Free Introduction to Web Development Workshop

Brian Holt and the Frontend Masters team are putting on a free workshop today and tomorrow that is live-streamed for anyone that’s interested. This is super cool because, despite the fact that there is a mountain of articles about web development out there, there are only few that start with the basics in a manner that’s easy for beginners to follow. All of the materials are open source and available here as well.

I’ve been a fan of Brian’s work …

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20 Best Newborn Lightroom Presets for Baby Photography

Every parent wants to take beautiful photos of their newborn baby to create precious memories. Wouldn’t it be great if you could make those photos look professional with just one-click? That’s exactly what you can do with these newborn and baby Lightroom presets Photos you take with your digital camera or your iPhone don’t always […]
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Doc Pop’s News Drop: WordPress Plugins For The Gutenberg Editor

Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. The Gutenberg editor isn’t officially part of WordPress core, but there are already several plugins to help add to it. This week we talk about some …
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A Breakdown of the OWASP Top 10 Application Security Risks for 2017/18

Website security: two words that should be of paramount importance for all site owners. Security is big business online, mainly because it’s so vital that to ignore it can mean catastrophic consequences for your website and its user base. However, some security issues are more pertinent than others – and figuring out what’s most important …
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Page Transitions for Everyone

As Sarah mentioned in her previous post about page transition using Vue.js, there is plenty of motivation for designers and developers to be building page transitions. Let’s consider mobile applications. While mobile applications are evolving, more and more attention is given to the animation experience, while the web pretty much stays the same. Why is that?

Maybe it’s because native app developers spend more time working on those animations. Maybe it’s because users say that’s what they want. Maybe …

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Ship Map

Interactive maps can both be functional and, when combined with data, tell a good story. Kiln released this data-driven map (make sure to hit the play button) to show the routes of every cargo ship moving about on the high seas in 2012.

Created by London-based data visualisation studio Kiln and the UCL Energy Institute

How something like this is created can be mind-boggling. Kiln has a service called Flourish that helps with the lifting and we recently shared Observable

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5 Signs You Need to Fire Your Client (And How to Do It)

Nothing can make your life miserable like a bad client. From scope-creep to those that never pay on time, sometimes you just have to let a client go. It’s a tough decision and you don’t want to burn any bridges, but often it’s best to dissolve the relationship and move on. When do you know […]
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WordPress 4.9.6 RC1 Released

WordPress 4.9.6 Release Candidate 1 is available for download and addresses some of the issues that have been reported in beta 1. Since the beta’s release, there have been 30 bugs fixed. Many of the fixes in this release are focused on the new privacy tools that help with GDPR (more…)
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What’s wrong with CSS-in-JS?

Brad Frost thinks it’s:

  1. Lack of portability
  2. Context Switching
  3. Flushing best practices down the toilet

In the spirit of good-ol-fashioned blog-and-response, here’s:

I’d like to point out that “CSS-in-JS” is an umbrella term, and that there are lots of takes on actual implementations of this. It’s possible to like one approach and not another.

My guess is we’ll end up with a split down the middle as a best practice someday.

When we write …

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7 Common Mistakes We All Make While Starting Out On Our Blog Journey

From a platform for self-expression to being one of the most powerful tools for sharing professional information on the net, blogging has come a long way. A professional blog is a great way to promote any business or just share your passion with the world. But there are some things to keep in mind before …
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