
To help the developers build robust and high-quality web apps, Angular offers plenty of useful tools.
A CLI Tool for Catching Typos in Code and Content
A handy CLI tool for catching misspellings in any files in your codebase.
Open External next/link Links in a New Tab
Add a component that dynamically swaps between next/link and a native anchor tag, and decides how to write the target attribute, all based on the href property.
A Brief Introduction to Inlining Critical CSS
Although more applicable to traditionally-built sites, inlining critical CSS can be a quick and easy performance boost for your site, especially as it grows.
One of My Favorite Performance-Boosting Netlify Plugins
Inlining critical CSS is a breeze for classic SSG sites built and deployed using Netlify. Here’s how it works.
Run React Effect Hook only Once in Strict Mode
Running React in strict mode with Next.js can lead to useEffect callbacks with zero dependencies to run twice in development. Here’s a way around that.
Avoiding an Infinite Loop in the useEffect Hook
It’s surprisingly easy to create infinite loops in React.
Styling Placeholders for Select Fields
A (limited) CSS-only approach for styling placeholders, along with a way to work around the limitations with a custom JS-based solution.