Caktus Blog
Web development blog with how-to's on UX, quality assurance, project management, and more.
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Our Top 20 Blogs in 2020
We’ve published summaries of our most popular blog posts before (see Top 19 of 2019 and Top 18 of 2018), but this time, we’re taking it a step further. We’re sharing the 20 most... Read more
January 5, 2021 -
My Favorite Technical Blogs and Mailing Lists
I keep up with what's happening in my field by following a number of blogs and an occasional email list. I don't read everything posted in all of these, but by scanning the top... Read more
November 4, 2020 -
JWT Authentication: Rethinking the Pattern
Part two of a two-part series. View part one. Stateless authentication with JSON Web Tokens — safely! As developers who build REST APIs, we are quite familiar with JSON Web To... Read more
October 20, 2020 -
Build React Apps with Styled Components: The Why and How of the Styled-Components Library
React is a library that helps developers approach user interface (UI) development with the single-responsibility principle in mind, while building reusable, encapsulated compon... Read more
October 8, 2020 -
JWT Authentication: How Does it Work?
Part one of a two-part series. A REST API is a wonderful way to expose application data to a wide variety of clients. Anything that can speak HTTP can communicate with a REST A... Read more
August 21, 2020 -
Accessibility Testing Tips for Beginners
If you’re new to testing accessibility features like I was, it can feel like an amorphous blob that you’ve been tasked with putting into organized boxes. There are multiple fini... Read more
July 23, 2020