The web is mostly links and forms | Go Make Things
In the same vein as that last link, Chris says what we’re all thinking:
Most of what we build is links from one page to another, and
formsubmissions that send data from the browser to the server.
A Complete Guide to Links and Buttons | CSS-Tricks
Chris takes two side-by-side deep dives; one into the a element, the other into the button element.
Even if you think you already know those elements well, I bet there’ll be something new here for you. Like, did you know that the button element can have form over-riding attributes like formaction, formenctype, formmethod, formnovalidate, and formtarget?
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Front-end Bookmarks
A collection of articles and talks about HTML, CSS, and JS, grouped by elements, attributes, properties, selectors, methods, and expressions.
ANDI - Accessibility Testing Tool - Install
Another bookmarklet for checking accessibility—kind of like tota11y—that allows to preview how screen readers will handle images, focusable elements, and more.
The Origin of Stimulus
I really like the look of this markup-driven JavaScript library from the same people who brought us the pjax library Turbolinks.
The philosophy behind these tools matches my own philosophy (which I think is one of the most important factors in choosing a tool that works for you, not against you).
Responsible Social Share Links — Jonathan Suh
If you insist on having “social” sharing buttons, here’s a way to avoid bloating your page unnecessarily.
But you might want to reconsider whether you need them at all.
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