Latest in Development
Write a bug report another developer can reproduce.
A useful bug report reduces the distance between seeing a problem and understanding it. A dramatic title cannot replace a reproducible example.
Read the guideCategory
Development guides.
Themes, tools, workflows, and practical ideas: original Development guides for people building for the web.
- 11Articles
- 2 minTypical read
- Oct 15Last updated
Showing 1–9 of 11 articles
Use one content container to keep a site aligned.
A header and a content section can each look reasonable while failing to line up together. Shared alignment rules prevent that subtle visual drift.
Build dropdown navigation that works without hover.
Hover is a convenience for some users, not a complete interaction model. A menu needs an explicit way to open, close, and move through its links.
Set an image budget before polishing the animation.
A page can feel heavy even when its JavaScript is small. Large images deserve attention before decorative motion becomes the focus of a performance pass.
Keep a pull request focused on one reviewable change.
A reviewer needs to understand the problem, the change, and the evidence that it works. A large diff becomes easier only when its purpose stays clear.
Design an empty search state that offers a next step.
No results is a normal state in a search interface. It should explain the current situation without blaming the reader or pretending something broke.
Build a release checklist around the risk of the change.
A release checklist should direct attention to what could fail. Repeating every possible check for every change can make the important ones easier to miss.
Choose a developer tool by the workflow it replaces.
A tool deserves attention when it solves a recurring problem. A long feature list is less useful than one improvement you can describe and verify.
Build article cards that survive uneven content.
Cards rarely receive equally sized titles and descriptions. Designing only with balanced dummy text hides the problems that appear after real publishing begins.
Related topics