A collection of 13 posts
Part of building a great user experience for users is allowing them to see the impact of their actions. When it comes to uploading images, one technique you can use to improve the UX of your applications is to preview...
I’ve recently spent a lot of time with my newest obsession, HTMX, and it’s seriously great. However, a challenge I face frequently is how to manage JavaScript dependencies in my ASP.NET Core applications. There’s NPM, Yarn, Gulp, Grunt, Webpack, Parcel,...
I’ve recently been on an HTMX journey, trying to learn more about the library and slowly combining it with my expert-level knowledge of ASP.NET Core. What I’ve found along the way is that using HTMX is a powerful tool that...
HTMX is a JavaScript library designed to work with various HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. Three out of the four methods, excluding the GET method, are meant to cause side effects and mutations on the server: update a...
With all the momentum behind frontend frameworks, it’s often easy to forget that server-side rendering (SSR) is a mature approach to delivering fast and reliable user experiences. Unfortunately, one of the most significant drawbacks to frontend development is the experience...
JSON is arguably one of the most used data formats on the planet, likely due to its flexibility and human readability. We can also recognize that its two greatest strengths can also be the format’s weakness. Being human-readable gives developers...
If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you’ll know that I am an unapologetic web developer. I love everything about the web and its ability to deliver rich experiences to users. My technology stack of choice is primarily...
I recently saw a tweet from Chris Heilmann, Principal Program Manager for Browser Tools at Microsoft. In this tweet, he gave a quick tip about parsing HTML content using the built-in DOMParser JavaScript class rather than resorting to RegEx, and...
The web development community has come a long way since the early days of the web. Building interactive web experiences can leave many developers in a state of paralysis. What web framework should we use? What transpiler should create my...
Reader, ahazelwood, recently read my post on using ASP.NET Core, VueJS, and Parcel to build a robust application architecture. He did have one follow up question that I thought I would address in this post. He wanted to know how...
