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December 2022

December 2, 2022

The value of the right tools
December 1, 2022

The new wave of front-end developer tools

November 2022

November 30, 2022

How to write resumes that get you an interview
November 29, 2022

The biggest mistake on your resume (and how to fix it)
November 28, 2022

Your resume probably won't be seen by a human (and how to fix that)
November 23, 2022

Whats your biggest career or job search challenge?
November 22, 2022

The future of the reactive web is Vue
November 21, 2022

Pixel perfect is not the goal
November 18, 2022

I'm going to miss Twitter
November 17, 2022

The not quite Black Friday event
November 16, 2022

How do you translate designs into code?
November 15, 2022

HTML includes with compilers and static site generators (SSGs)
November 14, 2022

HTML includes using web components and iframes
November 11, 2022

HTML includes with web components
November 10, 2022

4 ways to include external content in your HTML
November 9, 2022

How to build a web app with vanilla JavaScript
November 8, 2022

How to shorten a URL with vanilla JavaScript and the Shrtcode API
November 7, 2022

A live chat about the rise and fall of JavaScript libraries with Anatolii Ulitovskyi
November 4, 2022

A vanilla JavaScript range() method
November 3, 2022

Coding and cheap speakers
November 2, 2022

Build tool plugins for web performance
November 1, 2022

Watch: Stuff you need to know about JavaScript

October 2022

October 31, 2022

When should you use event delegation?
October 28, 2022

When do you use a JavaScript library instead of writing your own code?
October 27, 2022

Stuff you need to know about JavaScript
October 26, 2022

CSS is awesome
October 25, 2022

A case study in alt text
October 24, 2022

Legacy tools linger
October 21, 2022

The transitional web
October 20, 2022

Congrats, you're a front end developer!
October 19, 2022

Creating a deep copy of an object or array with the structuredClone() method in vanilla JavaScript
October 18, 2022

How to document object properties with JSDoc
October 17, 2022

Rest parameters vs. the spread operator in vanilla JavaScript
October 14, 2022

CSS Grid vs. Flexbox for layout
October 13, 2022

How to move elements around in the DOM with vanilla JavaScript