I know bem is pretty hot right now, but I think for a good reason. We’re specifically decoupling components for reuse in a modular fashion and ensuring relationships have meaning. This approach ensures that everyone participating in the development of a website is working with the same codebase and using the same terminology. Here’s a short explanation on how to author bem correctly specifically in a parent/child relationship. Read More →
Tag Archives : Tips January 2015
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Interviewing Candidates in Tech
Interviewing is a scary time at any point of your career. Nerves are jumping wild for those moments that will transpire, but how well you’re prepared on the hiring end can be just as frightening. Here are some things to think about when you the interviewer take that leap of faith with a potential candidate. Read More →
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Real Sass, Real Maps
Adventure seekers describe a map as a guide. A symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of some space, such as objects. To travelers, maps are a must and soon you’ll discover the powerful benefits of using maps as well, but with Sass. Sass maps are about to become your new BFF and here’s why. Read More →
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Detecting Scroll Position
JavaScript is that magical creature that can add tremendous flavor to your interactions especially when its events like scrolling. The following is a review of properties available to authors that help detect scroll and position. Read More →
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WordPress Plugin Directory Tips
I wrote a WordPress plugin recently called Admin Stylur and I thought this would be a good time as any to explain the process a bit and share some inside knowledge I gained while submitting to the WordPress plugin directory. This won’t be one of those posts where I tell you each facet about making a plugin or how to generate that awesome plugin idea. I’m simply saying “here are a few things I caught along the way and here is a post about said things.” Hopefully all that will help to make the process more simplistic, and less stressful as you begin. Read More →
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A CaveMan WordPress Workflow
In the continuing efforts to share workflows of other developers(Windows/Ubuntu, Tooling & Workflow) I’m happy to introduce Welling Guzman. Welling was passionate about sharing a portion of his workflow with the internets regarding WordPress. I’ll let Welling take it from here. Read More →
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Emmet Hot Key: Open & Closing Tag
Quick keys are the best thing since sliced bread when you have a firm grasp of them and use the ones you care about the most. I’ve been doing some research to discover a few favorite quick keys with my editor of choice and wanted to share one that I think is pretty hawt! Read More →