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Why should I care about web accessibility?
Your checklist of items that need to be in place before you launch a web site grows every day. Accessibility seems scary because, it tacks quite a few items onto that list. Here are the reasons itʼs still critically important and how to make it less intimidating.
Read more…Stepping Back: Meditation for Aspiring Web Developers
Meditation is about getting out of your own head. Hereʼs how it can help you become and thrive as a web developer.
Read more…Should I use existing themes, libraries, and software for my client projects?
Now that youʼre a developer, that means you have to build everything from scratch, right? Well, not exactly. Hereʼs how you should think about it.
Read more…How My Terrible Memory Makes Me a Better Developer
By having a bad memory and recognizing that limitation, I end up overcompensating in ways that are useful to me and to any other developers I collaborate with. Learn how you can adopt these practices to make you a better developer too.
Read more…Should I start by learning vanilla Javascript or a framework?
This is a common question among new developers, and it's a good one to think about. On one hand, robust applications are often built using…
Read more…How to Get Freelance Web Development Prospects to Hurry Up!
Prospects are never on your timeline, but you can implement processes to speed things up. A mindset shift may also be in order.
Read more…Are Your Freelance Web Development Services Worth What You’re Charging?
How much you need to make is important, but how much what youʼre building is worth is going to be really important to your clients. Hereʼs how to figure out if youʼre worth what youʼre charging, and what to do if youʼre not.
Read more…HackerRank Is Teaching You to Write Terrible Code
You might assume the code you find on a platform like HackerRank would be written with industry best practices in mind. Well, Iʼm here to tell you that it most certainly is not.
Read more…Find Your People to Up Your Chances for Web Development Success
Finding the people you click with is important, even for introverts. Hereʼs why itʼs important by way of a story about my first experience at a video game convention and how it changed me.
Read more…How to Stay Current as a Web Developer
Web development is changing so fast, itʼs hard to keep up. Here are the resources I use to stay on top of things.
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