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6 votes
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Guide to advanced CSS selectors
4 votes -
Hotwire: HTML over the wire
10 votes -
The 2020 MDN Web Developer Needs Assessment report is now available
7 votes -
MDN Web Docs has switched over to its new platform, where the content is now maintained through a GitHub repository
4 votes -
A complete state machine implemented in HTML checkboxes and CSS
8 votes -
Google using Core Web Vitals in their search rankings will be a positive change, but developers should be careful not to fixate solely on those three metrics
6 votes -
How Readup knows whether or not you've read an article
7 votes -
Standardizing <select> and beyond: the past, present and future of native HTML form controls
7 votes -
Thinking outside the box with CSS Grid
7 votes -
MDN Web Docs is switching to a new platform where the content will be hosted and contributed to in a GitHub repository
15 votes -
Bytecode Alliance: One year update
4 votes -
A case study on vanilla web development
10 votes -
Static imports in the runtime environment of Webpack 4
4 votes -
The failed promise of Web Components
4 votes -
Building interactive maps with statically generated vector tiles
4 votes -
Moment.js is now considered to be a legacy project in maintenance mode - Reasons you might want to keep using it, and recommendations for what to use instead
14 votes -
AVIF has landed
10 votes -
makesite.py - Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generator
7 votes -
React is becoming a black box
12 votes -
Official Mozilla statement about the future of MDN Web Docs
24 votes -
Tailwind CSS: From Side-Project Byproduct to Multi-Million Dollar Business
5 votes -
Why you shouldn’t write your content in Uppercase, instead use CSS
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What's it take to make a secure, stable, and scalable site?
I think I've identified an unfulfilled need in our current online environment, have an idea of an end-result that could flourish, and some possible ways to monetize without being a cancer on...
I think I've identified an unfulfilled need in our current online environment, have an idea of an end-result that could flourish, and some possible ways to monetize without being a cancer on society.
I have some experience with basic site-building, but this would be a very ambitious project for one person. It will probably take a long time before I get it going—if I get it going at all. I know some of what I need to start learning to make it work, but my mind doesn't know where to start when it comes to security, stability, or scalability.Security:
This is probably my biggest concern. We hear all the time about data breaches, and this idea is—at its core—a kind of social media; by its nature we're dealing with PII.
Where does everyone go wrong here, and how do I protect the information of potential users?
All I've got is I know that storing passwords in plaintext is a bad idea, and to encrypt 'stuff' .Stability:
I'm sure we've all experienced a site going down to a heavy load. Say I can get a site up, and things go well for a bit, and then somebody with a big twitter/instagram/youtube audience says something and a hoard of people come to check it out. A site going down when you try to check it out doesn't leave a positive impression. Can this sort of thing be prepared for, in the possibility such a thing ever happened?Scalability:
If I can get a workable site running, I don't expect much of a userbase for a while, if ever. But if it does get large enough to attract hundreds of thousands, or a million+ returning users, it would be nice if I could have the architecture in place to handle that ahead of time, instead of playing catch-up later. What makes a site scalable, and is there any reason it can't be prepared for?I'd love to be able to pay some folk to help me, but I don't have the cash for that. The initial launch will have to be done by me alone, so I'm fully prepared to learn what I need to and take the long amount of time required (maybe next summer?) to get the minimum product going. Even if this ends up not being feasible to get going alone, I figure the worst case scenario is a lot of learning along the way.
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Comprehensive guide on the JavaScript tooling system by MDN
5 votes -
In defense of the modern web
13 votes -
Second-guessing the modern web
8 votes -
moderncss.dev - A series examining modern CSS solutions to old CSS problems
15 votes -
Rebuilding our tech stack for the new Facebook.com
12 votes -
How to emulate hand-drawn shapes / Algorithms behind RoughJS
5 votes -
The cost of JavaScript frameworks
5 votes -
Why Svelte is our choice for a large web project in 2020
15 votes -
Notes on auth token persistence
5 votes -
How websites evolved back to static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files
6 votes -
Laravel 7 Released
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Why the world needs CSS developers
6 votes -
Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers
15 votes -
A new technique for making responsive, JavaScript-free charts
14 votes -
Smaller HTML Payloads with Service Workers
7 votes -
Best practices?
I am beginning to reintroduce myself with web app development and have about fifteen years of classic ASP/ASP.NET under my belt. I’ve decided to continue on with my decision to learn Ruby on...
I am beginning to reintroduce myself with web app development and have about fifteen years of classic ASP/ASP.NET under my belt.
I’ve decided to continue on with my decision to learn Ruby on Rails.
In retrospect, my university professors passed only one (as best as I can remember) best practice onto us fledgling programmers:
Besides documentation, are there other general best practices to consider?
And, specifically, are there best practices when developing with Ruby on Rails?
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Web app frameworks to consider?
I come from a background of classic ASP/ASP.NET programming. I had about fifteen years of professional experience with it and completely stopped all programming around 2008. Now, I want to pick up...
I come from a background of classic ASP/ASP.NET programming. I had about fifteen years of professional experience with it and completely stopped all programming around 2008.
Now, I want to pick up web programming again. I looked at and tinkered with Python, .Net Core, as well as others.
I was, particularly, impressed with Ruby on Rails and have completed about thirty hours of training through The Odin Project.
Before I continue on with ROR, I just wondered if I may have missed something out there that could turn out to be a 'better' option for me.
What are your thoughts on ROR? Would you recommend some other framework? Why or why not?
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Do people like CSS or just grow to tolerate it?
I've been trying to learn CSS. I went through the relevant sections of Colt Steele's Web Bootcamp. It is mostly focused on Bootstrap, which disappointed me a bit. So I went through MDN to learn...
I've been trying to learn CSS. I went through the relevant sections of Colt Steele's Web Bootcamp. It is mostly focused on Bootstrap, which disappointed me a bit. So I went through MDN to learn Flexbox and CSS Grid, which seemed like a better alternative. The fundamentals are easy enough, but when I try to make a layout everything gets mixed in my head (even though I have the documentation open at all times). The impression I get is that modern CSS is not one thing, but a bunch of little things that resemble each other in a confusing way. It's hard to infer stuff and there are gotchas everywhere. I know this is not a programming language, but it is at least programming-related. Learning CSS feels more like learning English than a technology: you must accept that it's not a cohesive system, but rather the culmination of a long historical process full of random developments.
I tried getting back to Bootstrap, but then I have to override a bunch of stuff I don't even know is there.
I'm having a lot of trouble trying to put something very simple together. I just wanna leave that behind and go back to my beloved Python.
I did not want this to be a rant, but it is now a rant. So be it :P
23 votes -
Build your own React
7 votes -
Bytecode Alliance: Building a secure by default, composable future for WebAssembly
9 votes -
What I’ve learned about accessibility in single-page applications
4 votes -
The evolution of the web, and a eulogy for XHTML2
10 votes -
The new two-value syntax of the CSS display: property
12 votes -
Re-writing Vy.no in Elm
4 votes -
A free guide to HTML5 <head> elements
5 votes -
Ik spreek geen Nederlands
5 votes