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This guide explains how to create a single repeatable web component that dynamically handles multiple data points from a JSON file. The component will:
- Populate
<user-name></user-name>
with a user's name. - Render search results inside
<search-results>
with dynamic rows based on available vertical space. - Populate
<label>
elements inside<nav>
for accessible tab navigation. - Render paragraphs inside
<section>
elements.
The component will use modern CSS for layout and accessibility, minimizing JavaScript usage.
Modern CSS is undergoing a revolution, enabling highly dynamic and adaptable user interfaces without requiring JavaScript. With the :has()
pseudo-class, container queries, and media queries, we can create interfaces that adjust based on their content, eliminating the need for multiple layouts or complex scripts. This approach allows a single UI structure to morph into various designs based on content type, volume, or viewport constraints.
Improving web accessibility ensures that all users, including those with disabilities, can interact with a website effectively. Below are five modern HTML and CSS code examples to enhance accessibility in any website or web application.
Many users rely on keyboard navigation or screen readers. A skip link allows them to bypass repeated navigation and go straight to the main content.
<a href="#main-content" class="skip-link">Skip to main content</a>
♿ Web accessibility ensures that websites and applications are usable by people with disabilities, allowing them to perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the web effectively. It focuses on removing barriers that might prevent interaction with or access to websites by individuals with auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech, or visual impairments.
🔗 W3C: Accessibility, Usability, and Inclusion
🔍 Web usability, on the other hand, pertains to the overall user experience, emphasizing the design of products to be effective, efficient, and satisfying for all users. It involves creating intuitive interfaces that facilitate easy navigation and task completion, thereby enhancing user satisfaction.
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act mandates that federal agencies ensure their electronic and information technology (EIT) is accessible to individuals with disabilities. This encompasses various technologies, including websites, software, and electronic documents.
- 📜 1973: The Rehabilitation Act was enacted to prohibit discrimination based on disability in federal programs.
- 🖥️ 1986: Section 508 was added, addressing accessibility in electronic and information technologies.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are a set of internationally recognized standards designed to improve web accessibility for individuals with disabilities. Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) under the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), WCAG ensures that digital content is usable by people with various impairments, including visual, auditory, cognitive, and motor disabilities.
WCAG has evolved over the years to address the growing complexity of web applications and digital experiences:
- 📅 WCAG 1.0 (1999) – The first version, published on May 5, 1999, provided 14 guidelines based on four principles: clarity, navigability, understandability, and robustness. It emphasized textual alternatives for non-text content.
- 🚀 WCAG 2.0 (2008) – Introduced on December 11, 2008, this version adopted a technology-agnostic approach a
Responsive images are an essential part of modern web development, ensuring that images adapt to different screen sizes, resolutions, and bandwidth conditions. Without proper responsive image handling, websites suffer from slow loading times, poor user experience, and unnecessary data consumption.
With advancements in CSS and HTML, responsive image techniques are now cross-browser compatible, widely supported, and expected by users. Implementing responsive images should be a default practice for all websites and web applications.
Tables are essential for displaying structured data in web applications. However, traditional tables can be difficult to use on smaller screens, requiring horizontal scrolling or zooming. Implementing a responsive table ensures that data remains accessible and easy to navigate across different screen sizes.
A well-designed responsive table ensures that users can access and interact with data seamlessly, regardless of the device they are using. For instance, collapsing table headers into inline labels on smaller screens improves readability and usability.
Modern web applications can separate concerns by decoupling the UI (HTML, CSS, JS) from the data and business logic managed by Angular, Vue, or React. This architecture enables design-driven development where front-end developers control UI/UX while developers manage the app’s logic via APIs.
- 🎨 Design Flexibility: Front-end developers can build UI freely without framework constraints.