Writing a simple JSX to HTML renderer
Most people associate JSX with React, but I really like using it as a general server-side templating language for creating HTML strings…
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Simple progressively enhanced web apps
The HTMX library is getting a lot of hype lately. I thought I'd experiment with using a similar HTML-first API to progressively enhance server-rendered HTML…Build simpler web apps using Bun
Modern JavaScript runtimes make it quick to throw together server-rendered web apps using almost no external dependencies, relying on web standard APIs…Custom site search with DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo's customisable search results made it super easy to add search to my site without any JS…Better native form validation
All but the simplest forms need some validation to help users enter the right information. I usually want slightly more control than native HTML5 validation, but without re-implementing everything in JavaScript. I recently discovered a great technique for enhancing the browser's built-in validation…A complete guide to making web pages from scratch
It can feel confusing when you're first learning to code for the web. You can get pretty good at HTML, CSS & JavaScript in isolation (using online tools like freeCodeCamp, CodePen and repl.it but struggle to put all the pieces together and create an entire web page on your own…