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Understanding Memoization In JavaScript

4.3.2019
As our applications grow and begin to carry out heavier computations, there comes an increasing need for speed ( ????️ ) and the optimization of processes becomes a necessity. When w

Do CSS Custom Properties Beat Sass Loops?

2.3.2019
I reckon that a lot of our uses of Sass maps can be replaced with CSS Custom properties – but hear me out for a sec. When designing components we often need to use the same structure of a component but change its background or text color based on a theme. For example, in an alert, we might need...

Keen makes it a breeze to build and ship customer-facing metrics

28.2.2019
(This is a sponsored post.) Keen is an analytics tool that makes it wonderfully easy to collect data. But Keen is unique in that it is designed not just to help you look at that data, but to share that data with your own customers! Customer-facing metrics, as it were. Keen works just the way...

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...

Moving a Self-Hosted WordPress Site to WordPress.com

26.2.2019
I have a habit of getting some hosting when I need a new WordPress site. That is, a self-installed, self-hosted WordPress.org site. That's served me well over the years. I like my control. But along with that control comes a certain level of extra responsibility that sometimes just isn't worth...

Create Your First Visual Studio Code Extension

26.2.2019
When Visual Studio Code doesn't do what you want it to, you install an extension. When you can't find an extension that does exactly what you need, you create your own! In this article, we will loo

Everything you Need to Know About Prototyping Natively in Sketch

25.2.2019
For many designers, Sketch adding a prototyping feature last year is a Godsend. It’s a great tool to help to streamline our workflows and increase our productivity when we... The post Everything you Need to Know About Prototyping Natively in Sketch appeared first on Onextrapixel

Using CSS Grid the right way

22.2.2019
Violet Peña has shared her recommendations for using CSS Grid. They basically boil down to these high-level points: Use names instead of numbers for setting up our grid columns. fr should be our flexible unit of choice. We don’t really need a grid system anymore. Although this is all great advice...

Letters

20.2.2019
Did you see this Facebook crap? "Why do I need a 4Ghz quadcore to run facebook?" This is why. A single word split up into 11 HTML DOM elements to avoid adblockers. pic.twitter.com/Zv4RfInrL0 — Mike Pan (@themikepan) February 6, 2019 I popped over to Facebook to verify that and what...

Building a Landing Page Fast Using the Visual Composer Website Builder (Sponsored)

20.2.2019
What if it were possible to build a landing page from top to bottom, including a header and a footer, and do so without any need for writing code? And even if it was possible, could you reasonably expect to do so as easily and quickly as putting together a puzzle designed for children...

Crypto Tax Season: What you need to know

20.2.2019
The basics to keep in mind when filing your tax returns involving cryptocurrencies this year. From the CMC Editorial Desk: It’s… taaaax season. Before you panic, what do you need to know as you’re filing returns on your crypto? Find […] The post Crypto Tax Season: What...

The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Algorithms: Combining Arrays Without Duplicates

19.2.2019
Combining Arrays Without Duplicates When developing software, we often need to combine data efficiently and without repetition. This often comes up when manipulating listed data with the use Arrays

The Smart Ways to Correct Mistakes in Git

14.2.2019
The world of software development offers an infinite amount of ways to mess up: deleting the wrong things, coding into dead ends, littering commit messages with typos, are a mere few of the plentitude. Fortunately, however, we have a wonderful safety net under our feet in the form of Git when...

HTML, CSS and our vanishing industry entry points

7.2.2019
Rachel Andrew: There is something remarkable about the fact that, with everything we have created in the past 20 years or so, I can still take a complete beginner and teach them to build a simple webpage with HTML and CSS, in a day. We don’t need to talk about tools or frameworks, learn how...

Set Desktop Wallpaper from Command Line on Mac

31.1.2019
Whenever I need to accomplish a basic task that typically calls for interacting with a UI, I challenge myself to complete the task from command line. After all, most UIs are simply a mask over basic commands, especially when it comes to the operating system. Suddenly I feel like an automation...

The Ultimate Guide to JavaScript Algorithms: Sentence Capitalization

28.1.2019
Sentence Capitalization Often times, situations arise in which we need to manipulate the letter casing of stings within our applications usually for presentational purposes. JavaScript off

Need to Test API Endpoints? Two Quick Ways to Do It.

25.1.2019
Here's a possibility! Perhaps you are testing your JavaScript with a framework like Jasmine. That's nice because you can write lots of tests to cover your application, get a nice little UI to see the output, and even integrate it with build and deploy tools to make your ongoing development work...

Top 10 Podcasts for Web Developers

22.1.2019
A Web Developer's need to learn never ends, so what better way to take in the latest technologies than listening to a podcast?! You can listen while you drive, clean the house, take a shower (no ju

The Secret Weapon to Learning CSS

22.1.2019
For some reason, I’ve lately been thinking a lot about what it takes to break into the web design industry and learn CSS. I reckon it has something to do with Keith Grant’s post earlier this month on a CSS mental model where he talks about a “common core for CSS”: We need common core tricks like...

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...