Bookmarks
Accessibility
- Accessibility Conferences and Events
- A regularly updated list of accessibility conferences.
- Accessibility Developer Guide
- A resource for accessibility development with guides on how to set up accessibility test environments and accessibility development tips and tricks.
- Accessibility Support
- A website similar to caniuse.com but for screen readers, however it is worth reading the Accessibility Support FAQ page to understand how to best interpret results.
- ARIA in HTML
- Guidance and requirements around ARIA roles and attributes. Contains various tables that map HTML elements and features to their respective ARIA semantics.
- Core Accessibility API Mappings 1.2
- Defines how ARIA roles, states and events are mapped by the Accessibility APIs across operating systems.
- HTML Accessibility API Mappings 1.0
- Defines how HTML elements are mapped by the Accessibility APIs across operating systems.
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List
- Looking for a specific tool to evaluate a specific criteria? This curated list by W3C is a good starting point.
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
- The WCAG 2.2 guidelines demonstrate how to meet most accessibility requirements on the web. Excitingly, there is a Working Draft for WCAG 3.0. Further reading for WCAG 2.2 comes in the form of "Understanding WCAG 2.2" and "How to Meet WCAG (Quick Reference)".
Games
- Winter Rush
- An addictive browser game. I first found it in an online Christmas advent calendar with a web development theme. Surprisingly, the URL still works.
Reference
- Common HTML entities used for typography
- I am always forgetting HTML entity codes. This website helps me remember what they all are.
- Declaring langauge in HTML
- For if you ever want to know what to put in a
lang
attribute. This page also links to a tool that allows language lookup for determining what IANA code should be used. - How to write a Git commit message
- A useful way of approaching how you write Git commit messages, both for your future self and others.
Privacy
- Blacklight
- A real-time website privacy inspector. Nothing revolutionary but a unique concept.
- nomoregoogle.com
- Alternatives to Google products.
- privacyguides.org
- A well-designed knowledge base to help you discover tools that prioritise privacy for all parts of digital life.
- sethforprivacy.com
- A website that hosts privacy-centric articles and guides.
Security
- 2fa.directory
- A list of websites and applications that accept two-factor authentication sign-in methods.
- browserleaks.com
- A series of tools and tests to evaluate the security and privacy of the browser.
- passkeys.directory
- A list, provided by 1Password, of websites and applications that accept passkeys.
Tools
- regex101.com
- My go-to website for understanding regular expressions.
- Regex Generator
- Yet another regular expression generator except this is the most polished that I have seen (so far).
- speed.cloudflare.com
- My go-to "is my Internet working?" website.
- URL Decoder/Encoder
- A very handy website for when you don't want to think about this stuff.
Websites
- cosinekitty.com
- I like this website for its plain HTML design and the interesting subject matter, particularly around astronomy.
- macwright.org
- A well-written and informative blog with a lightweight design and some interesting photos and projects to look at.
The Grug Brained Developer Funny, endearing and some great thoughts around what matters most as a developer.
- Wirecutter
- Need to find reviews on a product, or lost as to what the best brands are? The Wirecutter serves as a good starting point.
- vgmdb.net
- A comprehensive resource and catalogue of video game music.