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10 Need to Know Mac Terminal Commands
24.7.2019
If you want to get into web development, knowing what the Terminal is and how to use it is very beneficial. But there are some essential commands that we’ll go over so we feel comfortable using it
Code Formatting with Prettier in Visual Studio Code
23.7.2019
Formatting code consistently is a pain, especially when working on a team. The beauty of modern day web development is that the tooling has gotten so much better! In this article, we will look at s
A Beginner’s Journey to Launching a Website
22.7.2019
In September 2018, I was just a few months into my journey of learning web development. As I'm sure is the case with many new developers, it was a big task for me to learn not only the basic skills required, but also keeping current with the fast-moving industry. Just as I was getting to the level...
Improving Video Accessibility with WebVTT
17.7.2019
"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
- Tim Berners-Lee
Accessibility is an important element of web development, and with the ever-growing prevalence of video content, the necessity for captioned content is growing...
Revive: A Free Tool that Analyzes Your Traffic and Finds the Content You Should Update
11.7.2019
I started Scotch as a web development tutorial blog. Over the years, I've learned far more than I expected. It was no longer just about web development
Why, How, and When to Use Semantic HTML and ARIA
7.5.2019
Semantic HTML and Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) help create interfaces that work for everyone in the most performant, robust, and simple way possible. They add essential meaning to your content, which lets web browsers, search engines, screen readers, RSS readers, and ultimately...
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...
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...
HMTL, CSS and JS in an ADD, OCD, Bi-Polar, Dyslexic and Autistic World
8.3.2019
Hey CSS-Tricksters! A lot of folks tweeted, emailed, commented and even courier pigeoned (OK, maybe not that) stories about their personal journeys learning web development after we published "The Great Divide" essay. One of those stories was from Tim Smith and, it was so interesting, that...
Building a Universal Application with Nuxt.js and Django
6.3.2019
Introduction
The advent of modern JavaScript libraries such as React.js and Vue.js has transmogrified Front-end web development for the better. These libraries ship with wonderful features
Why CSS Needs its Own Survey
1.3.2019
2016 was only three years ago, but that’s almost a whole other era in web development terms. The JavaScript landscape was in turmoil, with up-and-comer React — as well as a little-known framework called Vue — fighting to dethrone Angular.
Like many other developers, I felt lost. I needed some...
Look Ma, No Media Queries! Responsive Layouts Using CSS Grid
27.2.2019
Not only has CSS Grid reshaped the way we think and build layouts for the web, but it has also contributed to writing more resilient code, replacing "hacky" techniques we've used before, and in some cases, killing the need to rely on code for specific resolutions and viewports. What's so cool about...
Welcome to My New Office
19.2.2019
My first professional web development was at a small print shop where I sat in a windowless cubical all day. I suffered that boxed in environment for almost five years before I was able to find a remote job where I worked from home. The first thing I told myself when leaving that first...
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!
Announcing Scotch.io Coding Challenges! Weekly Code Tests and Twitch Live Streams!
22.1.2019
Code Challenges are an awesome way to improve your knowledge of web development, build interesting stuff and have fun at the same time.
The Scotch Code Challenges are weekly, short and fun challeng
How to Use Chrome Dev Tools to Find Performance Bottlenecks
17.1.2019
As one advances through a Software Development career, concerns beyond simply writing code that works arise. In the world of web development, it becomes pertinent to not only build functional softw
Building a Video Blog with Gatsby and Markdown (MDX)
15.1.2019
Since the dawn of the web, performance has been an important factor for web development because slow speeds often lead to a loss of visitors and, ultimately, depletion in revenue for commercial sit
Sass Techniques from the Trenches
8.1.2019
Having been in the web development industry for more than 14 years, I’ve seen and written my fair share of good and bad CSS. When I began at Ramsey Solutions five years ago, I was introduced to Sass. It blew my mind how useful it was! I dove right in and wanted to learn everything I could about...
How to Change the WordPress Media Upload Directory
2.1.2019
One thing I’ve always missed about the “old” way of web development was the simplicity of FTP. No deploy scripts, no fuss: simple drag and drop of files and the files are there. I’ve used FTP for assets on this blog for over a decade but I’m finally ready to be lazy...
Annotated Build Processes
14.12.2018
When you're putting together a build process for a site, it's so dang useful to look at other people's processes. I ran across Andrew Welch's "An Annotated webpack 4 Config for Frontend Web Development" the other day and was glad he blogged it. If I was kicking off a new site where I wanted...