And here is the second part of the Semantic HTML: Texts and Formatting, where you will learn about paragraphs, sections, and 10 other elements that will help you write amazing HTML structures.

Semantic HTML: Texts and Formatting - part 2

Last week I did a presentation about career and front-end development in Europe for Faculdade Alfa, a University in Brazil. I talked about the skills needed to become a highly qualified front-end developer and how to improve and raise the level of those skills. But as this presentation is entirely in Brazilian Portuguese, I wrote this post in English with my best tips for you to improve your technical skills.

9 Ways a Front-end Developer Can Improve Technical Skills

Unfortunately, many websites are developed using an absurd amount of and <div>. And that is a shame because HTML5 has about 100 elements. When we do not use all the power of semantic HTML, we only have to lose, in terms of accessibility and maintenance.

Semantic HTML: Texts and Formatting - part 1

In most of the cases, images are used to make the websites content more pleasant or to demonstrate an impression or emotion to the user. However, there are other factors besides "visually pleasing" that contribute to your user having a great experience on your website.

Semantic HTML: Images

This is the second post of the Web Accessibility Series, and here you will learn what your application needs to be accessible to screen readers users in eight steps.

Web Accessibility II: Make Your Website Accessible to Screen Reader Users

The year is almost over but there is still time to leave behind everything that keeps you from being a fantastic developer. Take advantage of these tips to learn a better and more affordable way to develop front-end applications and let these 10 bad practices die along with 2020.

10 Bad Front-end Practices to Let Go Before the New Year

Getting the first job opportunity is not easy, especially when most vacancies ask for previous experience even for internship vacancies. Experience is important, but it is not the only requirement for developer vacancies. There are many other ways to demonstrate capacity. And to help you differentiate yourself from so many other developers I will share with you these 5 ways to contrast yourself in a selection process without having previous experience!

How to Get your First Job as a Developer Without Having Experience

Ensuring a great reading experience is essential to retain our users, after all, we want them to read and consume the content on our website, right? And our role, as front-end developers, is to ensure that all users will have the best experience possible when using our applications. Regardless of whether they are disabled users or not.

10 Tips to Improve the Readability of your Website

Landmarks provide a powerful way to identify the organization and structure of a web page. The structural information conveyed visually to users should be represented programmatically in the markup using landmark roles. In this post, you will understand the importance of logical, usable, and accessible layout for assistive technologies using HTML sectioning elements and ARIA landmark roles.

8 Landmark Roles That Every Front-end Should Know

Do you know what Albert Einstein, Steven Spielberg and Leonardo da Vinci have in common? Yes, dyslexia. Usually, when people hear the word dyslexia they think only of reading or math problems a child is having in school, or of slow learners. Almost everyone considers it some form of a learning disability, but the learning disability is only one face of dyslexia.

Web Accessibility IV: Make Your Website Accessible to Users with Dyslexia

Have you ever wondered if you should use or ? Or have you wasted time googling to see which one is the most suitable? So I will save your time and share with you the formula that made me understand when to use and when not to use these HTML elements.

Understanding the Difference Between and

Last Friday, I completed one year that I am living in the Netherlands. That was very quick, and it made me very thoughtful about what this whole process of change was like for me, the things I gave up, and the things I gained from all of it.

One year in the Netherlands: How was my Moving Process?

Pull Requests let you tell others about changes you have pushed to a branch in a repository on GitHub, for example. And when we work in teams, we know that the time it takes to create and review a Pull Request can profoundly impact the productivity of the entire team. This is why I created a "cake recipe" that helps me write my Pull Requests in 10 minutes (and sometimes in less time). And now I will share this knowledge with you.

How to Write a Great Pull Request in 10 Minutes (or less)

In this post, I selected the must-have Chrome extensions about accessibility, JS frameworks, style, and more, that every front-end developer should use to increase their productivity and deliver a quality product with a focus on all users.

10 Chrome Extensions for Front-end Developers Improve Productivity

This is the third post of the Web Accessibility Series. You will learn what low vision users need for web content, tools, and technologies to be accessible in six steps. It includes an overview of types of low vision and describes specific user needs.

Web Accessibility III: Make Your Website Accessible to Low Vision Users

This is the first post of the Web Accessibility Series, and here you will learn what your application needs to be accessible to keyboard users in six steps.

Web Accessibility I: Make Your Website Accessible to Keyboard Users

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Semantic HTML: Texts and Formatting - part 2

9 Ways a Front-end Developer Can Improve Technical Skills

Semantic HTML: Texts and Formatting - part 1

Semantic HTML: Images

Web Accessibility II: Make Your Website Accessible to Screen Reader Users