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  • December 22, 2024
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Get CSS styles using JavaScript

You should usually use each of the basic web technologies for their main purposes: HTML for the markup, CSS for the styles and JavaScript for additional interactivity. But sometimes, those things cross into each other. There might be cases, in … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 21, 2024
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Record and replay website interactions for tests

This is the final blog post on the debugging topic for this advent calendar. I reserved something special for the last one. Maybe you have something you have to test on the frontend (or backend) of your page, over and … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 20, 2024
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Accessible accordions with the details HTML element

My second last blog post on the HTML topic in this advent calendar series wants to introduce an element some of you might have used, without even knowing it. But the functionality it offers you, many might have used in … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 19, 2024
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The prefers-color-scheme media query

Today I want to talk about something, many of you probably like a lot: dark modes! Or more specifically, how to switch the color scheme to dark mode, if visitors prefer it. I do use it for my IDE and … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 18, 2024
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Tagged Template Literals in JavaScript

In the blog post 8 days ago with the title “Dynamic parameters in JavaScript“, I have shown you how functions with a variable number of parameters work. Today, I want to talk about the “tagged templates” feature in JavaScript, as … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 17, 2024
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Pausing JavaScript with the debugger keyword

This blog post is not going to cover the basic topic on how to debug JavaScript code in your browser. We could probably have a full advent calendar covering all the aspects. But I want to introduce a neat little … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 16, 2024
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The HTML meter element and how it works

This blog post covers an element, that is very similar to the progress element I have covered in a previous blog post. It is used to display some kind of “level” like of a battery or “score” like in on … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 15, 2024
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Better readability with reduce transparency

Today, I want to write about a CSS feature, that is still experimental. But it can make a difference for users who have difficulties reading text on transparent elements. On many websites, you will find some elements that place text … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 14, 2024
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Natural sorting in JavaScript

If you only ever deal with English strings in your code, you can stop reading now. Unless you are curious and want to learn something new, then please stay. 😉 In languages like German, we have characters that don’t exist … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
  • December 13, 2024
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Simulate preferences in the browser

Before we get into some topics in the advent calendar, we need to learn about a browser feature. Therefore, I have changed the order of my planned topics on debugging a bit to have this one earlier. In some of … Read more →

  • Posted in: Web development
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My name is Bernhard Kau. I am a PHP developer, living in Berlin and a passionate WordPress user. I code plugins as a hobby and organize WordPress events, like the Meetup in Berlin.

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