A set of questions for HTML+CSS interviews… and why I stopped asking them. — One of the tasks in my previous position was to interview candidates for Web Development positions. In particular, I focused on HTML, CSS, and Web Accessibility, as I knew that a different interviewer specialized in JavaScript and algorithms. Our project focused on styling (and accessibility), and CSS was an essential…

Thoughts about developers skipping the maintenance phase and how this impacts their growth and the projects they work on. — Today, I read an article that listed the main phases of development as: Development Testing Code Reviewing Deployment Without getting into Testing and Code Reviewing being the same thing, this list (just like the coffee mug that decorates this article) missed the most important phases in the Software Development Life…

A special comic for Internet Explorer’s end-of-life — I have been publishing a webcomic for four months: a comic about CSS (and web development) without images, all coded in CSS and HTML. And I’ve had a blast while building it. An interesting experiment overall (that I have written about and will continue writing about in the future.) Today…

The meaning behind different LGBTQ+ flags and how to code them with CSS and a single HTML element. — June is Pride Month. And In this article, I will review some of the main LGBTQ+ flags out there and how we can code them in CSS and a single HTML element (keeping them responsive so that they could be double as icons.) I am not going to show how…

A simple naming mistake may cost effort, time, and money. — The other day at work, we were reviewing some CSS code when we stumped upon something interesting. It was related to how we imported the new font files that we got from an agency. The code looked something like this: @font-face { font-family: myFont; src: url(myFont.eot); src…

Use the Gamepad API to build a music game for all levels — In this article, we will learn how to develop a simple version of a Rock Band- or Guitar Hero-styled game using standard HTML and vanilla JavaScript. It is a short version of the workshop “Rocking the Gamepad API” that we did as part of the Codeland:Distributed conference. It will be…

A cry for help from employees. A how-to guide for corporate. — Let me start with a couple of considerations: this article doesn’t aim at any particular company. It is a collection of previous experiences and things I’ve heard (and seen) from friends and coworkers. Also, the post focuses mainly on software development jobs and mid-to-large-sized tech companies (although they apply to…

How to draw a manga/anime character with CSS (with video!) — Drawing in CSS is relaxing (at least for me) and an excellent way to practice CSS. Sometimes it’s helpful to try new features that cannot always make it into production because not all browsers may support them. In this article, I will explain how I drew the manga/anime drawing above…