Chris Smith
Hello World
Hello. I'm Chris, a front-end web developer from the UK. I blog about front end web development and the tech industry generally. I've been making web pages since 1999 and this blog dates back to 2008.
You can find me on CodePen, Mastodon and X (formerly Twitter). Come and say hello.
Latest blog posts
- Practical Tips to Reduce your Carbon Footprint
- WordPress to Eleventy - Part 2, The How
- WordPress to Eleventy - Part 1, The Why
- Who'd be a front end developer?
- Prototyping in CodePen
- UI Performance - Critical Rendering Path Optimisation
- CARPET - A Front End Checklist
- How I'd Learn Front End Web Development Now
- Emmet - Write HTML and CSS Faster
- Progress Indicators
- New Image Formats - WebP and AVIF
- Transitioning to Modern JavaScript