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“naming” News Archive

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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Who Gets to Name the Future?118
terminology, community
caniname (bra)117
packages, netlify, npm
A Practical Guide to Naming Things (sma)116
guides, branding, design
A11y 101—4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (nat)115
introductions, accessibility, wcag, components
Not Tokens (don)114
design-tokens
A11y 101—3.2.4 Consistent Identification (nat)113
introductions, accessibility, wcag, labels
How to Name Your App (and Get the Best Trademark)112
how-tos, legal
Design Token Naming Conventions: A Practical Guide (stu)111
guides, design-tokens, conventions, examples
The Color System I Wish I Understood Sooner (the)110
colors, color-palettes
CSS “@scope”: An Alternative to Naming Conventions and Heavy Abstractions (sma)109
css, scope
ICANN Seeks Input on Name Collision Procedure Documentation108
domains, icann
Names Are Hard but They Don’t Have to Be (col)107
internationalization, validation
How to Dynamically Install Custom Elements (hey)106
how-tos, web-components, javascript
What Does “Hidden” Actually Mean in Accessible Name Computation? (rus)105
accessibility, hiding
Accessible Names and Labels: Understanding What Works and What Doesn’t (tpg)104
accessibility, labels, forms
Thinking Deeply About Theming and Color Naming (zel/css)103
theming, semantics, color-palettes, colors, pico
Figma Variables and Design Tokens: Naming and Creating Variables (lur/zer)102
figma, variables, design-tokens
UX or PX? Why Naming Matters101
user-experience
Naming Things in Design Systems—and Why It’s the Worst (pjo)100
design-systems, components
Designing Design Systems: A Framework for Names, Terms, and Definitions99
design-systems, documentation, processes
Defending Tailwind (don)98
tailwind, presentational-html, productivity, maintainability, scalability
Figma Branches Best Practices97
design, figma, best-practices, collaboration, processes
Design Tokens: Authoring vs. Consuming96
design-tokens, design-systems, comparisons
Naming Things Is Still a Common and Enduring Challenge in Accessibility (cer)95
accessibility
Best Practices for Naming Design Tokens, Components, Variables, and More (sma)94
design-tokens, components, variables, best-practices
Naming Colors in Design Systems93
colors, design-systems
When It Says “Name From Author” It Means From You, Not Boll or Bukowski (ste)92
accessibility, aria
Names Are Complex: Displaying Initials for an Avatar Component in a Design System (hey)91
design, case-studies
Naming Design Tokens: The Art of Clarity and Consistency90
design-tokens, consistency
My 3 Rules for Documenting Code (wra)89
documentation, processes
Truly Semantic (don)88
design-tokens, semantics
Why Naming Is #1 Skill for Writing Clean Code87
conventions, best-practices
Naming Variables in CSS (doc)86
css, custom-properties
Naming Things Needn’t Be Hard (pau)85
websites
Naming Components84
design-systems, components
Before Your Next Frontend Pull Request, Use This Checklist (tra/evi)83
checklists, performance, compression, dependencies, accessibility, legibility
How to Name Design Tokens in a Design System82
how-tos, design-tokens, design-systems
Choosing a Name for Your Design System (bra)81
design-systems
Foundations: Accessible Names and Descriptions (ihe/tet)80
accessibility, fundamentals, writing, aria
Taming the Cascade With BEM and Modern CSS Selectors (css)79
css, cascade, selectors, bem
The Evolution of Scalable CSS78
css, maintainability, scalability, oocss, smacss, bem, css-in-js, modules, atomic-css, tailwind, history
A CSS Class-Naming Convention Might Still Be Your Best Choice (ben)77
css, conventions
Better Accessible Names (hdv)76
accessibility
Modern Alternatives to BEM (dav)75
css, sorting, bem, comparisons
Custom Event Naming Conventions (cfe)74
javascript, events
Why Do We Call It “Breadcrumbs”? Diving Into the History of UI Components (uxm)73
design, history, navigation, breadcrumbs
Naming Conventions for Design Systems72
design-systems, conventions
Tokens as Intents (don)71
design-tokens, typography
Naming Colors in Design Systems70
design-systems, colors
How Should You Name Your Colors in a Design System?69
colors, design-systems
JavaScript Naming Conflicts: How Existing Code Can Force Proposed Features to Be Renamed (rau)68
javascript, refactoring
Why Radio Buttons Are Called Radio Buttons in UIs? (ami)67
html, semantics
Everything Publishers Need to Know About URLs66
seo, urls
Naming Design Tokens (luk)65
design-tokens
Naming Conventions for Your Design System (zer)64
design-systems, conventions
Name, Labels, ARIA, What to Do? (sco)63
accessibility, forms, labels, writing
Common Mistakes When Writing CSS With BEM62
css, bem, mistakes
How to Name Your Design System61
how-tos, design-systems
Naming Color Variables in CSS (ahm)60
css, colors, custom-properties, design-tokens
Algorithms in CSS59
css, algorithms, programming
Non-Noxious Nomenclature58
A Minimal JavaScript Setup (css)57
javascript, conventions, scope, performance, maintainability, examples
CSS Architecture: Block Element Modifier (BEM) and Atomic CSS (web)56
css, architecture, bem, atomic-css
Image Alt Text vs. Title Text vs. File Names: What’s the Difference? (bri/sea)55
seo, alt-text, images, accessibility, microcontent, comparisons
Using Sass to Control Scope With BEM Naming (bel/css)54
scope, javascript, css, sass, bem
In Defense of Utility-First CSS (sar)53
css, presentational-html, bem, maintainability, scalability
New Package Moniker Rules52
npm, dependencies
ABEM—a More Useful Adaptation of BEM (css)51
css, bem, atomic-design
A Developer’s Guide to Better Accessibility (a11+/24a)50
guides, accessibility, html, semantics, keyboard-navigation, tooling
CSS Code Smells (fon/css)49
css, maintainability, technical-debt
Naming Things Is Only Getting Harder (geo/css)48
html, css
People’s Names That Break Websites (chr/css)47
validation, sanitization, localization
10 Node.js Best Practices: Enlightenment From the Node Gurus46
nodejs, best-practices, npm, environments, event-loop, scalability, caching, express
You Can Kinda Invent Your Own Weird Design Language With Attributes and Attribute Selectors (chr/css)45
html, css, attributes, selectors
Battling BEM CSS: 10 Common Problems and How to Avoid Them (sma)44
how-tos, bem, css, namespaces
JavaScript Code Conventions (ama)43
javascript, conventions, formatting
Hello, My Name Is <Error> (ali)42
conventions, forms, errors, usability
Architecting Scalable CSS (css/btc)41
videos, css, architecture, scalability
12 Little-Known CSS Facts (the Sequel) (lou)40
css, borders, typography, tables, animations, selectors
CSS: Just Try and Do a Good Job (chr/css)39
css, cascade, tooling
Scaling Down the BEM Methodology for Small Projects (sma)38
bem, css
Title CSS: A Simple Approach to CSS Class Naming37
css
My Current CSS and Sass Styleguide (kit)36
css, sass, conventions, bem, documentation
Getting Started With Microformats2 (mic)35
introductions, microformats, html
The Evolution of the BEM Methodology (sma)34
bem, css, history
CSS Architecture (phi)33
css, architecture, best-practices, tooling
Principles of Writing Consistent, Idiomatic HTML32
html, attributes, conventions, formatting, consistency, sorting
Practical Code Refactoring—Readability31
refactoring, best-practices, formatting, conventions
10 Tips for Better Coding30
tips-and-tricks, quality, conventions, documentation, refactoring, version-control, building, testing, tooling
Google HTML/CSS Style Guide (j9t)29
google, html, css, style-guides, quality, principles, conformance, formatting, sorting
Let’s Talk About Semantics (htm)28
html, semantics
BEM: A New Front-End Methodology (sma)27
bem, css, conventions
Dynamic Function Names in JavaScript (mar)26
functions, javascript
About HTML Semantics and Front-End Architecture25
html, semantics, architecture
What Makes for a Semantic Class Name? (chr/css)24
html, css, attributes, semantics, examples
Naming and Using IDs and Classes Properly (mat)23
html, css, attributes, semantics
Google CDN Naming Conventions (and You) (chr/css)22
google, content-delivery, apis, conventions
Get Creative With Your Domain Name (sma)21
domains
Why File Naming Is More Important Than You Think (cra)20
file-handling
CSS: The Maintenance Issue #1 and How You Can Avoid It (j9t)19
css, maintainability
The Stupidest Style Sheet Name Ever (j9t)18
css
Meaning of Names and Operations of Services17
discussions, standards
12 Principles for Clean HTML Code (chr/sma)16
html, principles, encoding, formatting, css, conformance
5 CSS Tips Every Web Developer Should Know About (j9t)15
css, tips-and-tricks, maintainability, resets, sorting
Name Soup (sli)14
javascript, ecmascript, actionscript, standards
Best Practices for ID and Class Names (j9t)13
best-practices, html, css, maintainability
Name That Color12
colors
Rich Internet Applications and Greek Mythology (jec)11
history, adobe, microsoft, rich-internet-apps
The Importance of a Semantic URL (rob)10
urls, usability, seo
Standardizing CSS Class and ID Names9
css, attributes, conventions, presentational-html
What’s in a Name (mal)8
html, semantics, design, conventions
PHP Coding Guidelines7
guidelines, conventions, formatting, php
One Browser, Many Names6
browsers, netscape, mozilla, gecko
Underscores in Class and ID Names (mey)5
css, attributes, support, browsers
Social Media and Domain Name Checker (namecheck.com)4
tools, exploration, social-media, sem, domains
Social Media and Domain Name Checker (Namechk)3
tools, exploration, social-media, sem, domains
Social Media and Domain Name Checker (BrandSnag)2
tools, exploration, social-media, sem, domains
Project Name Checker (ym)1
tools, exploration, social-media, sem