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A Custom WordPress Dashboard with MongoDB Atlas, Microsoft Azure, & Serverless Functions!
6.7.2018
TL;DR I’m building a custom WordPress dashboard for an enterprise client which is powered by React.js on top of Node.js with MongoDB Atlas as the database.
This dashboard us
One-Offs
2.7.2018
There is this sentiment that you don't design the homepage of a site first. For most sites, it's an anomaly. It's unlike any other page and not something to base the patterns you use for the rest of the site or help inform other pages.
You might call it a one-off.1
One-offs are OK! A world without...
Advanced Document Conversions with Filestack
22.6.2018
You might know Filestack from being an incredible service to add file uploading, storage, and management to your own web apps.
There is another thing Filestack can do for you: convert documents into different formats.
For one thing, it can manipulate documents. Take images. Perhaps you would...
Combining the Powers of SEM and BIO for Improving CSS
4.6.2018
CSS is easy, some might argue, but that "easiness" can cause messy code. This is especially true through power of preprocessors like Sass or Less where, if you aren’t careful, your CSS can become harder to deal with instead of easier. Sass? Harder? This Gist shows a great example of Sass nesting...
HSL() / HSLa() is great for programmatic color control
1.6.2018
If you ever need to hand-manipulate a color in native CSS, HSL is pretty much the only way. HSL (the hsl() and hsla() functions in CSS) stands for hue, saturation, lightness, and optionally, alpha. We've talked about it before but we can break it down a little more and do some interesting things...
Build Multiple Stacking Sticky Sidebars with Pure CSS and Bootstrap 4
31.5.2018
Making high performant, pure CSS sticky sidebars that stack with Bootstrap 4.
This will be a quick and pretty cool tutorial on a neat trick on how to have m
Forms, Auth and Serverless Functions on Gatsby and Netlify
31.5.2018
Abstracting infrastructure is in our DNA. Roads, schools, water supply networks—you get the idea. Web development is no exception: serverless architectures are a beautiful expression of that phenomenon. Static sites, in particular, are turning into dynamic, rich experiences.
Handling static...
Solving Life’s Problems with CSS
28.5.2018
Or: When all you have is a CSS hammer, the world looks like a CSS nail.
Whenever I hear a perfectly nice comment like, "Yeah, representing the tech field!" in response to my pure-CSS art, I get a sharp feeling of panic.
Like many people who work on UIs for a living, I have difficulty applying...
Learning Gutenberg: A Primer with create-guten-block
22.5.2018
Welcome back! We’ve just taken a look at what Gutenberg is and how it operates from the admin side. Gutenberg is certainly going to have a massive impact on the WordPress world. If you are just arriving here and have no idea what we’re talking about, I recommend at least skimming Part 1 to make...
Learning Gutenberg: What is Gutenberg, Anyway?
21.5.2018
Gutenberg is the new React-driven SPA editing experience in WordPress. Oh wait, a string of buzzwords doesn't count for a viable explanation of software? We’re going to unpack that string of buzzwords as we explain what Gutenberg is.
Article Series:
Series Introduction
What...
Learning Gutenberg: Series Introduction
21.5.2018
Hey CSS-Tricksters! 👋 We have a special long-form series we’re kicking off here totally dedicated to Gutenberg, a major change to the WordPress editor. I’ve invited a dynamic duo of authors to bring you this series, which will bring you up to speed on what Gutenberg is, what it can do...
Code Challenge #10: Lazy Loading Animal Memes
18.5.2018
In a bid to lower the load times of a website, several techniques have been developed. One such technique is the lazy loading of images on the page.
TL, DR
The Ultimate Guide to Headless CMS
17.5.2018
(This is a sponsored post.)
The World Has Changed—So Must the CMS
Having a responsive website is no longer enough. Your audience expects a seamless and personalized customer experience across all their devices—the age of headless technology is coming.
Headless CMS is the next generation in content...
Turn Sublime Text 3 into a JavaScript IDE
11.5.2018
Sublime Text is one of the most popular editors for web development and software development in general. It’s very smooth and fast compared to other editors (being written in C++ helps that speed). Sublime also has tons of plugins you can find through Package Control.
But it’s only a text editor...
Add Authentication to Any Web Page in 10 Minutes
10.5.2018
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Adding authentication to web pages can be pretty annoying.
While I'd like to say that
Announcing THE Book on Server Side Rendering for React with Next.js
2.5.2018
With the high demand for SEO and high-performant web application, server-side rendering has become innevitable for commercial websites since they need to be found and ranked higher
Finger-friendly numerical inputs with `inputmode`
30.4.2018
Forms are often a nightmare on mobile. We can make the process as pain-free as possible by reacting to context. Input fields that expect numerical values should have a numerical UI. Bringing up a number keyboard on small screens is easy on most platforms — just use a <input...
Understanding React `setState`
25.4.2018
React components can, and often do, have state. State can be anything, but think of things like whether a user is logged in or not and displaying the correct username based on which account is active. Or an array of blog posts. Or if a modal is open or not and which tab within it is active.
React...
Password Strength Meter In React
23.4.2018
Some time ago I developed a tutorial showing how to create a password strength meter in an AngularJS application using the zxcvbn Ja
What are Higher-Order Components in React?
19.4.2018
If you have been in the React ecosystem for a while, there is a possibility that you have heard about Higher Order Components. Let’s look at a simple implementation while also trying to explain the core idea. From here you should get a good idea of how they work and even put them to use.
Why...