Published in CodeX·2 days agoMember-onlyWhere, When, And When NOT To Use SVG!In a previous article I wrote about using webfonts for icons. This is a powerful technique great for monochrome icons without pissing all over the HTML. But it also caused a few people to ask me “So you wouldn’t use SVG ever?” Of course I’d use SVG. It’s more a…SVG7 min read
Published in CodeX·4 days agoMember-onlyI Only Ever Seem To Have Two Types Of Coding Errors NowLast month I was doing a recode of a site for a client to show their staff where they went awry, and something strange came up. The errors I was having were limited to just two categories. I have not had a “logic” error or code not do what I…Web Development3 min read
Published in CodeX·4 days agoMember-onlyCreating Custom Icon WebfontsWebfont icons — what typographers would traditionally refer to as dingbats — are an important part of modern web development. There are so many advantages to them: Compact smaller in file size using newer formats like WOFF and WOFF2 compared to SVG or conventional images. Support for those two more…Web Design13 min read
Published in CodeX·Aug 6Member-onlyStyled Checkboxes And Radio Buttons With No JS and No Extra Markup!Back in 2020 I wrote an article where I showed how to create styled checkboxes and radio buttons with only one extra markup element, and not a line of JavaScript. Well, times change. and with it comes new and better ways of handling things. …Web Design4 min read
Aug 3Member-onlyI Think I’m Done Freelance ConsultingThere are far too many sleazy, dishonest, disreputable dirtbags failing upwards into positions of power in major companies and organizations. It is time for me to walk away. As some of you know the past 12 years or so I’ve been taking on clients facing prosecution or civil lawsuits over…Web Development5 min read
Published in CodeX·Jul 12Member-onlyTailwind UI’s A Scam Part 2, Let’s Rewrite A Template!As I said in the previous article, Failwind makes you write garbage bloated HTML, with accessibility and usability failings galore, relying on scripting for things that shouldn’t be scripted. …Tailwind17 min read
Jul 9You Talk about Free Speech2055Pluto WolnosciSorry to say but no.Sorry to say but no. Free speech means you can say what you want on YOUR platform. It does not mean other people have to put up with it on theirs. People talk about freedom, liberty, and rights all the blasted time, but it's a shame how many cannot define…2 min read
Published in CodeX·Jul 7Member-onlyTailwindUI, And Here’s The Real Failwind ScamI often refer to front-end frameworks — and don’t give me that “it’s not a framework’ bullshit about Failwind — as a scam. This is not entirely fair or accurate. In and of themselves they may be many things: Sloppy, wasteful, incompetently an ignorantly built; rooted in propaganda and echo-chambers…Tailwind23 min read
Published in CodeX·Jul 3Member-onlyBulma, Even More Ignorant Incompetent Framework Bullshit!A friend linked me to this article here on Medium: Best CSS Frameworks for Web Developers Top CSS Frameworks to consider for your web projectsmedium.com Saying two things. First? You need to rip this guy a new ***hole! Second? I never even heard of Bulma before! What do you think about it? Naturally I did the first. Now for the second. I’ve heard of it…Bulma6 min read
Published in CodeX·Jun 21Member-onlyBootcrap 5.2, Further Exploring The HTML Illiteracy Of Framework Developers.In a recent article of mine I used a small snippet to show the basic pointless code bloat, and utter ignorance of the most basic of HTML concepts common to the people creating frameworks. That piece of code came from this full example: https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.2/examples/features/ I said that where they have…Bootstrap21 min read
