Frontend build tooling is crucial to the workflow of the modern frontend developer for a host of reasons classified under improved developer and user experiences. From the developer’s perspective, frontend tooling gives us: the ability to author modules, a dev server for local development, Hot Module Replacement (HMR) for a shorter feedback loop in development…
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Digital accessibility tends to be taught through the lens of how your experience works (or fails to work) with a screen reader. It makes sense to think that, if it works for a screen reader, it will also work for a lot of other kinds of assistive technology. However, this approach also indirectly reinforces the…
This article is a sponsored by Bryntum In Part 1 of this article, we developed a web component for an interactive Gantt Chart. Now we will enhance the Gantt Chart component with some interaction possibilities for editing the jobs: the job bars are made resizable by mouse-dragging, and we also implement an editing dialogue that…
As both an entrepreneur and designer, I understand the ways startup founders think. Most of them start a project with visions of a perfect product in their head. However, in reality, a well-performing product will likely look way different than an initial concept. Instead of seeking perfection from the outset, beginning with a Minimum Viable…
We often focus on the latest techniques and tooling, trying to optimize our workflows and processes. However, in the end, every single person has their own goals and ambitions, and too often, our individual goals are left far behind the company’s goals and product development roadmaps. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been receiving a…
Nanny State helps you manage state simply and efficiently in JavaScript without Redux, Vuex or other large libraries Continue reading Simple State Management in JavaScript with Nanny State on SitePoint.
I previously viewed animations as something playful. Something that adds fuzziness to interfaces. Apart from that, in good hands, animation can make interfaces clearer. One property of animations on the Web that I didn’t hear much about is their precision. That Web Animations API allows us to drop workarounds concerned with JavaScript timing issues. In…
Learn how to use z-index in CSS and the best strategies for stacking elements Continue reading Mastering z-index in CSS on SitePoint.
Is your compliance ILT forcing you to scrimp and save on other areas of L&D? Long seat times leaving your organization understaffed? Find out how to cut costs and speed up the timeline using ILT and an LMS. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.
At the start of this year ReadWriteThink re-released all of their popular interactive templates for creating all kinds of things including poems, story plots, timelines, compare & contrast maps, and much more. If you haven’t looked at ReadWriteThink in a while, take a look at these updated templates that can be used for lessons in…