#web tags

So Next.js is a great framework for working with React. It comes with a bunch of stuff configured out of the box that you really don't want to worry about when you're starting a project. However it has inherited a major problem from the wider React ecosystem: it massively overcomplicates making what should be a simple bloody website…

Setting up a project can be as daunting as starting an essay. You sit staring at the blank white page (or dark mode editor) wondering where to begin. I'm going to describe the steps I would take to create a new web project. It will be JavaScript focused, since that's the ecosystem I'm comfortable in…

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…

I think Gatsby is the future of the web. I'm going to explain why by comparing it to WordPress, the go-to platform for websites over the last fifteen years. I think Gatsby already meets or exceeds most of the things that make WordPress so popular, so it's well placed to become the next huge thing…