Pankaj Parashar

In this article, we will use Next.js to build a static blog framework with the design and structure inspired by Jekyll. I’ve always been a big fan of how Jekyll makes it easier for beginners to setup a blog and at the same time also provides a great degree of control over every aspect of the blog for the advanced users.

With the introduction of Next.js in recent years, combined with the popularity of React, there is a new … Read article “Building a Blog with Next.js”

The following is a guest post by Pankaj Parashar. Pankaj is our resident expert on all things <progress></progress> and <meter></meter> and this post is more evidence of that. Here, he walks us through implementing a password strength meter using what is likely the semantically best option.… Read article “Password Strength `meter`”

Lately I’ve seen quite a few websites that have some kind of an indicator to display the current reading position (how much you have “read”, depending on how far you have scrolled down an article). Generally, such indicators are used on blog posts or long form articles and help readers understand how far they are from finishing the article.… Read article “Reading Position Indicator”

The following is a guest post by Pankaj Parashar. Pankaj has written here before, last time about the progress element. Fitting indeed then to write again about the very related meter element. They are different both functionally and semantically, so read on!… Read article “The HTML5 meter Element”

The following is a guest post by Pankaj Parashar. Pankaj wrote to me about some pretty cool styled progress elements he created. I asked if he’d be interested in fleshing out the idea into an article about styling them in general. Thankfully, he obliged with this great article about using them in HTML, styling them with CSS as best as you can cross-browser, and fallbacks.… Read article “The HTML5 progress Element”