senior front-end developer
and
web accessibility advocate
…and former
rock star
so who is “basher”?
I'm glad you asked.
“basher” is an old school nickname that's pretty much stuck. For many years I was an aspiring rock star, thrashing my drums on sweaty stages for many bands, but mainly for UK rockers bushbaby.
As a sideline, I combined my artistic creativity and background in computers by building websites for local bands, teaching myself the fundamentals of web design, and experiencing the joys of browser testing in IE5 and Netscape!
But I've left those “hobbyist” days far behind me…
what do I do now?
I've been a full-time front-end web developer and web accessibility advocate since 2007.
I enjoy solving problems to deliver rich and performant user experiences to as many people as possible, irrespective of their ability or situation.
I'm also passionate about keeping things simple by leveraging the native web platform whenever possible, working with design systems, and building component libraries to improve code quality and overall developer experience.
my recent work
projects
- UI boilerplate / Storybook component library Accessible UI boilerplate for websites & webapps using vanilla HTML, CSS (Sass), JavaScript (TypeScript), Web Components and ARIA.
articles
- HTML Web Components Make Progressive Enhancement and CSS Encapsulation Easier! An extension to my previous article on LinkedIn.
- HTML Web Components - Progressive Enhancement and CSS Encapsulation/Scope Made Easy My preferred approach to leveraging native Web Components.
- Expandable Sections Within a CSS Grid Explains how I solved a potentially tricky UX/UI problem with essentially 3 lines of CSS!