Salma Alam-Naylor

I write code for your entertainment.

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

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Senior Staff Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 17

The Acronyms of Rendering on the Web

#webdev #beginners #html #javascript

7 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 12 '22

Light and dark mode in just 14 lines of CSS

#css #webdev

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 11 '22

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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Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 14 '21

My Twitch live coding setup in OBS

#twitch #webdev #productivity #womenintech

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May 4

The universal CSS * selector isn't actually universal

#css #beginners #webdev

2 min read

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 24

Hide text in CSS pseudo elements from screen readers with this one weird trick

#css #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jan 3

2022: what I made, what I learned, and what I didn't do

#devjournal

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Dec 12 '22

How to get the user’s timezone in JavaScript with Edge Functions

#webdev #javascript #tutorial #deno

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Nov 22 '22

A responsive striped CSS gradient inspired by 80s VHS tapes

#webdev #css #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Nov 15 '22

Single-page applications, multi-page applications, the history of Twitter tech, and a failed project

#javascript #webdev #twitter

7 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 26 '22

Personalize your static site based on a previous site referral

#javascript #webdev #serverless

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 4 '22

I changed my mind about writing new JavaScript frameworks

#javascript

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 6 '22

Rewrite your git history in 4 friendly commands

#git #webdev #beginners #tutorial

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 1 '22

What's the difference between : and :: in CSS?

#css #webdev #beginners

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 24 '22

Rewrite HTML and transform page props in Next.js with Next.js Advanced Middleware

#netlify #nextjs #serverless #typescript

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 12 '22

Add personalization to static HTML with Netlify Edge Functions — no browser JavaScript required

#netlify #html #serverless #javascript

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 25 '22

How to view Google Lighthouse scores for your site in Netlify

#netlify #webdev #tutorial #productivity

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 23 '22

Should I write a new JavaScript framework?

#discuss #webdev #javascript #programming

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 14 '22

How to deploy an Astro site

#webdev #javascript #jamstack #astro

10 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jun 9 '22

Build a business card CLI tool

#node #javascript #tutorial

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 30 '22

Level up your link previews in Slack

#webdev #html #beginners

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 11 '22

What is Jamstack?

#webdev #beginners #jamstack

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 27 '22

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

#serverless #javascript #jamstack

8 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Apr 5 '22

HTML is all you need to make a website

#webdev #html

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 30 '22

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

#webdev #jamstack #nextjs #11ty

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 21 '22

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

#webdebv

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 7 '22

How to delete all merged git branches with one terminal command

#git #productivity

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 4 '22

Why you should ship your silly side projects

#webdev

5 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 1 '22

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

#webdev #jamstack

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 22 '22

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

#jamstack #tutorial #javascript

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Netlify

Feb 15 '22

How to deploy your Netlify site with an Elgato Stream Deck

#serverless

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 13 '22

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

#webdev

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Feb 6 '22

Debug your CSS layouts with this one simple trick

#css #webdev

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jan 18 '22

How to use really long environment variables in Netlify functions

#serverless #netlify #node

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

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

14 min read

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

8 min read

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

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Oct 25 '21

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

#graphql #javascript #webdev #security

6 min read

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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Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 21 '21

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

#polywork #collaboration

6 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 17 '21

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

#nextjs #webdev #ecommerce #javascript

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 9 '21

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

#webdev #javascript #nextjs

15 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Sep 2 '21

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

#nextjs #javascript #webdev

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Aug 12 '21

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

#techtalks #javascript #webdev #a11y

14 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

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

3 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 12 '21

How to avoid using relative path imports in Next.js

#nextjs #javascript

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

Jul 9 '21

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

#webdev #bash #nextjs

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Jul 5 '21

How to add Algolia InstantSearch to your Next.js application

#javascript #webdev #nextjs #tutorial

11 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

Jun 16 '21

How to filter entries by linked references in GraphQL

#javascript #webdev #graphql

5 min read

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

5 min read

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

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 15 '21

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

#a11y #webdev #html

1 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 11 '21

What is BEM in CSS?

#webdev #css

4 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor for Contentful

May 11 '21

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

2 min read

Salma Alam-Naylor

May 4 '21

When to use aria-labels in your HTML

#a11y #webdev #html

3 min read

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

13 min read

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

8 min read

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Salma Alam-Naylor

Mar 26 '21

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

#webdev #womenintech #shecoded #programming

1 min read

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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