13 Must-Have Visual Studio (VS) Code Extensions for Front-End Developers
Always on the hunt for ways to automate or be more efficient, Steve lists several VS Code extensions that make his every day life better when writing CSS or SCSS.
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8 Principles of Information Architecture for a Great User Experience
Good IA helps the end user have a better understanding of your product, navigate your product with ease, and makes your product more predictable and intuitive.
How to Cope with Growing Pains of a Scaling Culture
Don’t Get Turned Into Spaghetti By Tidal Forces As You Approach The Event Horizon Opinions about ‘scaling’ and ‘change management’ that flood expanding companies…
Ecto, You Got Some ‘Splainin To Do
Ecto is a powerful tool for interacting with databases. By adding `EXPLAIN` to the SQL strings, I was able to quickly troubleshoot and get the job done.
What’s in Your UX Design Toolkit?
There are many tools at a UX Designer’s disposal when it comes to analyzing and planning for the optimal UX of a product or feature. Hauwa shares hers.
How to Master Slack for Maximum Productivity and Minimum Annoyance
We communicate as a team on Slack the same way we would via any other form of communication—by following our Core Values.
Low Batteries vs Actual Fires: Knowing When, How to Escalate a Project Issue
It’s Thursday night. One more day of work before I’m on vacation for a week. I’m awake later than I plan to be, but,…
My Introduction to Property Testing
Lately I’ve been exploring various automated testing techniques, and it’s about time I got to property-based testing, also known simply as property testing. I…
Implementing Globalization (G11N) in Software Applications
While working on getting a product live in Canada, we have gone through various trials and tribulations getting localization to work. Globalization generally refers to the combination of localization (L10N), and internationalization (I18N).
Improve Your Workflow in the Terminal with These fzf Tips
Tips and code snippets that can be used to help improve your workflow in the terminal, and, how to create your own fzf-based workflow.
Improving UX Design with React Native Features
Front-end development for React Native is an entirely different ball game, especially when it comes to styling content, because styles are written in JavaScript. At one point or another, you’ll face challenges like a different markup, style properties, number conversions, boundaries, and lots of weird errors. So Brittany gathered up some resources for you.
Managing Technical Debt: Etiquette, Tips, and Techniques
There are many moving parts involved in product delivery. Ideally, we never utilize developer shortcuts or compromises. And even when we knowingly take shortcuts, the intention is always to come back and clean this up eventually.
Rigging RANDAO: Defeating Crypto’s Favorite “Trustless” Random Number Generator
If you’ve been paying a lot of attention to the blockchain ecosystem, the algorithm may look familiar. In crypto circles, it is called RANDAO, and it has been hyped off-and-on for a few years now.
Mutation Testing to Really Understand Your Code
Mutation testing involves running your test suite many times, modifying the application code in different ways to see if the tests catch the change.
My Favorite Functions and Patterns: lens
Today, this week’s series on my favorite functions and patterns in functional programming concludes with ‘lens’