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April 2020

I don't care what Google or Apple do

How to remove white space from the beginning or end of a string with vanilla JS

March 2020

How to make the transition from beginner to advanced developer

Repeating a string with vanilla JavaScript

How to check if a string ends with another string using vanilla JS

How to check if a string starts with another string using vanilla JS

How to replace one element with another with vanilla JavaScript

How to make an exact copy of an element with vanilla JavaScript

How to send data to an API with the vanilla JS fetch() method

How to use the URL API with vanilla JS

How to abstract your code with vanilla JS

How to automatically assign a filename when using the HTML download attribute to download a file

We are the helpers

Chatting about the Lean Web on the Web Platform Podcast

Security and performance issues with target="_blank" on links

I don't know if you're reading this

Checking for an item in a string or array after a specific index with vanilla JS

How to check for an item in an array with vanilla JS

How to check for text in a string with vanilla JS

HTML: the inaccessible parts

How to create an autocomplete input with only HTML

How to animate scrolling to anchor links with one line of CSS

How to prevent anchor links from scrolling behind a sticky header with one line of CSS

How to create a sticky navigation with only CSS

February 2020

Third-party libraries and security issues

CSS selectors and specificity explained

Why write vanilla JS when you can just use [insert library or framework here]?

How to use requestAnimationFrame() with vanilla JS

How to force a file to download instead of open in the browser using only HTML

I'm a lazy dev

The Fetch API performance vs. XHR in vanilla JS

Greater than code

let, hoisting, and the temporal dead zone with vanilla JS

Using let to declare variables

Resources for building a JAMStack website or web app