Jetpack Gutenberg Blocks
28.3.2019
I remember when Gutenberg was released into core, because I was at WordCamp US that day. A number of months have gone by now, so I imagine more and more of us on WordPress sites have dipped our toes into it. I just wrote about our first foray here on CSS-Tricks and using Gutenberg to power...
A Gutenburg-Powered Newsletter
28.3.2019
I like Gutenberg, the new WordPress editor. I'm not oblivious to all the conversation around accessibility, UX, and readiness, but I know how hard it is to ship software and I'm glad WordPress got it out the door. Now it can evolve for the better.
I see a lot of benefit to block-based editors. Some...
Deploy from CodeSandbox to Netlify in Seconds
28.3.2019
In my previous article, Creating a Social Follow Component in React, I used Co
Set Branch Alias with Git
28.3.2019
Version control systems can be difficult to use, especially when you don’t use a UI app. Just think about main branch or revision names: svn uses “trunk”, git uses “master”, and mercurial (hg) uses “tip”. I need to switch between mercurial and...
Next Genpm
27.3.2019
So many web projects use npm to pull in their dependencies, for both the front end and back. npm install and away it goes, pulling thousands of files into a node_modules folder in our projects to import/require anything. It's an important cog in the great machine of web development.
While I don't...
Better Than Native
27.3.2019
Andy Bell wrote up his thoughts about the whole web versus native app debate which I think is super interesting. It was hard to make it through the post because I was nodding so aggressively as I read:
The whole idea of competing with native apps seems pretty daft to me, too. The web gives us...
Breaking CSS Custom Properties out of :root Might Be a Good Idea
27.3.2019
CSS Custom Properties have been a hot topic for a while now, with tons of great articles about them, from great primers on how they work to creative tutorials to do some real magic with them. If you’ve read more than one or two articles on the topic, then I’m sure you’ve noticed that they start...
JavaScript Glossary: String lastIndexOf()
27.3.2019
Basics
The lastIndexOf() method returns the last position within a String object which an element can be found. The search starts from the last position of the String object.
JavaScript Glossary: String match()
27.3.2019
Basics
This method is a called against a regular expression and returns the matching values in the string. The return value is an array containing the matched values. If no matches are fo
JavaScript Glossary: String startsWith()
27.3.2019
Basics
The startsWith method takes a string parameter and checks if the calling string starts with the value provided. It returns a Boolean value, true
Free Programming Courses from Harvard, MIT, Microsoft and more (Sponsored)
26.3.2019
Did you know that you can learn programming online from institutions like Harvard, MIT and Microsoft on edX.org? The nonprofit site offers 2000 online courses from 140 institutions worldwide. Courses are free to try. EdX has over 200 courses from Microsoft alone, including an 11 course program...
JavaScript Glossary: String toLowerCase()
26.3.2019
Basics
The toLowerCase() String method converts a string object to lower case. The return value of the method is the value of the calling string in lower case