Topic: Development

On a recent client project, we built a form that submitted to a third-party registration service. Easy-peasy, right? What followed was a comical series of incidents that served as an excellent lesson in defensive API handling. More

By wrapping and enhancing HTML elements, we can provide a solid baseline experience, with progressive enhancement as the cherry on top. More

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve added accessibility tree snapshots to Pleasantest. These snapshots incorporate important accessibility details into your tests, helping you to understand, track, and maintain the accessibility of your interfaces. We believe Pleasantest is the first testing… More

Turning simple shapes into complex illustrations using some SVG magic. More

Using JavaScript, SVGs, and CSS to procedurally generate unique solar systems. More

Pleasantest is a library that integrates with Jest to help you write UI tests that interact with real browsers. It uses Puppeteer to launch and control browsers, Testing Library to find elements on the page, and jest-dom to make assertions… More

By leveraging native browser controls, we can make accessible and high-performing components with just a dash of JavaScript. More

You may have heard that you should be “linting” your code. What does that mean? Why would you want to do it?… More

Colors on the web are confusing — but they don't have to be! The HSL format makes it easy for humans and computers to work with color. More

Join me in exploring a recent experience where I started with flawed logic (without realizing it) and the steps I took to fix my bug. Let’s experience some broken code together. 🎉… More