Learn how to blur an element's background image without blurring its contents using absolute positioning and CSS grid.Let's say you want to have text overlaid on top of a background image. Depending on the image, this may cause an issue …

A simple guide to serving your application over HTTPS using Webpack DevServer and mkcert with your own custom hostname.I probably don't need to try that hard to explain why it's important to make the effort to enable HTTPS on your website…

A step-by-step walkthrough for adding the ability to toggle themes to your React application using React Context and Styled Components.Dark user interfaces are a wonderful thing. Not only are they easier on the eyes by helping to reduce blue light exposu…

A simple demonstration of how you can make your own Hooks to handle state logic in your React components.Hooks are a really popular feature of React as they allow you to simplify your component logic by doing away with compl…

Two simple approaches to coming up with test cases for unit tests with examples in C#.Unit tests are an important part of the development process that help to reassure you that your code is doing what it's…

Dynamically set the colour palette of your React components with color-thief-react.I always thought it was really cool how some applications were able to dynamically set the colour of components on thei…