Building (and improving) PWAs in VSCode just got even better. Many thanks to the PWA Builder team for all their hard work!
Dispatches From The Internets
Web Components as Progressive Enhancement
The Right Stuff
Would people who are disabled here on Earth make excellent astronauts? Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen thinks they could. This episode of Radiolab takes zero-gravity flight with a host of people with disabilities to explore that question.
This podcast brought me so much joy in experiencing the participants’ profound joy in both weightlessness and freedom. It also brought me so much sadness with respect to how far we’ve yet to come with our treatment of people with disabilities here on Earth. In the end though, it left me with hope though. Lots of hope.
See also: AstroAccess
30 days of PWA
Today, some colleagues and I kicked off a new series on developing Progressive Web Apps. It will run for 30 days and takes you from the point of knowing nothing about PWAs all the way through integrating some of the amazing advanced capabilities available to web apps today.
Announcing PWA Studio, the VS Code extension for building Progressive Web Apps!
Building (and improving) PWAs in VSCode just got even better. Many thanks to the PWA Builder team for all their hard work!
Short note on emoji text alternative variations
Steve Faulkner offers a little more insight into how emoji show up for folks who rely on screen readers. And the results may not be what you expected.
Div divisiveness
If you’re at all confused about when it’s cool to use a <div> and when it’s not, this is the post for you.
Debug memory leaks with the Microsoft Edge Detached Elements tool
Memory leaks suck and they proliferate when you slice & dice the DOM using JavaScript. Edge DevTools makes it easy to debug “detached elements” now.
Breaking Out of the Box
Years ago we started thinking about how PWAs could extend their reach into the titlebar (like Electron apps can) and it’s finally a reality! Check out this deep dive from Patrick Brosset to learn how to do it with just a little bit of CSS and/or JavaScript.
What’s new with PWAs?
Chidiebere Onyegbuchulem has assembled a huge list of awesome features that could work well for your Progressive Web App(s).
Enhancing the Manifest
Since joining the esteemed group of editors maintaining the Web App Manifest spec for the W3C, I’ve been on the lookout for ways to enhance both web apps themselves—in terms of functionality—and how web apps are represented in app catalogs and digital storefronts. Some of that work is finally gaining traction and I’d love to get your input.