I don’t have information overload. I have time underload.
I need more time to learn all the cool stuff I want to learn!
Dougal Campbell
December 20, 2012
Hoping to release two new @eddwp add-ons today for free, obviously. Follow me on GitHub for updates: https://t.co/90CN5VpL
This article about branching in Git is probably the one that helped me understand it the best. It does a really good job of illustrating (literally) the concepts of using branches in git to manage your stable, development, and experimental code, without losing your sanity.
Enterpriseyness
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As the end of my current contract job comes near, I’ve begun putting out feelers for a new job. Looking over some of the descriptions and skill requirements for job openings, I see a pretty common thread: big companies are (still) asking for Java and .NET programmers, while smaller firms tend to look for developers using PHP, Python, Ruby on Rails, etc. This got me thinking about “Enterprise” platforms, and so I posed a question on Twitter:
Q: What makes a development platform "enterprisey", and why should anyone consider that a good thing?
— Dougal Campbell (@dougal) December 7, 2012
This sparked some pretty good conversation, so I thought I’d share some of it here.
AWS (Amazon Web Services) SDK for node.js? Yes please! Official npm module for working with AWS in node.
Giving back. For free!
Every once in a while, someone writes a post about how we should show some love to WordPress developers who put out free plugins and themes. “Go to their site, make a donation! Even just a few dollars is good!” But sometimes, it can be hard to spare even a few dollars. For some of us, $10 is a dessert after a nice steak dinner at a restaurant. For others, $10 is our kid’s school lunch for three days. Or maybe we just hate filling out and submitting the form for PayPal or whatever online payment system the developer uses for that purpose.
But, what if there was a way to quickly and easily show a little love without having to fill out forms, or even spend any extra money? In many cases, there is such a thing: affiliate links. Look at your favorite developer’s web site. Do you see any ads or links to Amazon.com, ThinkGeek.com, or similar sites there? Even if the particular product listed there isn’t something you plan to buy, do you plan to buy anything from that site? Then when you’re ready to purchase those books for your nephew, or that Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver for your niece, use the developer’s affiliate links to do it. Click their link, search for your stuff, and buy what you were already planning to buy anyways. They will get a tiny kickback from your purchase, without any extra money coming out of your pocket. You can donate without making a direct donation. It might not be much, but it’s still better than nothing!
Your favorite developer gets some love, your nephew gets some books, and you get to feel all warm inside. For free.
Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Blessed Ramadan, Happy Holidays, Good Winter Solstice or Festive Festivus!
Tired of doing crazy calculations and adding unneeded wrapper divs to keep your web layouts from falling apart? You might want to try using ‘box-sizing’ to declare an alternate box model. Lets you keep padding ‘inside’ your declared container width, instead of adding to the overall width. It even works in IE8+!
Comparing WordPress Membership Plugins http://t.co/T5x9c2XM
http://chrislema.com/comparing-wordpress-membership-plugins/
Found this web-based Unicode conversion utility when I needed to get the escaped hexadecimal version of a foreign language string.
Unicode, Hexadecimal, Decimal NCR, UTF-8 Converter — EndMemo
This article made me miss my Granny’s gumbo. I didn’t appreciate it enough as a kid, and didn’t get to eat enough of it as an adult. I might have to cook up a batch, myself. I’ll have to ask my mom for a family recipe…