Chris Smith

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Hello World

Hello. 👋 I'm Chris, a front-end web developer from the UK. I blog about front end web development, design and user experience. I've been making web pages since 1999 and blogging since 2008.

You can find me on CodePen, Mastodon and X. Come and say hello.

Latest blog posts

Simplifying dates in JavaScript

Replacing jQuery UI datepicker with HTML date input

Code formatting and style guides

A dedicated pull request channel

Converting jQuery to vanilla JavaScript with an AI assistant

Big list of all posts