Web Dev

Recently, I wrote some bad code. And Sentry showed me why, highlighting the importance of correct HTTP status codes, and how I should really read documentation.

Understanding how to use jQuery in an Astro project was hard to Google. So I wrote my own guide for you and my future self.

Learn all about image lazy loading and how it can help improve performance, user experience and Core Web Vitals, which all help boost your search engine rankings.

Learn how to build The Ultimate Theme Toggle™️ for your website using JavaScript, CSS custom properties, local storage and system settings. No framework required!

Learn how to run an A/B test using content from your CMS and Netlify Edge Functions.

Learn how to split traffic for A/B testing between different page layouts while retaining the same user-facing URL, using Netlify Edge Functions.

Learn about different types of rendering on the web, and how it impacts user experience, site performance, and SEO.

Learn how to optimize user experience, site performance and SEO by taking a strategic approach to how you render different pages of your e-commerce store.

Asking “How do I get started with web dev?” is like asking “How do I get started with cooking?”

After I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks, I paused development on a new project, What the Framework (WTF). Here's why.

Learn how to deploy an Astro project as a static, server-rendered, or edge-rendered site, try out some Netlify templates, and learn how to deploy to Netlify.

Add extra metadata to the head tag in your web pages — such as reading time and author — to show richer previews in Slack when your link is unfurled.

In this post, we’ll explore what Jamstack is, why Jamstack entered the web dev scene, “Jamstack-adjacent” technologies, and how you can get started building on the Jamstack.

In a world full of JavaScript frameworks, SPAs, cutting-edge CSS animations, powerful devices and fast internet connections, HTML-only websites are a controversial and divisive topic. But why?

In the third iteration of my blog site, I went back to web basics. I wanted to bag a huge performance increase by shipping plain HTML, CSS and as little JavaScript to the browser as possible. Did I succeed? And what did I learn along the way? Let's find out.

The RSS feed lives on! But I've always found it difficult to Google for the correct date format required for RSS feeds (RFC-822). Here's a selection of links, guidance and code snippets for future me — and you!

Silly websites and silly ideas are often some of the most creative vehicles for learning. Let's take a look at what we learned building a very silly site for the Netlify Dusty Domains project in December 2021.

Catch up on a Twitch live stream where I prototyped Women of Jamstack with 11ty and YOLO deployed it to Netlify on a custom domain.

When cross-posting content to other domains, we're taught to reference duplicate content with a canonical link. But why has Google Lighthouse been penalising us for it? I set out to solve this conundrum once and for all.

You don't need JavaScript to build accordions! Here's how to harness the power of native HTML and build an accordion with just four lines of code.

While it’s easy to start making your first query with GraphQL with very little research, I thought it would be useful to consolidate all I’ve learned throughout the year and provide a high-level introduction to GraphQL for anyone interested in getting started.

AVIF claims to offer 30% better compression than current alternatives such as WebP. It’s optimized for the web, designed with a low computation footprint, and what’s more — it’s open source. But should you be using AVIF? As usual, it depends! And if you'd like to try it out, here's a complete guide on how to serve responsive images in multiple formats to the browser using the HTML picture element.

If you’ve had a look at the Contentful docs, you’ll have seen the acronyms REST and API in at least a few places! But what does it all mean? Let’s break it down.

I sat down with Colby Fayock to chat about Next.js and how all of its features help enable developers to build great experiences on the web.

In this post, we’re going to build an app that generates a personalized image of a ticket to share on socials using Cloudinary and Next.js so you can encourage your event attendees to share their tickets for your next virtual event!

If you’ve read the Contentful docs, you’ll have seen that we provide a REST API and a GraphQL API to access and manage your content. But what is an API?

In this video I'm joined by Ebonie (metalandcoffee_) — web developer, Metal DJ and Twitch streamer — where we set up a new project in Next.js to curate music recommendations using the Spotify API.

Everyone uses the web differently. Here's how to make sure your website respects font size preferences specified in browser settings using two important CSS concepts.

Confused about when to use aria-label for #a11y? Let's look at one of the most important ways to use aria-labels in your HTML to ensure your website provides contextual information to screen-readers and assistive technologies.