Frontend Mentor - Article preview component solution

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This is a solution to the Article preview component challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

Table of contents

• Overview
  • Motivations
  • Screenshot
  • Links
• My process
  • Built with
  • Challenges faced
  • Continued development
  • Useful resources
• Author
• Acknowledgments

Overview

Motivations

Users should be able to:

• View the optimal layout for the component depending on their device's screen size
• See the social media share links when they click the share icon

Screenshot

Mobile version

Collapsed menu

Expanded menu

Desktop version

Collapsed menu

Expanded menu

Links

• Live site
• My solution on Frontend Mentor

My process

Built with

• Semantic HTML5 markup
• CSS custom properties
• CSS Flexbox
• Mobile-first workflow
• Browser-based JavaScript

Challenges faced

Responsivity

• Problem: Adapting the component to different devices (mobile, tablet, desktop) was a challenge.

• Solution: CSS Flexbox and CSS Media Queries were used to create a responsive layout. The component was tested on various devices and screen sizes to ensure a good user experience.

Accessibility

• Problem: The component's low accessibility for visually impaired users was an issue.

• Solution: To ensure the component's readability for all users, colors were adjusted based on accessibility tests conducted using tools such as Accessibility Insights and Lighthouse. The alternative colors (#67788f, #ffffff) offer better contrast and make it easier to read for people with low vision.

Performance optimization

• Problem: Ensuring fast loading times and smooth performance was a major concern, especially with CSS and JavaScript files.

• Solution:

  • The CSS was minified.
  • The defer attribute was used to load the script.

Continued development

• Accessibility: Make the social media sharing menu accessible for keyboard users.

• Performance optimization: Reduce the size of challenge images to improve page load time.

Useful resources

• Accessibility Insights for Web - A comprehensive tool for performing accessibility testing on websites. It was used to check the component's color contrast.

• Lighthouse - A tool developed by Google that helps optimize websites, including aspects such as best practices, performance, accessibility, and SEO.

Author

• GitHub - @alberto-rj
• Frontend Mentor - @alberto-rj
• Twitter - @albertorauljose

Acknowledgments

A huge thank you to Busari Akeem Tunde for their guidance and support throughout the documentation process. Their insights were instrumental in shaping the project's documenta