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How Do You Work With Other People's Code?

How Do You Work With Other People's Code?

Dealing with code created by other people is a fundamental skill for a developer. Give it a year and other people’s code could even be your own. Today I’m going to look at some of the best approaches for how to deal with other people’s code, read l

Feb 21, 2025 am 09:08 AM
How to Integrate Braintree's New SDK Into a Rails App

How to Integrate Braintree's New SDK Into a Rails App

Braintree v.zero SDK: A streamlined payment solution Braintree's new v.zero SDK simplifies payment processing, offering a user-friendly Drop-In UI, support for PayPal and Bitcoin, customizable payment flows, and easy future updates. This enhanced SD

Feb 21, 2025 am 09:02 AM
An Introduction to Git Hooks

An Introduction to Git Hooks

Key Takeaways Git hooks are simple scripts that run before or after certain actions, such as testing syntax on files being committed, and can be written in any language the environment can work with. Two types of hooks exist: client-side, which

Feb 21, 2025 am 08:58 AM
A Tale of CSS and Sass Precision

A Tale of CSS and Sass Precision

Challenges of percentage layout: Browser differences and floating point precision issues Percentage layouts are extremely challenging due to browser inconsistency and lack of specification for floating point precision, which can lead to render alignment and precision issues. Advantages of Sass: Improve precision and code readability As a preprocessor scripting language, Sass can improve precision by handling complex calculations and make stylesheets easier to read and update. However, Sass' default precision option is 5, which may still be too low for some cases. calc() function: browser calculation and rounding The calc(..) CSS function allows the browser to process calculations and rounding, possibly producing better results. This function is combined with the Sass operation and can be CS

Feb 21, 2025 am 08:46 AM
6 Static Blog Generators That Aren't Jekyll

6 Static Blog Generators That Aren't Jekyll

Static Site Generators: Beyond Jekyll This article explores compelling alternatives to Jekyll for static blog generation. While Jekyll remains popular, several other options offer unique advantages based on your specific needs and technical preferen

Feb 21, 2025 am 08:44 AM
How to Set Up Continuous Deployment with Ninefold

How to Set Up Continuous Deployment with Ninefold

Continuous Deployment (CDep) automates the deployment of every code change passing automated tests directly to production. Unlike Continuous Delivery, which deploys to a staging environment for further testing, CDep demands high confidence in compre

Feb 21, 2025 am 08:34 AM
Make, FAKE, CMake, Rake or Jake: How to Choose the Right Build System

Make, FAKE, CMake, Rake or Jake: How to Choose the Right Build System

Key Takeaways GNU Make, CMake, Rake, FAKE, and Jake are five popular build systems that offer unique features, impacts, and designs that can better fit specific requirements than traditional solutions. Each build system has its strengths: GNU Ma

Feb 20, 2025 pm 12:50 PM
Automate PHP with Phake - Introduction

Automate PHP with Phake - Introduction

Core points Phake is a PHP automation tool that helps developers automate repetitive tasks such as updating database structures, database population, writing CRUD code, running tests, and uploading files to the server. Using Phake requires creating and configuring tasks in a Phakefile, similar to Gruntfile. Tasks can be executed sequentially, have dependencies, and can be grouped. Phake allows describing tasks, which facilitates understanding of the functions of specific tasks, especially when there are a large number of tasks in the Phakefile. By passing parameters, Phake tasks can be more flexible and customize specific tasks. This is done by declaring parameters in the function and then using the parameters to access individual parameters passed to the task

Feb 20, 2025 pm 12:38 PM
How to Teach Yourself Web Development

How to Teach Yourself Web Development

Key Takeaways Choose an area of web development that genuinely interests you. This will help maintain your motivation and make the learning process more enjoyable. If unsure, start with common technologies like JavaScript and PHP. Ignore most ad

Feb 20, 2025 am 11:46 AM
Set Up a Jekyll Blog in 5 Minutes with Poole

Set Up a Jekyll Blog in 5 Minutes with Poole

Key Takeaways Jekyll, a static site generator written in Ruby, can be used to create simple, manageable websites or blogs without the need for complex databases. It can be hosted for free on GitHub Pages. Poole, described as a “foundational setu

Feb 20, 2025 am 11:06 AM
Vagrantfile Explained: Setting Up and Provisioning with Shell

Vagrantfile Explained: Setting Up and Provisioning with Shell

This tutorial demonstrates setting up a reusable development environment using Vagrant, leveraging an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS base box. While the tutorial uses a specific base box, the concepts apply to any Ubuntu-based box. Key Concepts: Vagrantfile: The

Feb 20, 2025 am 10:42 AM
Building Product Documentation with MkDocs

Building Product Documentation with MkDocs

There’s a popular maxim that “a product is as good as its documentation”. This holds true as much for software as it does for physical products. As a small, indie developer who doesn’t specialize in front-end design, I often hire a freelancer to bui

Feb 20, 2025 am 10:30 AM
Hacking a Routing Component in Jekyll

Hacking a Routing Component in Jekyll

Key Takeaways Jekyll lacks a built-in routing component, which can be problematic when URLs need to be changed and all links to the old URL must be updated manually. A workaround solution can be created using Liquid and Markdown, ideal for sites h

Feb 20, 2025 am 09:10 AM
8 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started as a Web Developer

8 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started as a Web Developer

My five-plus years in web development have been a rollercoaster – a mix of triumphs and setbacks. This post shares key lessons learned, hoping to help others avoid my mistakes. Key Takeaways: Master the language first: Understanding Python before

Feb 20, 2025 am 09:03 AM

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