Use clear, organized CSS files to help your code stay DRY. — I had the pleasure of learning and experimenting with Gatsby over the past week while working on my development portfolio site (seanwelshbrown.com), and there were a ton of things that really clicked for me about it.

Using a Linux environment to develop within a Windows installation. — If you’re anything like me, then you’re a developer with a love for (or at the very least a respect for) all different kinds of modern operating systems. They all provide their own unique user experiences, and all have something to offer for different people. However, if you’re also like…

Enhanced interactivity for art applications and beyond — Let’s say you’ve created a web application that uses an HTML canvas to dynamically render something, generated automatically or based on user input. Great! You’ve done a lovely thing and brought some razzle-dazzle to the cold glow of your user’s browser window. Now, let’s say you’d like that user (if…

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. -William Shakespeare The concept of time is one of the most complex and universal things we deal with on a daily basis. …

When learning about the power of JavaScript and its dynamic influence over an HTML page, one of the first things to jump out as a nascent web developer is the ability to add listeners to elements on the page that react to user input. Suddenly a world of power exists…

New node, new you — Picture this: You’ve gone through all the work of creating a great, dynamic page in HTML/CSS and sprinkled a little JavaScript on there for good measure. You’ve got yourself a list or a div that has all sorts of great content displayed in it and you’ve never been more proud…

If you’re anything like me, then your experience when first learning about databases as a new programmer was something of an awe-inspiring experience. Suddenly, the complex inner workings of the internet were laid clear before you — it’s tables and associations all the way down. If you’re also anything like…