The ES6 spec blessed us with a new string superpower. Strings are already pretty lucky. Developers can use single quotes or double quotes to wrap around a string. (Some languages only get half that many options!) So what need is there for another (apparent) string wrapper?
Continue reading “Template Literals and Tagged Templates”Slides and Demo for Building Progressive Web Apps using CFML
Thanks everyone for coming to my talk at cf.Objective() 2017! If you missed my talk, or just want to learn more about Progressive Web Apps, feel free to browse the links below.
Browse the slides at http://slides.com/awayken/2017cfobjective
Find the code at https://github.com/awayken/pwa-marketing-site
PostCSS: A Dumb Name For an Awesome Thing
Bolstered by my reception at the South Dakota Code Camp, I updated and presented my PostCSS talk at dev.Objective() 2016, one of the best web development and CFML conferences in the states. I think it went well, despite my quickly expiring laptop.
You can view the slides on Slides.com.
You can browse the demo repository on GitHub.com.
You can learn more about my postcss-placehold plugin on GitHub.com.
Thanks to everyone who came!
PostCSS: A Dumb Name For an Awesome Thing
I gave a talk during the 2015 South Dakota Code Camp called “PostCSS: A Dumb Name For an Awesome Thing.” You can check out the slides on Slides.com, and check out my demo project on GitHub.
Learn more about PostCSS on GitHub or by reading this PostCSS Deep Dive on Tuts+.
Thanks to everyone who came!
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You might be wondering what that strange progress bar is in the sidebar. It’s a Baby Progress Bar! It’s actually a little JavaScript that I put together. You give the script your baby’s due date and (optional) gender, and it creates an updating progress bar, showing just how much baby growing your baby has to do! Blue is for boys, pink is for girls, and a calming green is for genderless children.
I’ll put up a more technical write up later.