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Your Customers Don’t Care About JavaScript

Your customers do not care about the technology behind your app. What programming language, frameworks, libraries, or whatever tooling you’re using, they don’t care. They care about it providing them value and that it has certain characteristics. They want it to work. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Context Matters Of course, there’s nuance to this—context matters. For instance, if your customers are developers, they likely care about how the application is built. This blog/video is inspired by a wonderful tweet that illustrates this… Read More »Your Customers Don’t Care About JavaScript

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HTMX: What’s Old is New Again

What’s old is new again, kind of. HTMX fits into that motto for me and it’s getting pretty popular, but at the same time It gets a lot of pushback. I’m going to take a step back and explain how we got to where we are in current web dev, which will explain what HTMX is. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. How did we get here? So first, quickly, what is HTMX? If you’re unfamiliar with it, HTMX gives you access to AJAX,… Read More »HTMX: What’s Old is New Again

API Error Messages for a GOOD Developer Experience

Debugging and troubleshooting are a big part of a developer’s day-to-day. Because of this, when designing your APIs, provide good API error messages as well as guide developers down a path of success and makes it easier for them to understand issues when they need to troubleshoot. YouTube Check out my YouTube channel, where I post all kinds of content accompanying my posts, including this video showing everything in this post. Meaningful Error Messages When designing an API, it’s important to consider the experience of the developers who will consume it. A well-structured error message can serve as a guiding light, illuminating… Read More »API Error Messages for a GOOD Developer Experience