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Awesome Analytics with Keen.io (Sponsored)
21.2.2019
As a young developer, I would often make decisions based on what I considered to be common sense or what I would envision appealed to users. What a mistake. As I’ve become more experienced as a developer and a businessman, I’ve realized that analytics are the best way to make...
Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms
19.2.2019
Brad points out some UX problems with a variety of apps that are doing things a little outside of the norm when it comes to their login forms. There is already a bunch of things to get right with forms to begin with (e.g. use the right input types, label your inputs, don't have whack password...
22 Best Visual Studio Code Extensions for Web Development
12.2.2019
One of the most impressive parts of Visual Studio Code is customizability, especially via extensions. If you're a web developer, you won't be able to live without installing these extensions!
Mac Dark Mode from Command Line
30.1.2019
One of the best professional decisions I ever made was switching to a dark text editor theme. I suffered from horrible headaches for years, partially caused by late night coding sessions with blindingly bright computer screens. Recently Apple implemented a dark OS theme which helps my eyes,...
11 Awesome JavaScript Extensions for Visual Studio Code
29.1.2019
One of the most impressive parts of Visual Studio Code is customizability, especially via extensions. I won't cover framework specific extensions, but here are some of the best extensions in VS Cod
React 16.6.0 Goodies
23.1.2019
React 16.6.0 was released October 2018 and with it came goodies that spice up the way we can develop with React. We’re going to cover what I consider the best of those new goodies with examples of how we can put them to use in our work.
React.memo() avoids unnecessary re-rendering
There...
STAR Apps: A New Generation of Front-End Tooling for Development Workflows
18.1.2019
Product teams from AirBnb and New York Times to Shopify and Artsy (among many others) are converging on a new set of best practices and technologies for building the web apps that their businesses depend on. This trend reflects core principles and solve underlying problems that we may share, so...
Amazing User Agent API with userstack
17.1.2019
We do our best to design and code websites so that they look and perform the way they should regardless of device or browser, but the truth is we sometimes we need to code for specific device, browser, or crawler. Whether it’s a quick hack or a simply wanting to display different content...
Browser Rendering Optimizations for Frontend Development
17.1.2019
We live in an age where the importance of delivering web services at optimal speed can't be overemphasized. As the payload transmitted by web applications increase, developers must adopt best pract
Converting Color Spaces in JavaScript
10.1.2019
A challenge I faced in building an image "emojifier" was that I needed to change the color spaces of values obtained using getImageData() from RGB to HSL. I used arrays of emojis arranged by brightness and saturation, and they were HSL-based for the best matches of average pixel colors with...
How to Change the WordPress Admin Login Logo
2.1.2019
There are numerous content management systems that thrive these days but none are as prolific as WordPress. Every client wants the ability to change their website at a moment’s notice and they want to do it themselves, and again, WordPress is the best fit for that. You fit the client with...
Meet Gutenberg: 6 Best Features Of The New WordPress Block Editor
2.1.2019
WordPress 5.0 is finally live! With it comes a brand new editor called Gutenberg. In this post, we take a closer look at this new editor to show you...
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Edge’s Announcements
6.12.2018
The public-consumption blog post:
Ultimately, we want to make the web experience better for many different audiences. People using Microsoft Edge (and potentially other browsers) will experience improved compatibility with all web sites, while getting the best-possible battery life and hardware...
The Best JavaScript and CSS Libraries for 2018
6.12.2018
A recap of our favorite web dev resources for 2018, featuring some of the best libraries, frameworks and tools of the past year
Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2018: Best Deals For Designers & Developers
22.11.2018
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday nearly upon us, it’s time to open your wallets and start spending the money you’ve been saving up for this holiday season. Black...
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Error Handling with Angular 6 - Tips and Best Practices
20.11.2018
Handling errors properly is essential in building a robust application in Angular. Error handlers provide an opportunity to present friendly information to the user and collect important data for d
10 Best Coding Apps for Children to Learn Programming
25.9.2018
As we live in the digital age, programming skills become increasingly important on the job market. Although not everyone will be a programmer in the future, basic coding skills...
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CSS: A New Kind of JavaScript
19.7.2018
In this wacky and satirical post, Heydon Pickering describes a wild new technology called Cascading Style Sheets that solves a lot of the problems you might bump into when styling things with JavaScript:
A good sign that a technology is not fit for purpose is how much we have to rely on workarounds...
12 Best Visual Studio Code Extensions for Web Developers
7.7.2018
Visual Studio Code is one of the most popular source code editors for web developers. It was released in 2015 by Microsoft and offers many awesome features you can...
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CSS Grid in IE: CSS Grid and the New Autoprefixer
4.7.2018
In Part 1 of this series, I debunked a few misconceptions that many people have around the Internet Explorer (IE) implementation of CSS grid. This article builds on that knowledge. It would be best to go back and read that article first if you haven’t already.
Today I’m going to be tackling...