The great gaslighting of the JavaScript era
I'm not sure I agree fully with everything Jared has written here – and there's a strong feeling of bias-tinted vision to some of the claims – but I enjoyed the overall trend of the argument and […]
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Progressively enhancing forms
Developers seem to have invented a thousand different ways to avoid using HTML forms these days, which constantly makes me think we're all reinventing the wheel. Surely there's a simpler, more […]
Progressive
A wonderful overview of why progressive enhancement and inclusive design go hand-in-hand, and why both are still necessary and deeply useful techniques for modern web development. I particularly […]
The unreasonable effectiveness of simple HTML
An ideal anecdote for why HTML should remain the prioritised foundation of any website and how progressive enhancement is an absolute necessity if you're working on critical digital infrastructure […]
Saving forms
A very clever (and well explained) method for helping users complete forms. Particularly with modern pop-up forms, I'd say at least once a month I'm part way through typing something and […]
Hey now
Can you use progressive enhancement when building a web app (whatever that is)? Of course you can, HEY have proven so (not that it should have needed […]
The beauty of progressive enhancement
Manuel wanted to see how a new site he'd built worked on the updated Nokia 3310, which rocks a paired-down version of Opera Mini (yikes!). The answer? Surprisingly well, thanks to some clever […]
Jamstack full course
A solid introduction to the Jamstack, including full build tutorials for an initial SSG setup with Eleventy and Netlify, integrations with the News API service and Open Weather, geolocation checks […]