Diagram showing the new React lifecycle in React 16+ after changes for React fiber
May 2018It's here (in beta!) -- you can now try out Overleaf v2 :)
May 2018Really great blog post on React Fiber, walking through building your own mini-Fiber. Makes the concepts a lot clearer
March 2018Some principles on what motivates people within a group e.g. a work team
March 2018Generalised advice on providing screen reader support. Mostly the advice is to use native elements, and if that doesn't work use ARIA. The most interesting bit to me was clear advice on using ARIA live regions
March 2018Quick test setup for testing visual changes in the browser. Useful for css refactoring
February 2018Some good tips on designing consistent drag and drop UIs. Somewhat obvious but ensuring that affordances are kept the same is key.
February 2018Super interesting read on techniques for making drag and drop UIs accessible. Some very clever ideas.
February 2018Useful examples of HTML/CSS components with built in accessibility. Great for copy/pasting a quick example.
December 2017Table from ARIA spec showing implicit aria-role definitions of HTML elements and the possible optional aria-roles for the elements.
December 2017Useful post describing how to create & analyse Node core dumps to find a memory leak
December 2017Great post on writing questions that assess whether a student has understood a concept (called a diagnostic question). Written in the context of maths, but applies equally to other topics (e.g. programming) too
December 2017Simple guide to using the Chrome performance dev tools to debug React
December 2017Jest documentation to run Jest tests in Chrome via Puppeteer
December 2017Guide to getting started with Voice Over on macOS/OSX for accessibility audits
November 2017Really clever approach to placeholder images shown while the real image loads. Basically describes using a library to decompose an image into a SVG with basic shapes that resembles the image. This could be used diectly, or a blur could be applied.
November 2017Big list of things to check to ensure websites are inclusive for all
November 2017This looks so good 😱 react-fns: Browser API's turned into declarative React components and HoC's
November 2017