Collective #420
31.5.2018
Sculpting Software Animation * Solving Life's Problems with CSS * Critters * Goat * code.xyz * Proppy * Deno * Prerender-loader
Collective #420 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
The Simplest Way to Add Google Maps to Your Site
31.5.2018
In this quick tutorial we show you how to configure Google Maps with the help of the gMaps library
How Using White Space Improves Your Designs
31.5.2018
When hearing the term white space your mind might jump to white empty sidebars sandwiching the content in the center. However, white space, (or negative space) also refers to...
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Transmit Droplets
30.5.2018
Ethan Marcotte documented his workflow for storing GIFs in a web directory. Sometimes just SFTPing files into a folder is as fancy a workflow as you need, and in fact, modern workflows don't have anything on it!
I've also used Transmit's fancy features for this kind of thing. I prefer saving...
Getting Started with Live Coding in Visual Studio Code w/ Live Share
30.5.2018
Live Share for Visual Studio Code is HOT OFF THE PRESS and publically available as of May 7th 2018! Wha
Modern Distributed Application Deployment with Kubernetes and MongoDB Atlas
30.5.2018
Storytelling is one of the parts of being a Developer Advocate that I enjoy. Sometimes the stories are about the special moments when the team comes together to keep a system running or build it f
Node.js Cron Jobs By Examples
30.5.2018
Ever wanted to do specific things on your application server at certain times without having to physically run them yourself. You want to spend more of your time worrying about productive tasks ins
What does the ‘h’ stand for in Vue’s render method?
30.5.2018
If you’ve been working with Vue for a while, you may have come across this way of rendering your app — this is the default in the latest version of the CLI, in main.js:
new Vue({
render: h => h(App)
}).$mount('#app')
Or, if you’re using a render function, possibly to take advantage...
OpenRates Currency API (Sponsored)
30.5.2018
Creating your own APIs can be a total nightmare: worrying about uptime, load balancing, data accuracy, caching, and all of the other risks would keep me up at night. And if your API relates to money in any way? If you get that wrong you could be costing yourself, your employer, or your client...
Managing State in React With Unstated
29.5.2018
As your application becomes more complex, the management of state can become tedious. A component's state is meant to be self-contained, which makes sharing state across multiple components a headache. Redux is usually the go-to library to manage state in React, however, depending on how complex...
Build a realtime polling web app with Next.js
29.5.2018
(This is a sponsored post.)
Learn to build a webapp that accepts user votes, using Next.js and Chart.js. Users can vote for their favorite pet, and the results are displayed in realtime on a graph in their browser using Pusher Channels.
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How to Delete Untracked Files in a Mercurial Repository
29.5.2018
Working around Firefox at Mozilla means that you need to get acquainted with mercurial, the version control system that rivals git and svn. Like any tool, hg (mercurial) can be difficult until you’re well versed with it. And if you hg import a URL that doesn’t match up with...