Code used in production is different from development code. In production, you need to build packages that run fast, manage dependencies, automate tasks, load external modules, and more. Tools that make it possible to turn development code into production code are called build tools. Frontend developers mostly work with the following types of build tools: package managers,task runners,module loaders,module bundlers,etc. In this article, we have collected the best build tools you can use in...
Linux is an open-source and flexible operating system that's an ideal choice for programmers and developers. As Linux comes with no copyright or other restrictions, you can modify the source code, add your own features, and configure the kernel according to your needs. It's also less prone to viruses and malware and uses system resources in an efficient and optimized way. As anyone can add their own tweaks to the Linux kernel, there are hundreds of Linux distributions available to anyone for use. Many...
Shopify is a popular eCommerce platform built on Ruby on Rails. Currently, it powers more than 600,000 online stores all over the world, such as the New York Times Shop, Penguin Books, Red Bull, and Tesla Motors. Although there are many Shopify templates on the market, it's not that easy to find free ones. So, we have collected the best free Shopify themes for you, all of which come with premium-like features and beautiful, professional designs. 1. Star ... Star is a feature-rich Shopify theme offered...
If you are a freelancer or run an online business a good time tracking tool will be one of your most essential assets. It doesn't only help you with time management but it also makes it easy to evaluate your productivity and find the bottlenecks where your workflow could be improved. If you bill your clients by the hour you also need to find a way to prove that you spent all the time on their project. In this article, we have collected the 12 best time tracking tools for you. They all come with different features...
What you see may be what you get, but it's not necessarily what everyone else gets. I was reminded of this when I bought a gaming monitor. I'd originally intended to get a 4K monitor of some kind, but I decided to go for speed over size. The one I did get can render my games at a brisk 144hz, and my games have never looked better. Well, they looked good after I finally got my color calibration worked out. It took a while, as I was out of practice, but after finding my monitor's ICC profile and eyeballing the calibration...
There are plenty of applications, resources or services out there that can help make your life as a web designer easier. I've used many different ones over the years, and there are some I keep coming back to. This is a personal list, and I would love to hear about any alternatives that you've found useful too! Task Management ... One of the most important things in your life (both personal and professional) is your time. There is a finite amount of it and keeping track of what you have to do and by when is vital....
The query string in the DOM has always been a bit awkward, why there isn't a standard method of parsing it is beyond me. The normal route most people follow is to convert it in to a simple array of Key/Value pairs. This allows you to then access the values of the query string using the array accessor syntax. //domain.com/index.html?key=value var value = querystring_array['key']; Still a little clumsy isn't it? Wouldn't it be great to be able to just retrieve the value from a normal JavaScript/JSON object?...
In this weeks tutorial we'll be creating a jQuery plugin that serves as an introduction to the HTML5 Geo-location API to request your current location. Once we have the location, we will then draw a route from there to Dublin, Ireland (or wherever you tell it to) using the Google Maps API. This could be used in a HTML5 web application or on a site to tell your customers how to get to you. Getting Started ... First of all we'll need to create our jQuery plugin wrapper. The $.extend function will allow us to provide...