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Animating Between Views in React
21.12.2018
You know how some sites and web apps have that neat native feel when transitioning between two pages or views? Sarah Drasner has shown some good examples and even a Vue library to boot.
These animations are the type of features that can turn a good user experience into a great one. But to achieve...
Nobody is quite wrong.
17.12.2018
There are two opposing views on using non-polyfillable new web features that I find are both equally common in our industry:
Websites don't need to look the same in every browser. The concept of progressive enhancement helps with that. There are tools, even native language features, that help with...
JavaScript waitForever
10.12.2018
Writing mochitests for new features in DevTools can be difficult and time-consuming. There are so many elements interacting in an async manner that I oftentimes find myself using the debugger to debug the debugger! In the case where it’s unclear what interaction isn’t working...
Google Labs Web Components
10.12.2018
I think it's kinda cool to see Google dropping repos of interesting web components. It demonstrates the possibilities of cool new web features and allows them to ship them in a way that's compatible with entirely web standards.
Here's one: <two-up>
I wanted to give it a try, so I linked...
GraphQL API with AWS and Use with React
26.11.2018
GraphQL has become a go-to API implementation for developers looking to take advantage of features liketype safety, network efficiency, real-time data with subscriptions & more.
Building
Airdrops Are a Marketing Ploy (And That’s OK)
12.11.2018
A currency is nothing if not widely used, and that can't be achieved unless people make some cost-incurring effort to encourage widespread usage
How a Left-for-Dead, $0.22 Crypto Asset Became a Lifeline for Activists
15.10.2018
A tiny cryptocurrency named faircoin is providing an underground economy across the world
Early Execs Leave Block.one, the Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Startup Behind EOS
25.9.2018
As Block.one was raising $4 billion from Silicon Valley and Wall Street, a group of executives decided to quit and build a bigger, better blockchain
When Blockchains Go Down: Why Crypto Outages Are on the Rise
23.9.2018
It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that's no longer the case
Code as a Weapon: Amir Taaki Wants You to Join the Real Crypto Revolution
8.8.2018
Infamous developer Amir Taaki believes bitcoin's potential is exhausted, but he's not giving up the fight to change the world with cryptocurrency
Reinvest Your Time with HelloSign API
5.7.2018
HelloSign API makes it simple to embed secure and legally binding eSignatures directly into any website. It's 2x faster to implement than other eSign solutions and is also the only eSign API that allows customers to completely white label the integration, meaning our customers can give their...
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
Blockchain’s Once-Feared 51% Attack Is Now Becoming Regular
8.6.2018
At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with a 51% attack, a vulnerability users used to scoff at
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...
Learning Gutenberg: Building Our Custom Card Block
25.5.2018
We’ve got some base knowledge, we’ve played with some React and now we’ve got our project tools set up. Let’s dive into building our custom block.
Article Series:
Series Introduction
What is Gutenberg, Anyway?
A Primer with create-guten-block
Modern...
Five of My Favorite Features of Jetpack
15.5.2018
Jetpack is an official WordPress plugin directly from Automattic. It's an interesting plugin in that it doesn't just do *one thing* — it does a whole slew of things that enhance what your WordPress site can do. *Any* WordPress site, that is, and often with extremely little effort. Those easy...
Upgrade AngularJS Sorting Filters to Angular
14.5.2018
In the early days of AngularJS, one of the most celebrated features was the ability to filter and sort data on the page using only template variables and filters. The magic of two-way data binding
Turn Sublime Text 3 into a JavaScript IDE
11.5.2018
Sublime Text is one of the most popular editors for web development and software development in general. It’s very smooth and fast compared to other editors (being written in C++ helps that speed). Sublime also has tons of plugins you can find through Package Control.
But it’s only a text editor...
Git Integration in Visual Studio Code
9.5.2018
Visual Studio Code has easily become one of the most popular editors out there for Web Development. It has gained such popularity thanks to its many built in features, including source control inte
8 Awesome New Features in Sublime Text 3.1
9.5.2018
What are developers without code editors? I can't seem to think of a clear answer to that. In recent times, code editors have evolved from traditional IDEs to smarter and faster tools. While some f