Hello! I'm Craig Buckler👋
I'm a freelance UK full-stack systems developer, speaker, author, and mentor.
You may have bumped into me on SitePoint.com, Bluesky, or X.com. Find out more below or visit craigbuckler.com.
✨ Hire me!
I'm available for full-stack web development, product design, training, mentoring, or writing. My technical skills include web performance, accessibility, web components, progressive enhancement, progressive web apps, real-time apps (web sockets), browser APIs, and more. My stack includes these technologies and more...
Contact me 💬 on Bluesky.com @craigbuckler.com, 💬 on X.com @craigbuckler, or find other options at craigbuckler.com.
💻 Featured projects
Open source projects include:
Publican is a simpler HTML-first static site generator for Node.js. It uses standard JavaScript template literal ${ expressions } so there's no weird templating syntax to learn. (View on Github or npm.)
StaticSearch is a simple search engine you can add to any static website, such as those generated by Publican. It uses client-side JavaScript and JSON data files so there is no need for back-end server technologies or a database. (View on Github or npm. Try a demonstration on Publican.dev by clicking the search icon or pressing Ctrl | Cmd + K.)
A popular blurred-thumbnail-lazy-loading-image library. (View demonstration.)
💬 intl
A JavaScript Intl API internationalization code generator for dates, numbers, names, and more.
⛖ Object Compare
A small tool that compares differences between two objects defined in either JSON or YAML format.
🔧 datalist-ajax
A fast HTML5 Ajax-powered auto-complete <select>-like web component.
🕹️ Multi-device Asteroids
Playable on mobile or desktop with a keyboard, mouse, joystick, or touchscreen controls (view the repository).
🖊️ Writing
🐳 Docker for Web Developers is my book, video course, and website for anyone who has struggled to understand how Docker can benefit their web development projects.
Recent SitePoint books include:
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Amazon review: "I love this book. If you're a confident ES6 developer looking to learn or refresh your command of Node, this book hits the sweet spot. I give it my top rating."
Recent tutorials at sites including SitePoint.com, Kinsta, and Open Relay:
- A Complete Introduction to Web Components
- How to Debug Node.js Code
- How To Optimize CSS for Peak Site Performance
- An Introduction to Debugging in Node.js
- An Introduction to JavaScript Error Handling
- The Ultimate Guide to Browser-Side Storage
- An Introduction to the Rollup.js JavaScript Bundler
- Getting Started with Eleventy
- How to Use WordPress as a Headless CMS for Eleventy
- Core Web Vitals: A Guide to Google's Web Performance Metrics
🎤 Speaking
Recent conference talks include...
🔮 Future Web
A selection of new browser features, tools, and techniques to revolutionize web development.
🌍 Improve access by 700% with the JavaScript Internationalization API
A full tutorial explaining how to internationalize web applications first shown at the TechExeter 2021 conference.
🦕 A first look at Deno
An overview of the new JavaScript runtime first shown at the TechExeter 2020 conference.
📄 Is PDF your best option?
An alternative proposal for lightweight, responsive, mobile friendly, distributable documents shown at FutureSync and TechExeter 2019.
🥽 Raise your VR A-game with A-Frame
A demonstration of in-browser virtual reality and augmented reality at TechExeter 2017.