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Managing the images on your website is no longer as simple as uploading them with fixed dimensions and considering it a job well done. The web has evolved considerably and so has the way you should approach the implementation of images on your website. We can now make use of responsive image solutions with the img srcset tag, modern file formats like WebP, and content distribution networks (CDN...
I recently came across Tiny helpers via a recommendation from the Front End Happy Hour podcast. In its own words it’s “A collection of free single-purpose online tools for web developers…” and several of which I have found quite useful. If you have some spare time take a look and see if there’s anything that might help you with your next project. ...
Ask someone how they setup their local development tooling and you’ll get a different answer every time. We all have our own ideas and opinions on what suits our needs best and that’s fine. However it can be incredibly difficult as a beginner to know where to start. So I’d like to offer a suggestion for anyone looking to try local WordPress development – that suggestion is ...
Chris Coyier has been at it again – he continues to deliver more excellent and thought provoking content around CSS and I wanted to share some of it with you. One idea in particular that has really caught my attention in recent days is his post concerning list marker alignment. It’s accompanied with a great video walk-through, and shows how we can harness Grid and Subgrid, albeit in Fi...
So apparently the ordered list element has reversed and start attributes. I never knew this before, so decided to have a go myself. Full credit for bringing this to my attention goes to Robin Rendle’s post on CSS Tricks. See the Pen Managing Ordered Lists by James (@jamesevers) on CodePen. ...
If anyone’s looking for some structure on their path towards becoming a front end web developer, then this road map is a really interesting take on where to begin and the languages and technologies to learn… https://roadmap.sh/frontend ...