First steps with Sveltekit
SvelteKit is great for one reason: performance. And it's this above everything else (except accessibility) that I'm excited about.
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I came across a tool recently that I'm really excited about ... it's something that I think can solve one of the most pressing concerns in JavaScript development: rehydration.
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Templating with JSX in React is easy ... until it's not. Recently a colleague recommended I use the logical and operator instead of a ternary. However once we'd dug into it a little, we found these operators do very different things ...
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Destructuring is a common pattern when it comes to using styled components in complex situations. But it can be hazardous to clearly identify nesting. Here are a few suggestions.
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It's no secret that NextJS is knocked the socks off Gatsby last year in terms of developer adoption. I think the frameworks will keep learning from each other (read: steal features), and it's a good thing for both frameworks. Here's my take on what could be announced at Gatsby's forthcoming conference.
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Over a year ago I was invited to give a talk at London dev meetup JS Roundabout on the subject of accessibility. I recently discovered the talk has been put online ...
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We recently had a situation using jest-axe in tests, where the landmarks feature wasn't work as expected. This helped me verify why we shouldn't rely solely on automated tools, never mind how good they are.
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When I was younger, I studied a form of Cognitive Behavioural therapy called Counselling. I studied for over 2 years but never took it up as a career. Even so, there are some valuable lessons that continue to help me in my web development career. Here are four of them.
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2020 has been ... a lot. But I've also learned a ton of stuff. Though I can't ever say I know enough of anything, my objectives for 2021 are going to be quite different from previous years...
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I've been keenly interested in a specific subset of CMSes since about 2 years ago, when it became clear that Zopa would soon need to invest in one, and that I would be involved in choosing something that would be a good fit for the company. This post is a roundup of some of the great products available, and is the result of some of the research and proofs-of-concept I have made.
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