A look at the codebase and what needs refactoring
Andy runs us through what a mess he's made in the past, how to rectify that mess and how to avoid being nerd-sniped to maintain a focus.
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High quality, approachable and transferable content from people with decades of elite industry experience.
How to write error messages that actually help users rather than frustrate them
One of the most consistently neglected parts of today’s user experiences is our handling of errors. We’re so busy designing the happy paths through our products that we often forget to give the same care and attention to the times when things will go wrong
You can style alt text like any other text
A fun little side quest to show you how applying styles to alt text can really elevate your user interface.
JavaScript, when is this?
JavaScript’s “this” keyword trips up all developers — junior and senior. In the first of two parts, Mat Marquis goes deep on the groundwork you need to better understand “this” and how it works.
A (more) Modern CSS Reset
I wrote “A Modern CSS Reset” almost 4 years ago and, yeh, it’s not aged overly well. I spotted it being linked up again a few days ago and thought it’s probably a good idea to publish an updated version.
We need your support to do free projects for good causes and publish free high quality education
We’re trying a rather radical new approach at Piccalilli by doing real world projects — for real clients — in the open. This gives us a context to provide genuine high quality, real world education for free at the point of entry.
Styling Tables the Modern CSS Way
Modern CSS makes styling HTML tables in a considered, responsive nature a breeze. Michelle Barker breaks it all down for you in this deep dive.
A (more) Modern CSS Reset
I wrote “A Modern CSS Reset” almost 4 years ago and, yeh, it’s not aged overly well. I spotted it being linked up again a few days ago and thought it’s probably a good idea to publish an updated version.
Styling Tables the Modern CSS Way
Modern CSS makes styling HTML tables in a considered, responsive nature a breeze. Michelle Barker breaks it all down for you in this deep dive.
How to write error messages that actually help users rather than frustrate them
One of the most consistently neglected parts of today’s user experiences is our handling of errors. We’re so busy designing the happy paths through our products that we often forget to give the same care and attention to the times when things will go wrong
Making content-aware components using CSS :has(), grid, and quantity queries
Eric Bailey teaches us how to make a hyper-resilient component that responds not only to the container, but other languages too.
A guide to destructuring in JavaScript
Mat “Wilto” Marquis walks us through JavaScript destructuring, the rest syntax and spread syntax in a jam-packed guide.
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Decorative text within HTML
An interesting exploration of how much you can do with HTML attributes with reference to grouping CSS classes.
Getting started on design discovery
Jason walks us through the early parts of design discovery while showing how keeping things lean is really beneficial.
How we got here and what project success looks like
We take a look at where we started with the course marketing pages and what the success of this project looks like. We also look back on experimentations since launch.
The start
The start of this open working project where we look at what's the come and what our starting point is.
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