In this series of blog posts we’re going to be looking at some of the fundamentals we need to know as modern front end developers. These fundamentals are framework agnostic, if you’re building it for the web you should have an understanding of these concepts. To get started we’re looking at…
In recent years, we’ve started to see a lot more talking about mechanical keyboards, or at least I’ve definitely seen it happening a lot more with developers and in tech. And while this wasn’t a band wagon I was planning to jump onto, turns out a lot of the time…
What does web front-end development look like in 2023? Carl and Richard chat with Amy Kapernick about her work helping companies build web front ends with a vast array of tools. Amy talks about how client frameworks continue to evolve, extending the so-called "big three" of Angular, Vue, and React…
Last week I joined [Stacy](https://stacy-clouds.net) on her live stream at NDC London to talk about CSS Grid and implementing it on her personal site. Throughout the hour on stream we audited the existing CSS layout, making a couple of changes to how Flexbox was being used, then added CSS Grid to…
Until now, most websites I’ve built that need regular front end tests are hosted on Netlify, so when they introduce Netlify build plugins that made my life much easier, I was able to very easily run a bunch of tests on my website and only publish if it passed. However…
Towards the end of 2021, I got the chance to create an online course centred on accessibility and accessibility testing for [LevelUp Tutorials](https://levelup.video/tutorials/accessibility-for-everyone). This was an interesting experience as my indepth foray into creating video media, but a lot of fun to get to share accessibility learnings, tips and techniques…
Towards to end of last year I decided to go for it and install Windows 11. Now keeping in mind that I was installing it on my only computer, and only a couple of days before I ran a workshop, it probably wasn’t the best idea (everyone knows you don’t…
Over the new year, we moved house (because that isn’t a stressful enough time already), and I took the chance to upgrade some of my office setup, specifically my desk. Usually I just upgrade things as I need them, and a fair few things got upgraded last year anyway (computer,
Tune in to this episode of 1 Luckygirliegirl and be a fly-on-the-wall for my conversation with Amy about lockdown Down Under, awkward socializing, and spending time doing not-work.
So, do developers who use tabs take four or eight steps at a time, or do developers who use spaces care more for accuracy than tabs-based developers? In this episode we revisit this age-old debate that has existed since bugs were physical insects found in computers! What team are you on? Team…
Quokkas are an adorable animal found on Rottnest Island in Australia. Amy Kapernick is a Twilio Champion who has written a bot that can identify whether a picture sent to it contains a quokka or not. It can even send you a picture of a quokka if you're not sure…
To say this year has been strange is an understatement, and it's terrifying to realise that October is already upon us! To me October is a couple of things, for example October means it's [Frocktober](https://www.frocktober.org.au/my-fundraising/742/amy-kapernick), and for the entire month I'll be only wearing dresses to raise money for ovarian…
In the past, Windows has developed a reputation for being a difficult OS to use as a developer. Things were difficult to install and run, involved complex workarounds and you could forget doing anything involving Ruby. Thankfully in recent years that's improved, even more so with the Windows Subsystem for…