David Walsh Blog

As the web continues to be the medium for all users, standards bodies need to continue to provide new APIs to enrich user experience and accessibility.

Setting up a new computer is bliss — no old, unused apps and the machine performs much better than the previous.

Managing media is a really difficult task if you try to do all of it yourself, especially if the media comes from other sources.

The ability to download media on the internet almost feels like a lost art.

curl is one of those great utilities that’s been around seemingly forever and has endless use cases.

CSS selectors never cease to amaze me in how powerful they can be in matching complex patterns.

Working on a web extension that ships to an app store and isn’t immediately modifiable, like a website, can be difficult.

Remembering the WiFi password when on a guest network is never easy.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to be what every father wants, if only for a moment: the “cool dad”.

Modals have been an important part of websites for two decades.

AI media creation has expanded to incredible video art and a host of other important improvements, and LimeWire is leading the way in creating an awesome interface for the average user to become an AI artist.

Time can be a funny thing.

Anyone is capable of having their caps lock key on at any given time without realizing so.

One of the HTML elements that frequently comes into collision with CSS is the img element.

Over 50 thousand developers visit DavidWalshBlog every month from around the world to learn JavaScript tricks and fix problems in their code.

Ask any software engineer and they’ll tell you that coding date logic can be a nightmare.

User input from HTML form fields is generally provided to JavaScript as a string.

Streaming services have revolutionized content delivery, sending linear media companies into a panic as they watch traditional cable services decay.

As the demands of the web change and developers experiment with different user experiences, the need for more native language improvements expands.

The underground world of creating and streaming Super Mario World-based ROM hacks continues to gain popularity.