Tag: html
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The wacky world of HTML email development
I recently decided I wanted to create a newsletter template from scratch. I’m (over)subscribed to a huge number of newsletters and I’ve noticed most of them are very similar — aka plain. The ones that go the extra mile to create beautiful custom designs really stand out and leave an impression. ✨ Since I’m confident…
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How to build a Web Scraper with Puppeteer
Many larger companies offer free public APIs that provide developers with access to data for them to use in their own projects. But that’s not always the case.Sometimes you need to reach out and scrape the data for yourself! Web scraper vs Web crawler? Web scrapers and web crawlers are both tools that can be…
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Painting with Pixels: A Short Introduction to the Canvas API
Creating digital art with canvas feels like ✨ magic. ✨ It was originally introduced by Apple for their Safari and dashboard UI components, and (lucky for us) the Canvas API is now built-in to all modern browsers. We can use it to create all sorts of awesome drawings, graphs, animations and games. Anything that you…
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How to Create a Portfolio Website with Gatsby (for free)
As a new developer-in-training I keep hearing the advice that you should not be paying money for anything until you’ve actually gotten your first software engineering position. Creating a website can obviously be quite costly if you pay somebody else to set it up for you, especially if you have a very complex website in…