How to Prerelease an npm Package
Recently, we overhauled our shared ESLint config, and I needed to release an alpha version. Thankfully, it turns out to be straightforward, once you know how to do it.
Scott Vandehey
Senior Front-end Developer
Scott Vandehey is a front-end architect and CSS specialist in Portland, Oregon with over 20 years of experience building scalable user interfaces. His specialty is refactoring large code bases for maintainability and performance, and helping teams define best practices and workflow around CSS development. Between his education in graphic design and his experience working alongside programmers, he bridges the gap between design and development.
A running theme in his career has been helping others level up, and that’s most recently manifested in the Friday Front-End and CSS Basics social accounts and newsletter, which he uses to share development tips and links with the front-end community every day. His first book, “How to Find a Better Job in Tech,” was published in 2016.
You can learn more at spaceninja.com, and follow him on mastodon or bluesky.
Articles
Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking To A Friend
“There was this dog wearing safety glasses, surrounded by chemistry equipment, saying ‘I have no idea what I’m doing.’”
The Many, Confusing File System APIs
There are many APIs that interact with the file system, and figuring out what they all do can be deeply frustrating. Don’t give up! I’m here to help.
How to Create a Website and a PDF from the Same Codebase
Let's build a website and generate a PDF from the contents using basic CSS and a PDF generation API.
HTML Web Components Are Having a Moment
Everyone’s talking about HTML Web Components, and I think it’s the start of something magical!
Surprising Facts About New CSS Selectors
I set out to learn a bit about how CSS nesting works, especially the new & selector, and I ended up on a deep dive into the :is() selector and its siblings.
When to Nest CSS
CSS nesting is great, but should be used with caution. As a rule, if a selector will work without being nested, don't nest it. However, there are certain situations where nesting can make things easier to understand.
Starfield’s Accessibility Problems
Starfield has a lot of computers to interact with: Ship controls, desktop terminals, and information kiosks. And they all have accessibility problems.
In Praise of Vite
The single best feature of Vite, as far as I’m concerned, is its simplicity. Compared to the nightmare of configuring WebPack and Babel? Vite is delightfully easy to use.
How We Added Open Graph Tags to CloudFour.com
When plugins to add OG tags failed us, we decided to roll our own! This post demystifies open graph tags (which are just HTML meta elements, after all) and shows how we handle them.
Talks
What is Modular CSS?
Presented at pdxFLIT, Devsigner 2016