r2c - Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Modals Will Never Be The Same - HTML dialog Element

The new HTML dialog element makes working with accessible modals so much easier. In this article I explain everything you need to know about the new dialog element to use it in your next project.

Writing Quality Code: Practicing "Make It Work, Make It Right, Make It Fast"

Kent Beck, a software engineer famous enough to have his own Wikipedia page, is quoted as saying, “Make it work, make it right, make it fast.” A quick web search will show you several pages discussing this quote, some in great detail. So, I’ll write another, and hopefully, I’ll provide two things to build on the existing literature. First, I’d like to put this concept in front of some programmers that might not have heard it, or if they have, haven’t taken it to heart. Second, I’ll provide my own philosophy on the subject. Maybe it will different enough that you’ll get something new from it. I do have a slightly different take on it. Although I don’t want anyone to change the quote, maybe we can instead think of it as, “Solve the problem, make it maintainable, and make it perform.”