Advanced Document Conversions with Filestack
22.6.2018
You might know Filestack from being an incredible service to add file uploading, storage, and management to your own web apps.
There is another thing Filestack can do for you: convert documents into different formats.
For one thing, it can manipulate documents. Take images. Perhaps you would...
JavaScript Functional Programming (Solution to Code Challenge #11)
22.6.2018
Tried the code challenge #11? In that, we delved into solving basic array problems using array methods s
An Almost Ideal React Image Component
21.6.2018
Yes, this is a React component, but regardless if you care about that part or not, the "ideal image component" part could be of interest. There is a lot to consider with how we put images on web pages these days. This deals with:
Placeholder space (and then flexible responsive styles after...
Collective #426
21.6.2018
Teleport * Vibora * Voronoi Airports WebGL * Soccerpattern * Using JavaScript modules on the web * Understanding Redux
Collective #426 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Using Custom Fonts With SVG in an Image Tag
21.6.2018
When we produce a PNG image, we use an <img> tag or a CSS background, and that's about it. It is dead simple and guaranteed to work.
PNG is way simpler to use in HTML than SVG
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for SVG, despite its many advantages. Although you're spoiled for choices...
Convert HTML to Markdown
21.6.2018
One of my biggest mistakes with this blog was not finding a WordPress plugin that would allow me to write my posts with markdown; to this day I still need to write posts in “Visual” mode and then manually convert the post to HTML for “Text” mode. One of these days I want...
Review: Oxygen 2 Website Builder Lets You Design Code-Free Websites Like A Pro
21.6.2018
Popular WordPress website builder, Oxygen has a brand new version of the plugin in the works. In this review, we take a closer look at Oxygen 2.0 to see...
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What is SVG good for?
21.6.2018
Y'all probably wouldn't be surprised if I told you it's pretty awesome for icons, and icon systems. SVG icon systems can, and perhaps should be quite easy. I'm a fan of just inlining those suckers, particularly when they are pretty simple.
But what else?
Logos is a classic example! A lot...
UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right?
20.6.2018
A good candidate for the Blog Post of the Year from Zach Holman. I think Eric Portis' "w descriptors and sizes: Under the hood" is up there too, but perhaps even nerdier. Ooooh, also Frank Chimero's "The Good Room" is up there. But I digress.
Zach's article is as educational as it is funny.
But...
Building a Fancy Countdown Timer with MomentumSlider.js
20.6.2018
Nowadays there are many Javascript libraries to make it easy the task of adding sliders to a website. Most have a host of features, to adapt the slider to the particular needs of each case. However
Centering: The Newest Coolest Way vs. The Oldest Coolest Way
20.6.2018
This isn't a comprehensive guide to centering things. We have that!
This is just a little observation about old and new. One of the trickier things related to centering in CSS is when you need to center both vertically and horizontally and you don't know the width or height of what you...
Turbocharge your DevOps workflow by incorporating databases changes
20.6.2018
Accelerate DevOps Momentum by Incorporating Database Changes
Surveys indicate you're probably under serious pressure to deploy new releases and application changes at a rapid pace. Many or