CategoryCoding

May 22, 2019 — WordPress is a fantastic CMS that powers a big chunk of websites out there, which all have different features. As a result, it has a pretty robust architecture that can feel a bit too complex to run a simple blog. In this article, Christopher Kirk-Nielsen will go over how he made the transition from WordPress to a specific static site generator named Hugo. Let’s have a look at how Hugo can help us create a blog that is simple and fast! Read more…

May 17, 2019 — This new edition of the Monthly Web Development Update takes a look at what moves the web and the people working on it. From browser updates and handy tools to how we do work. Read more…

April 12, 2019 — Implementing design ethics, tech ethics, or business ethics as individual responsibilities might seem like a quick and easy solution, however, it’s not a very effective one as they all lack context when they don’t have support from other people who provide the foundation for their work. From browser news to UI/UX advice and handy tips, tricks, and tools, Anselm Hannemann summarized the latest resources to help you master your daily front-end and design challenges. Read more…

March 15, 2019 — Staying on top of what’s happening in the web community can be hard with so much going on. Anselm’s monthly reading list gives you an overview of the most important news and articles. Read more…

February 15, 2019 — For the past few months, Cory Shaw has been building a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application, and throughout the development process he’s realized what a powerful tool Slack (or team chat in general) can be to monitor user and application behavior. After a bit of integration, it’s provided a real-time view into our application that previously didn’t exist, and it’s been so invaluable that he couldn’t help but write up this show-and-tell. Read more…

February 15, 2019 — Browser news, valuable lessons learned, best practices, inspiring coding experiments. In his monthly reading list, Anselm Hannemann summarized the most important things that happened in the web development world in the past few weeks. Read more…

January 18, 2019 — Anselm is back with a new edition of his Monthly Web Development Update. A reading list to help you rethink existing systems and habits and find the solution that really fits your product. Read more…

December 14, 2018 — For his last monthly update in 2018, Anselm summarized what has happened in the web development community in the past few weeks. Get ready for browser news, handy tools, lessons learned, and thought-provoking reads. Let’s recap that and remind us of what each of us learned this year: What was the most useful feature, API, library we used? And how have we personally changed? Read more…

November 23, 2018 — It’s getting clearer that design makes all the difference and that unifying designs to a standard model like the Google Material Design Kit doesn’t work well. By using it, you’ll get a decent design that works from a technical perspective, of course. But you won’t create a unique experience with it, an experience that lasts or that reaches people on a personal level. Major updates, new tools, valuable lessons learned. In his monthly reading list, Anselm summarizes everything that’s new and important to know for web developers this November. Read more…

November 13, 2018 — Sending many transactional emails at once, if not architected properly, could become a bottleneck for the application and degrade the user experience. Part of the problem is connecting to the SMTP server from within the application, synchronously. In this article, Leonardo Losoviz will explore how to send emails from outside the application, asynchronously, using a combination of AWS S3, Lambda, and SES. Read more…