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Chris Heilmann

All the videos of Halfstack London 2024!

Last month was Halfstack London, a conference about the web, JavaScript and half a dozen other things. We were there to deliver a talk, but also to record all the sessions and we're happy to share ...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

Why developer experience matters

With technology embedded in almost every aspect of life, and with developers building and maintaining these tools, it’s ensuring that developers operate in the digital world with speed and efficien...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

One billion (bad?) developers: How AI is changing the way we learn to code

AI has transformed so many aspects of programming, with IDE-integrated code assistants now capable of building complex projects from simple prompts.While AI makes it easier for newcomers to dive in...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

The real reason we document our code

The world of software development moves fast. Technology is constantly changing, as are the tools we use with it, and even the role of a programmer is itself constantly in flux. However, some aspec...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

10+ Free Tools Built on Top of the Bluesky API

Bluesky has been making waves recently, and the chances are you've heard the noise.Although it launched back in 2021, the platform saw a massive surge in popularity following the US presidential el...

over 1 year ago

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Chris Heilmann

Accessibility tip: Detecting reduced motion in one line of JavaScript

Animation can be a great tool to make apps seem more performant, be more engaging or even just more interesting. There are, however, quite a few groups of people who can not deal with things animat...

over 1 year ago

12 ways to fix an inaccessible web site - the CODE100 Accessibility Scavenger Hunt results

During the WeAreDevelopers Accessibility LIVE day we announced a special CODE100 puzzle, the Accessibility Scavenger Hunt. Basically, a web site we built with lots of issues in it for people to dis...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

Tips and Tricks: CSS Pseudo Elements and Pseudo Selectors

CSS is an essential part of web development. Regardless of which programming language you use, the chances are you know some CSS, too. In this article we're going to help you go beyond the basics a...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

How machine learning can help us tell fact from fiction

A decade ago, machine learning was everywhere. While the rise of generative AI has meant artificial intelligence has stolen the spotlight to some degree, it’s machine learning (ML) that silently po...

over 1 year ago

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Chris Heilmann

Accessibility tip: Adding live captions to presentations in Powerpoint

Powerpoint has a bad reputation for allowing people to create boring presentations. But did you know that it has live captions with translation built in? Check out the following video to see this i...

over 1 year ago

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Daniel Cranney

The State of HTML 2024: What can we learn from it?

The results of the State of HTML 2024 survey are in! Though the name suggests it’s HTML-only, the survey focuses on the web platform in a more general sense, giving us some fascinating insights int...

over 1 year ago

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Chris Heilmann

Find all accessibility problems in a page to take part in the CODE100 final!

Today we had our Accessibilty WeAreDevelopers LIVE day and as part of this, we have a new CODE100 challenge. This time it is not about coding something, but about debugging instead. We have put tog...

over 1 year ago