Salma Alam-Naylor

I help developers build stuff, learn things, and love what they do • DX @Netlify • Twitch partner • Microsoft MVP • Jamstack Conf Community Creator 2021 • she/her

Manchester, UK Joined on Oct 17, 2020 https://whitep4nth3r.com/

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Staff Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify

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Salma Alam-Naylor

May 12

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

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Mar 30

How I massively improved my website performance by using the right tool for the job

#webdev #jamstack #nextjs #11ty

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Feb 11

How to build an HTML-only accordion — no JavaScript required!

#webdev #html #beginners

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Apr 11 '21

How to build, test and release a node module in ES6

#webdev #javascript #node #npm

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Mar 14 '21

My Twitch live coding setup in OBS

#twitch #webdev #productivity #womenintech

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Salma Alam-Naylor

May 11

What is Jamstack?

#webdev #beginners #jamstack

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Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Sweet!

May 18

Why still write articles to teach JavaScript?

For me personally, it's really useful to blog on topics to he...

May 17

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Interesting approach! Except I'm viewing it in dark mode whic...

May 17

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

TIL!! Thanks for that! I guess if you wanted different shades...

May 13

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Great work!

May 13

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

This is the way! 🥳

May 12

HTML is all you need to make a website

HTML is fundamental to understanding how a browser page works...

Apr 14

HTML is all you need to make a website

Clever :D

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 27

We're all living on it. But what exactly is The Edge?

#serverless #javascript #jamstack

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Apr 5

HTML is all you need to make a website

#webdev #html

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Mar 21

How to format dates for RSS feeds (RFC-822)

#webdebv

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Mar 17

Unicorn Instagram: Catch up on the launch of Women of Jamstack

#webdev #jamstack

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Mar 7

How to delete all merged git branches with one terminal command

#git #productivity

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Mar 4

Why you should ship your silly side projects

#webdev

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Mar 1

Watch the Women of Jamstack prototype get built and deployed in under 7 minutes

#webdev #jamstack

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Feb 22

Previewing your posts — how to build the best decoupled content management workflow for your static site

#jamstack #tutorial #javascript

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Netlify

Feb 15

How to deploy your Netlify site with an Elgato Stream Deck

#serverless

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 13

How I improved your Google Lighthouse SEO score with a lot of research and one quick PR

#webdev

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Feb 6

Debug your CSS layouts with this one simple trick

#css #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Jan 18

How to use really long environment variables in Netlify functions

#serverless #netlify #node

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Dec 14 '21

An introduction to GraphQL and how to use GraphQL APIs

#graphql #beginners #webdev

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Nov 29 '21

How to load responsive images in AVIF and WebP using the HTML picture element

#html #a11y #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Nov 26 '21

Jamstack, a11y, Cookies and Coronavirus — a look back at Fast Forward 2021 Day 2

#webdev #a11y #javascript #jamstack

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Nov 1 '21

Calling all Contentful app builders! We've now released App sharing and custom App icons!

#react #opensource #webdev #programming

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 25 '21

TIL: How to use GraphQL variables to give my queries type safety

#graphql #javascript #webdev #security

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 11 '21

Next.js Dynamic Routes With Contentful's GraphQL API — with Jason Lengstorf

#nextjs #javascript #jamstack #graphql

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 5 '21

What is a REST API?

#webdev #beginners #codenewbie #api

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Sep 21 '21

Why I love Polywork as a developer advocate — and it's not for the reason you think

#polywork #collaboration

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Sep 17 '21

Ecommerce and Next.js on the Jamstack — with Colby Fayock

#nextjs #webdev #ecommerce #javascript

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Sep 9 '21

How to build a personalized image social sharing app with Cloudinary and Next.js

#webdev #javascript #nextjs

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Sep 2 '21

Why I love building with Next.js — a fireside chat with Cassidy Williams of Netlify

#nextjs #javascript #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 12 '21

Tech Talk: How to prevent the collapse of society by building an accessible web

#techtalks #javascript #webdev #a11y

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Aug 12 '21

What is an API?

#webdev #javascript #beginners

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Aug 5 '21

A Next.js complete beginner tutorial using the Spotify API

#webdev #javascript #nextjs

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Jul 12 '21

How to avoid using relative path imports in Next.js

#nextjs #javascript

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 9 '21

How I set up my new Next.js projects with a handy bash script

#webdev #bash #nextjs

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Jul 5 '21

How to add Algolia InstantSearch to your Next.js application

#javascript #webdev #nextjs #tutorial

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Jun 16 '21

How to filter entries by linked references in GraphQL

#javascript #webdev #graphql

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Salma Alam-Naylor

May 27 '21

How to use GitHub actions and Contentful webhooks to show your latest blog posts on your GitHub profile README

#serverless #github

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

May 27 '21

Rich Text field tips and tricks from the Contentful DevRel team

#webev #javascript

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 17 '21

How to make your font sizes accessible with CSS

#webdev #a11y #css #html

4 min read

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May 15 '21

How to use aria labels in your HTML – and why you should: the video

#a11y #webdev #html

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Salma Alam-Naylor

May 11 '21

What is BEM in CSS?

#webdev #css

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

May 11 '21

The future of ecommerce is with Jamstack: Next.js, Contentful and Shopify

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May 4 '21

When to use aria-labels in your HTML

#a11y #webdev #html

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Apr 26 '21

Paginating your Contentful blog posts in Next.js with the GraphQL API

#webdev #nextjs #react #tutorial

15 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Apr 22 '21

Rendering linked assets and entries in the Contentful Rich Text field

#webdev #react #graphql #javascript

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Apr 22 '21

Exploring linked entries and assets in Contentful with JavaScript via REST and GraphQL

#webdev #javascript #graphql #react

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Mar 26 '21

I'm whitep4nth3r, and I help developers build stuff, learn things, and love what they do

#webdev #womenintech #shecoded #programming

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Mar 17 '21

Three ways to use Puppeteer and Node.js to screenshot web pages and generate dynamic Open Graph images for social sharing

#webdev #serverless #javascript #node

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Mar 8 '21

How to generate an RSS feed for your blog with JavaScript and Netlify functions

#serverless #webdev #javascript

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 27 '21

How to make your code blocks accessible on your website

#css #a11y #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Feb 8 '21

My non-traditional journey into tech and DevRel

#career #womenintech #devrel

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Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Feb 8 '21

How to build a lightweight microblogging site with Contentful, vanilla HTML, CSS and JavaScript

#webdev #contentful

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Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Why still write articles to teach JavaScript?

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

HTML is all you need to make a website

HTML is all you need to make a website