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Minimizing SVGs

When working with SVG's sometimes we just put the svg into our code and think nothing more of it. But do we always need all that code that the SVG gives us? Perhaps not. SVGO is a tool that can take an SVG and compress it down to a smaller size ensuring your site is more performant.

Being an Imposter

If you ever look at the home page of my site or the intro slide of my talks you will probably think I am the biggest show off in the world. However, really I am an imposter. I doubt my abilities and find it difficult to accept my accomplishments and wonder if I deserve them.

Pagination in Nuxt Content

My blog was getting bigger and bigger and so time to add pagination. I am using Nuxt Content to manage my blog posts. So how do I add pagination to my blog? Let me show you how I did it.

Debugging Tests in Playwright

Let's take a look at some of the ways you can debug your tests in Playwright should they fail. Playwright scripts work with existing debugging tools, like Node.js debuggers and browser developer tools. Playwright also introduces new debugging features for browser automation.

Playwright Reports and Traces

Playwright will serve up a HTML report on your local server so you can easily walk through the steps of your test. You can also open a trace file which gives you even more powerful options of viewing, reporting, interacting and even debugging your tests.

Design Tokens and Theming

As frontend developers we are normally given a design from Figma or similar tools that we then need to turn into code. So where do we start? What are the first steps we should take when converting our design into code?

Testing iframes with Playwright

Have you ever had to test something in an iframe on your page with end to end testing? Even testing the play button of an embedded video used to be difficult but then along came Playwright. Let's take a look at how Playwright can help you test iframes.

Theming in React

Theming is a fascinating topic and a really important one these days as more and more people add light and dark mode to their sites and companies change the theme of their site or part of their site on specific dates to celebrate occasions such as christmas, pride week etc.

Learning about Developer Advocates

Being a Developer Advocate is by far the best job in the world, at least in my opinion and for me. It isn't for everyone and that's ok too. In this post I am going to share a bit about what I do as a Developer Advocate and what I love about it.

Building a Cart Context Component

Creating a generic cart component that can add and remove a product from the cart using React Context. This component can then be used in any other component or app to create more specific cart components.