“development” Articles

Something I started doing lately is using the padding of a <label> element to create the space between it and an <input> instead of a margin or grid/flexbox gap. I’m sure a bunch of people already do this, but it’s something that only recently dawned on me.

Recently, I added a dark mode setting to my website. Dark mode is a color theme feature that’s pretty common these days. Letting users adjust the color of content so it’s easier to see is a nice usability improvement.

Many developers I follow have written great articles about their implementations, which are full of valuable insight. To name a few: Hidde de Vries, Sarah Fossheim, and Josh Comeau all have smart approaches with valuable takeaways.

However, I decided to take a slightly different approach than a lot of the solutions I’d seen – a progressively-enhanced version that works with or without JavaScript (JS).