The Three Types of Performance Testing

We’ve been covering performance quite a bit — not just recently, but throughout the course of the year. Now, Harry Roberts weighs in by identifying three types of ways performance can be tested.

Of particular note is the first type of testing:

The first kind of testing a team should carry out is Proactive testing: this is very intentional and deliberate, and is an active attempt to identify performance issues.

This takes the form of developers assessing the performance …

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Doc Pop’s News Drop: A Bold New WordPress Theme for Webcomics

Doc Pop’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. Webcomics are changing and so are webcomic themes for WordPress. In this week’s News Drop we chat with Jason Brubaker about his new Inkblot Ace …
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20+ Halloween Pumpkin Carving Ideas for Graphic Designers

The spookiest day of the year is right around the corner. Take your Halloween pumpkin game up a notch by showing off your graphic design skills with a custom carving, and get inspired with these Halloween pumpkin ideas! It’s not too late to find the perfect pumpkin at a local patch and spend some quality […]
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A Developer’s Guide to Brutalist Web Design

If you give even a quick glance to any popular web design blog, you’ll see tons of gorgeous and easy-to-use designs that appeal to readers and developers alike. However, there’s a growing trend of turning back the clock (in a manner of speaking), to an age where web design was in its infancy and web-safe …
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Voice-Controlled Web Visualizations with Vue.js and Machine Learning

In this tutorial, we’ll pair Vue.js, three.js and LUIS (Cognitive Services) to create a voice-controlled web visualization.

But first, a little context

Why would we need to use voice recognition? What problem might something like this solve?

A while ago I was getting on a bus in Chicago. The bus driver didn’t see me and closed the door on my wrist. As he started to go, I heard a popping sound in my wrist and he did eventually stop as …

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20+ Best Spooky Halloween Fonts

Halloween is a busy time. Not just for the kids, but also for professional designers. It’s that time of the year you start looking for Halloween-themed fonts, templates, vectors, and icons for designing all those spooky posters and greeting cards. Well, this year you won’t have to spend hours searching for creative fonts for your […]
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WP Engine Acquires Array Themes

WP Engine has acquired Array Themes and Atomic Blocks from Mike McAlister for an undisclosed amount. McAlister has been developing WordPress themes since 2009. He initially sold his themes on ThemeForest. In 2011, he founded Array Themes. I reached out to McAlister to learn why he chose to be acquired, (more…)
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Sign Up vs. Signup

Anybody building a site in that requires users to create accounts is going to face this language challenge. You’ll probably have this language strewed across your entire site, from prominent calls-to-action in your homepage hero, to persistent header buttons, to your documentation.

So which is correct? “Sign Up” or “Signup”? Let’s try to figure it out.

With some light internet grammar research, the term “sign up” is a verbal phrase. As in, “sign” is a verb (describes an action) …

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How to Turn Your WordPress Blog Into a Book

You have a lot to say, so you’ve put it all into a blog, pouring out your heart, soul and knowledge. Then, you notice that some bloggers have books as well. That seems like the natural next step to get information into the hands of readers. WordPress is an excellent choice for content creators, and …
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