On the seventh day of Enhancing: Forms
Getting started storing data is a snap with Enhance and HTML forms.
Simon MacDonald
4 mins to read
On the sixth day of Enhancing: Head component
Overriding the head component to provide social links
Simon MacDonald
2 mins to read
On the fifth day of Enhancing: Enhance Styles
Let's apply some styling to our example application
Simon MacDonald
2 mins to read
On the fourth day of Enhancing: Composing elements
Building web components out of smaller components is one of the most powerful features of web components.
Simon MacDonald
2 mins to read
On the third day of Enhancing: API routes and the Store
On day three we’ll introduce API routes and the store.
Simon MacDonald
2 mins to read
On the second day of Enhancing: Your first page and component
Picking up from where we left off yesterday. Let’s add a new page to our application.
Simon MacDonald
3 mins to read
On the first day of Enhancing: Getting Started
We embark on a 12 day journey to build and deploy your first Enhance app.
Simon MacDonald
2 mins to read
Fixing mobile nav state with 'autocomplete=off': Obscure HTML attributes FTW
Mobile nav menu with a checkbox control has a problem when using the back button to navigate. We fix this using only HTML attributes.
Ryan Bethel
2 mins to read
New in Enhance: Browser JS Workflow
The Enhance web framework now has a built-in pipeline for your project's browser JavaScript. Easily import and bundle Node.js modules into your client-side code.
Taylor Beseda
2 mins to read
Using Lit Components in an Enhance App
Lit is a popular library that can be used to build web components. Lit can play nice with Enhance with a little modification.
Simon MacDonald
4 mins to read
Selecting 3rd Party Web Components
As more Web Components are published as re-usable modules, it's helpful to have some criteria when selecting third party libraries to incorporate new features.
Taylor Beseda
4 mins to read
Enhancing Vanilla Web Components
In this post we'll show you how to Enhance a Vanilla web component, so that it arrives fully expanded on the client by avoiding the use of the Shadow DOM.
Simon MacDonald
5 mins to read
HTML Custom Element as a Feature API
Utilize a custom element definition as a friendlier interface for app features leveraging external front-end libraries.
Taylor Beseda
3 mins to read
Using External Web Components with Enhance
We love building web components with Enhance, but we realize that sometimes you may need to pull one off the shelf to include in your app. Follow along to see how to add a Vanilla JS web component to your Enhance app.
Simon MacDonald
2 mins to read
Code, 2nd Edition: Begin Book Club
If you missed out on our meet up with Charles Petzold on his book, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software, you can catch up by watching the video or reading the transcript.
Simon MacDonald
52 mins to read
Rendering Markdown with Enhance
Frequently folks ask if you can render markdown documents with Enhance and of course you can. Read on to find out how we do it in our projects.
Simon MacDonald
5 mins to read
Building Underdark with Enhance
I sit down for a conversation with Jonathan Lipps who recently built and deployed his site, Notes from the Underdark, using Enhance.
Simon MacDonald
11 mins to read
Remote Engineering Management: Begin Book Club
If you missed out on our meet up with Alexandra Sunderland on her book, Remote Engineering Management, you can catch up by watching the video or reading the transcript.
Simon MacDonald
57 mins to read
An Accessible Modal without JavaScript: The Final Boss
Building an accessible modal is difficult. Doing it without JavaScript _has_ been almost impossible. It’s been called the final boss of accessible components for a long time.
Ryan Bethel
9 mins to read
Web Components, Server Side Rendering and Progressive Enhancement, Oh My!
There seems to be a bit of confusion these days about how it is possible to progressively enhance web components since they need JavaScript to function properly. Well, that’s where server-side rendering comes in. Follow along as we build a counter component using web fundamentals.
Simon MacDonald
6 mins to read