I've been reading David Walsh's blog for years. The tips and tutorials he shares have helped me fix a lot of problems. I love that I get to support him now by advertising TrackJS on his site. Plus, I get a chance to build some cool SVG animations!

I'm not a designer or a marketer by trade. I'm a software developer, but as an entrepreneur I end up doing a bit of everything. I spent a lot of time sketching and googling to figure out how this works. I'd like to share what I've learned about designing and building animated SVG ads, like this one right here:

If you’re a front-end dev like me, you’ll often find yourself making pull requests that have visual changes. I wanted to share something that I’ve started doing at work that has been helpful in getting my pull requests approved.

The idea is simple, but I will add a few tips and tricks to help you take it to the next level!

The basic idea is to add screenshots and screen recordings for any visual changes. They make the job for the reviewers much easier since they can visually see what’s been changed instantly.

I like to show the before and after visual diffs.

Take a screenshot of the before and after, and add it to your PR like so: