Last week, I wrote about my experience working with the team at Cloud Four, and in particular some of their great practices around PR management. Today, I wanted to talk specifically about a habit my friend Gerardo Rodriguez got me into: reviewing your own pull request. It’s pretty simple. When you create a pull request in GitHub, click on the Files changed tab, and scroll through the diff. Anywhere you’ve done something new that’s not already explained by in-code comments, add a comment in the GUI about what you did and why.

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Google recently told developers that Android Instant Apps will be removed at the end of the year due to their low adoption. iOS App Clips, which provide similar functionality, should meet a similar fa...

All web developers know, at some level, that accessibility is important. But when push comes to shove, it can be hard to prioritize it above a bazillion other concerns when you’re trying to c…

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If you’re a designer who’d like to give in-browser mockups a try in your own work, this could be your starting point.

Let’s make a more useful utility class without giving up any versatility.

It can be surprising for new clients to see just how much of our design process happens in HTML, CSS and (light) JavaScript. While we do plenty of ideation exercises, sketching, wireframes, mockups an...

PixelPalooza will explore all the ways we, as developers, can leverage media like images, video, audio and documents across our sites and applications.

Part 4 explores the ValidityState API, a powerful, approachable, and well-supported API we can use to define custom validation messages.

Parts 1 and 2 of this series explore the browser's built-in HTML & CSS form validation features and how to progressively enhance the experience by layering in JavaScript. This article continues the ex...

In Part 2 of this series, we take the base HTML and CSS form validation experience and progressively enhance it by adding JavaScript and the Constraint Validation API while also addressing accessibili...

Browsers nowadays have built-in form validation features that make JavaScript-only solutions unnecessary. Let's explore what this might look like using progressive enhancement techniques.

As a general rule, when merging a pull request from a feature branch with a messy commit history, you should squash your commits. There are exceptions, but i...

Can our GIF-like embeds support playback controls, alternative text, and reduced motion?

The responsive images spec covers a lot of use cases, but most of the time you’ll only need one: Serving a different sized copy of the same image depending o...