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Thursday Thoughts | Getting Your First Dev Job, What You Should Do as a Junior Developer, and Helping Developers Be Leaders
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Today is January 28, 2021, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Getting Your First Dev Job What You Should Do as a Junior Developer Helping Developers Be Leaders Let's dive in! ---- When starting off as a web developer it can be difficult to juggle learning and job searching. Therefore, it is important to know what potential emplo…
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Wednesday Wisdom | Fullstack Development Trends, Responsive CSS Frameworks, and State of Design in 2021
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Today is January 27, 2021, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: Fullstack Development Trends Responsive CSS Frameworks State of Design in 2021 Let's dive in! ---- Fullstack development has moved from rarity to commonplace over the past few years. In 2021 it is easier than ever to be a fullstack developer simply because of all of th…
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Tuesday Tips | How to Setup Your M1 MacBook for Web Development
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Today is January 26, 2021, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering How to Setup Your M1 MacBook for Web Development Let's dive in! ---- The worst part (or perhaps the most fun for some) of getting a new laptop is setting up everything you need as a web developer. Adding programs and tools that you had installed over the many years of owner…
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Monday Medley | Success as a Creative in 2021, Chrome 88, and Performant Animations and Micro-Interactions
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Today is January 25, 2021, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: Success as a Creative in 2021 Chrome 88 Performant Animations and Micro-Interactions Let's dive in! ---- Last year changed the game for most designers as we had to find new ways to be collaborative, adaptive, and productive in a different environment. Hopefully, 2021 brin…
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Tuesday Tips | The Modern Way to Center Content in CSS
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Today is December 8, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering The Modern Way to Center Content in CSS Let's dive in! ---- For many years the bane of any web designer's existence was something simple: centering an object on the page. Horizontally centering was one thing, but getting an item to vertically center was a whole different mo…
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Monday Medley | Reactathon 2020, Helping Clients with a Website Content Strategy, and Questions to Ask as an Interviewee
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Today is December 7, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: Reactathon 2020 Helping Clients with a Website Content Strategy Questions to Ask as an Interviewee Let's dive in! ---- Reactathon is typically a conference that takes place in San Francisco every March and involves technical talks and workshops centered around React. This…
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Friday Facts | Landing Pages that Convert, Scaffolding Web Development Tools, and Design Systems
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Today is September 11, 2020, and for this Friday Facts episode we're covering: Landing Pages that Convert Scaffolding Web Development Tools Design Systems Let's dive in! ---- Landing pages can make or break a product sale or other intended call-to-action. It can be difficult to create a landing page that boils down your product or service into a qu…
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Thursday Thoughts | Improving App Support, Website Considerations for Blind People, and Tools for Website Accessibility
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Today is September 10, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Improving App Support Website Considerations for Blind People Tools for Website Accessibility Let's dive in! ---- Without a doubt, when you think of a company you love, one of the key components is most likely a great support team. For me, the way a company handles …
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Wednesday Wisdom | Reduced Motion Design, Linking to the Web Archive, and Improving Client Communication
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Today is September 9, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: Reduced Motion Design Linking to the Web Archive Improving Client Communication Let's dive in! ---- Modern web browsers now support a wide range of CSS and JavaScript properties that can create awesome interactive features and animations. However, it is important to k…
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Tuesday Tips | How to Rename Your Master Branch on GitHub
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Today is September 8, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering How to Rename Your Master Branch on GitHub Let's dive in! ---- Recent events have brought to light the negative connotations of having the main branch on a repository called master. Whether you want to change your primary branch name for this reason or just for fun, it is …
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Friday Facts | Building a Portfolio for Your Dream Job, Successful Telecommuting, and Free Courses for Web Designers
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Today is September 4, 2020, and for this Friday Facts episode we're covering: Building a Portfolio for Your Dream Job Successful Telecommuting Free Courses for Web Designers Let's dive in! ---- A web design portfolio can be one of the most difficult things to create. It can be hard to think up new ideas and projects to build from scratch. Yesterday…
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Thursday Thoughts | Starting a Freelance Business, Finding Freelance Clients, and Habits of Successful Freelancers
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Today is September 3, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Starting a Freelance Business Finding Freelance Clients Habits of Successful Freelancers Let's dive in! ---- Starting a freelance business is the dream for many web designers and developers. Making your own schedule and working from anywhere are some of the benefits …
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Wednesday Wisdom | Burnout Symptoms for Developers, Writing a Good Pull Request Description, and Improving Novice JavaScript Coding Patterns
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Today is September 2, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: Burnout Symptoms for Developers Writing a Good Pull Request Description Improving Novice JavaScript Coding Patterns Let's dive in! ---- Burnout is defined by the World Health Organization as "a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that ha…
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Tuesday Tips | How to Integrate Media Queries into JavaScript
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Today is September 1, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering How to Integrate Media Queries into JavaScript Let's dive in! ---- There's no doubt about it, media queries are one of the most useful CSS features for a modern website. They allow you to create a breakpoint for your website where you can adjust styles for larger or smalle…
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Monday Medley | Open Source for Beginners, Bootstrap Icons, and Using Frontity for Headless WordPress
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Today is August 31, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: Open-Source for Beginners Bootstrap Icons Using Frontity for Headless WordPress Let's dive in! ---- One of the greatest parts of being a developer is using and participating in open-source projects. But it can seem intimidating for first-time developers to jump into a proj…
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Friday Facts | Landing Page Design, Having a High-Quality Website in 2020, and Getting More Newsletter Sign-Ups
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Today is August 28, 2020, and for this Friday Facts episode we're covering: Landing Page Design Having a High-Quality Website in 2020 Getting More Newsletter Sign-Ups Let's dive in! ---- Landing pages are still an important promotional tool for many modern businesses. They allow a company or individual to promote a product, email list, or other ser…
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Thursday Thoughts | Fresh Content Marketing Strategies, Google vs Netlify Analytics, and Increasing Productivity in the Workplace
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Today is August 27, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Fresh Content Marketing Strategies Google vs Netlify Analytics Increasing Productivity in the Workplace Let's dive in! ---- As freelancers, we are always looking for new ways to establish our business as an expert in our respective fields. Content marketing has always …
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Wednesday Wisdom | WordPress Auto-Updates, 10 Online Design Tools, and React vs Angular
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Today is August 26, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: WordPress Auto-Updates 10 Online Design Tools React vs Angular Let's dive in! ---- With the recent release of WordPress 5.5, an auto-update feature was added for plugins and themes. This goes along with the auto-update feature for WordPress Core that was recently added.…
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Tuesday Tips | How to Determine Where to Put Logic for Jamstack Websites
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Today is August 25, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering How to Determine Where to Put Logic for Jamstack Websites Let's dive in! ---- A very common blog logic is displaying posts or events on your website based on the date. We may want to not show a post if it is in the future or change how a past event is displayed. When looking…
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Monday Medley | Most Appreciated Web Solutions of 2020, Bootstrap Alternatives, and Becoming a Full-Stack Developer without a Degree
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Today is August 24, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: Most Appreciated Web Solutions of 2020 Bootstrap Alternatives Becoming a Full-Stack Developer without a Degree Let's dive in! ---- Web Designer Depot recently posted a list of 47 most appreciated web solutions of 2020. The list ranges across many areas of web design, inclu…
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Thursday Thoughts | Ways to Improve Your Website in 2020, Thinking in Design Systems, and Improving Website Readability
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Today is April 16, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Improve Your Website in 2020 Thinking in Design Systems Improving Website Readability Let's dive in! ---- Treehouse published an article today titled 5 Ways to Improve Your Website in 2020. The post outlines common issues that people have with websites and how to addres…
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Wednesday Wisdom | Free GitHub Team Accounts, New Firefox 75 Developer Features, and Shopify’s App Challenge
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Today is April 15, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: Free GitHub Team Accounts New Firefox 75 Developer Features Shopify’s App Challenge Let's dive in! ---- Yesterday GitHub announced they were making core features free for team accounts. Previously team accounts could not have private repositories without having a paid ac…
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Tuesday Tips | Everything That is Possible with CSS
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Today is April 14, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering Amazing Pure CSS Creations Let's dive in! ---- CSS is one of the first languages that budding web designers learn. This is probably because the tangible results are easier and quicker to achieve than other languages. However, CSS can be used for so much more than changing a f…
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Monday Medley | Responsive CSS Layouts without Media Queries, Onboarding a Junior Developer, and Open-Source Fonts
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Today is April 13, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: No Media Query Responsive Layouts Onboarding a Junior Developer Open-Source Fonts Let's dive in! ---- CSS-Tricks published a post today titled Thinking in Behaviors, Not Screen Sizes. The main point of the post is that in modern web development we should think beyond breakp…
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Thursday Thoughts | Google Bans Zoom, Targeted Advertising, and How to Choose the Right Domain Name
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Today is April 9, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Google Bans Zoom Targeted Advertising Choosing a Domain Name Let's dive in! ---- Buzzfeed News published a post discussing how Google has banned the use of the popular video conferencing app Zoom for their employees. Zoom has quickly gained traction in the video conferen…
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Wednesday Wisdom | W3C’s Redesign, When to Use a Microsite, and Transitioning Your Store Online
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Today is April 8, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: W3C Website Redesign When to Use a Microsite Converting Your Store to Online Let's dive in! ---- W3C, or the World-Wide Web Consortium, is the main international standards organization for the internet. Today they announced that they would be starting the process of a muc…
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Tuesday Tips | Four CSS Grid Properties You Can Use to Create Layouts
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Today is April 7, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering The Four CSS Grid Properties You Need to Create Layouts Let's dive in! ---- There are four core CSS Grid properties that make up a vast majority of the grid utility. Essentially, if you can master these four you can handle the basics of creating a grid and placing your page el…
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Monday Medley | Top Web Development Tools, Flexbox or Grid, and Quarantine UX
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Today is April 6, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: Web Development Tools Flexbox or CSS Grid Quarantine UX Let's dive in! ---- freeCodeCamp posted today about the top 10 web development tools that every programmer should know. Topping off the list were VSCode, Webpack, and Cyprus. Check out the list over on freeCodeCamp’s bl…
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Thursday Thoughts | Wireframing, Utilizing New Dribbble Profile Features, and BEM Cheatsheets
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Today is April 2, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: Wireframing New Dribbble Profile Features BEM Cheatsheets Let's dive in! ---- Wifeframing is a very important process to any design or development project as it can save time and help visualize a product. UserGuiding released a post outlining what wireframing is, specifi…
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Wednesday Wisdom | Docker Local Dev, Internal Search, Web Dev Checklists, and Design Systems
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Today is April 1, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: Local Development with Docker Internal Search Web Development Checklists Design Systems Let's dive in! ---- Ever want to learn how to use Docker for front-end web development? A recent post by nystudio107 detailed how to implement Docker from start to finish. The thorough…
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Tuesday Tips | The Negative Effects of Disabling Your Website
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Today is March 31, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering The Negative Effects of Disabling Your Website During a Closure Let's dive in! ---- Cornonavirus has forced many businesses to adopt a remote working model. However, many more businesses have been forced to close, at least temporarily, such as retailers and restaurants. Even …
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Monday Medley | IE Support in Bootstrap 5, Dribbble Redesign, New Media Queries, & Leading Remotely
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Today is March 30, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: No IE Support in Bootstrap 5 Dribbble Website Redesign New CSS Media Queries Leading a Remote Team Let's dive in! ---- A recent Themesberg post discussed Bootstrap 5, which will be released later this spring, and how it will not support Internet Explorer 10 or 11. This deci…
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Thursday Thoughts | GitHub npm Acquisition, Distributed Work, Bootstrap 5 Icons, & Freelance Finance
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Today is March 26, 2020, and for this Thursday Thoughts episode we're covering: GitHub Acquires npm Why Distributed Teams Are the Future of Workforce Bootstrap 5 Icons vs Font Awesome How to Manage Freelance Finances in a Crisis Let's dive in! ---- Last week GitHub announced that they would be acquiring the JavaScript package manager npm. GitHub st…
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Wednesday Wisdom | GitHub Mobile App, Helping in a Crisis, WPBlockTalk, and the MonoLisa Font
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Today is March 18, 2020, and for this Wednesday Wisdom episode we're covering: New GitHub Mobile App Web Designers Can Help in a Crisis WPBlockTalk MonoLisa Font Let's dive in! ---- GitHub, the popular development version control software, has launched its mobile app. The app lets users manage their projects, such as through merge and pull requests…
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Tuesday Tips | Target Specific Internet Explorer Versions in CSS
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Today is March 17, 2020, and for this Tuesday Tips episode we're covering Media Queries and Selectors to Write CSS for a Specific Version of Internet Explorer Let's dive in! ---- Did you know that you can target specific versions of Internet Explorer right in your CSS stylesheet? There are several media queries and selectors that can combine to all…
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Monday Medley | The CSS Podcast, WordPress 5.4, and Variable Fonts
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Today is March 16, 2020, and for this Monday Medley episode we're covering: The CSS Podcast WordPress 5.4 Variable Fonts Performance Effects Let's dive in! ---- Una Kravets and Adam Argyle, two developer advocates at Google, have started a podcast to discuss everything CSS. Aptly named The CSS Podcast, they’re covering all aspects of the web’s core…
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