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  1. “Secure Custom Fields” is not Advanced Custom Fields

    A quick article to help folks affected by the recent WordPress situation and the reckless takeover of ACF.

    Opinion

  2. Practical Accessibility Tips You Can Apply Today

    Kevin Andrews shares some useful snippets of markup with handy explainers to help you deliver more accessible components.

    a11y

  3. 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.

    JavaScript

  4. How I build a button component

    A button is arguably the most likely component to find itself in your codebase so I’m going to show you how I approach building one.

    CSS

  5. Introducing: Complete CSS

    Our first course is nearly ready so we’re opening up pre-orders.

    CSS

  6. Building a breakout element with container units

    Learn how to use container units and container queries to enhance an already flexible sidebar layout with some extra design control and full width breakout elements.

    CSS

  7. Redesigning Piccalilli: the build process

    In the final part of this redesign series we break down our approach to aspects of the production build of the incoming, new front-end.

    Design

  8. Redesigning Piccalilli: the second part of the design process

    The second part of the Piccalilli redesign article series where we cover the second half of our design process, getting ready to build it.

    Design

  9. Riffing on the latest CSS fit text approach

    I took Roman Komarov’s handy new @property powered CSS fit text solution for a spin and tweaked it to work with our context, replacing a JS powered system.

    CSS

  10. A handful of reasons JavaScript won’t be available

    It’s always safe to assume JavaScript will not be available, so here’s a quick list of very realistic reasons it won’t be.

    JavaScript