There is a helluva gotcha with styling a <details> element, as documented here by Kitty Guiraudel. It’s obscure enough that you might never run into it, but if you do, I could see it being very confusing (it would confuse me, at least). Perhaps you’re aware of the shadow DOM? It’s talked about a lot in terms of web components and comes up when thinking in terms of <svg> and <use>. But <details> has a shadow DOM too: <details> #s..

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(This is a sponsored post.) Many developers love working with static site generators like Gatsby and Hugo. These powerful yet flexible systems help create beautiful websites using familiar tools like Markdown and React. Nearly every popular modern programming language has at least one actively developed, fully-featured static site generator. Static site generators boast a number of advantages, including fast page loads. Quickly rendering web pages isn’t just a technical ..

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Here’s a common thought and question: how do browsers prioritize what they work on? We get little glimpses of it sometimes. We’re told to “star issues” in bug trackers to signal interest. We’re told to get involved in GitHub threads for spec issues. We’re told they do read the blog posts. And, sometimes, we get to see the results of surveys. Chrome ran a survey about scrolling on the web back in April and has published the results with an accompanying a blog post...

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It’s not every day that a new pattern emerges across the web, but I think cmd + k is here to stay. It’s a keyboard shortcut that usually pops open a search UI and it lets you toggle settings on or off, such as dark mode. And lots of apps support it now—Slack, Notion, Linear, and Sentry (my current gig) are the ones that I’ve noticed lately, but I’m sure tons of others have started picking up on this pattern. Speaking of which, this looks like a great project..

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Have you ever been in a situation where you wish you could have some control over the values in an object or array? Maybe you wanted to prevent certain types of data or even validate the data before storing it in the object. Suppose you wanted to react to the incoming data in some way, or even the outgoing data? For example, maybe you wanted to update the DOM by displaying results or swap classes for styling changes as data changes. Ever wanted to work on a simple idea or sec..

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Blogging about HTML elements¹? *chefs kiss* Here’s Ben Myers on the (aptly described) “underrated” Definition List (<dl>) element in HTML: You might have also seen lists of name–value pairs to describe lodging amenities, or to list out individual charges in your monthly rent, or in glossaries of technical terms. Each of these is a candidate to be represented with the <dl> element. Element Definition List Coolness factor 10/10 V..

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Templating makes the web go round. The synthesis of data and structure into content. It’s our coolest superpower as developers — grab some data, then make it work for us, in whatever presentation we need. An array of objects can become a table, a list of cards, a chart, or whatever we think is most useful to the user. Whether the data is our own blog posts in Markdown files, or on-the-minute global exchange rates, the markup and resulting UX are up to us as front-end deve..

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(This is a sponsored post.) What? Jamstack Conf! It’s the best! Learn what’s happening and what’s next for this hot ecosystem. When? October 6–7, 2021 Where? Virtual / online. How much? It’s free! There are workshops as well though, at $100 a seat. Who? You! Oh you mean speakers? Netlify’s CEO Matt Biilmann gives the opening talk and I’d expect some zingers in there (I’ve been surprised at stuff in this talk three years in a row now). Oh look, Ben ..

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