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How to Re-Create a Nifty Netflix Animation in CSS

April 7, 2020

The design for Netflix’s browse page has remained pretty similar for a […]

How to Handle PHP Templating Without a Framework

February 4, 2020

PHP templating often gets a bad rap for facilitating subpar code — but that doesn't have to be the case...

What’s the Difference Between Primitive Values and Object References in JavaScript?

January 16, 2020

A critical distinction between immutable and mutable data...

The Dangers of the ‘+’ Operator in JavaScript

January 13, 2020

How simple addition can misfire and break JavaScript applications in ways you might not expect...

How to Deploy Node.js Shopify Apps to Digital Ocean

January 3, 2020

A comprehensive guide to deploying your Node.js Shopify App to a production-grade Digital Ocean server...

How to Overcome Tough Bugs Without Pulling Your Hair Out

December 1, 2019

8 tips for breaking through roadblocks as a programmer...

Stop Putting So Many If Statements in Your JavaScript

November 25, 2019

4 other ways of handling conditional logic in your code...

JavaScript: Sets vs. Arrays

November 17, 2019

Introducing Sets, the ES6 data type you didn’t know you needed...

How To Make Your PHP Code Beautiful With Chainable Methods

November 10, 2019

PHP has a bad reputation for being ugly. The language evolved piecemeal over time, and it shows...

Some CSS Grid Strategies for Matching Design Mockups

October 5, 2019

The world of web development has always had a gap between the […]

How to Create Lightweight Parallax Effects

January 13, 2019

Great progress has been made in the general user experience of the […]

How to Deploy Node.js Projects

January 8, 2019

Node.js has become increasingly prevalent in web application technology stacks in the […]

PHP Debugging: Pitfalls and Solutions

December 17, 2018

Web development is a challenging endeavour, and this challenge is only increasing as […]

You might not need Javascript for that: Filtering

November 19, 2018

Making collections of items filterable is a common way to make data […]

SQL Injection: A Concrete Example of What NOT to Do

August 27, 2018

SQL Injection is one of the most common ways to attack a […]

You might not need Javascript for that: Header Menus

July 15, 2018

The You might not need Javascript For That series has already covered how some […]

The Problem with Flexbox and why CSS Grid is Great

June 9, 2018

In my last post I presented 4 specific CSS problems that can […]

4 Classic CSS Problems solved with Flexbox

April 28, 2018

CSS has always been a major cause of headache for web developers. […]

You might not need Javascript for that: Netflix Style Hover Effects

February 12, 2018

Update: A new version of this post is available on CSS Tricks! […]

Flexbox: Things they didn’t tell me

December 9, 2017

If you have been writing CSS for any length of time you […]

Arrays in Javascript: The Weird Parts

November 19, 2017

Like in many programming languages, Arrays are a very important part of […]

Asynchronous Javascript: Sequential Animations

November 12, 2017

Like many web developers, I like to play with animations. Most of […]

Asynchronous Javascript: Loading Bars

October 22, 2017

In the last post of Asynchronous Javascript I showed different ways that […]

Asynchronous Javascript: Handling Delays

October 21, 2017

Before committing to web development as a career, I had already dabbled […]

You might not need Javascript for that: Tooltips

October 19, 2017

Tooltips are used all over the web, typically to give the user […]

You might not need Javascript for that: Accordions

October 15, 2017

This is the second installment of “You might not need Javascript for […]

You might not need Javascript for that: Position Sticky

October 14, 2017

This post is the first of a new series called “You might […]