A collection of 19 posts
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...
The marriage of .NET Core and static site generators is a beautiful thing. There are many great static site generator options out there like 11ty, Jekyll, Hugo, and many more. While you can accomplish amazing feats at build time, a...
It’s 2019, and no one can argue that to be a successful developer, you need a couple of tools in your toolbox. For ASP.NET developers, they can build web applications and run Kestrel as a web server. For front end...
What a time to be alive, friends. As developers, we have a lot of options at our disposal when building a “modern” web application. Personally, when developing software, I like to consider all the tools available to me, but I...
