Blog - page 20

Ignoring libraries in git
2014-05-13T00:00:00.000Z 13th May 2014

Ignoring libraries in git

Far too often recently I've noticed people committing libraries and packages to their main application (website) repository.

Web Command Line Git
Bower
2014-05-08T00:00:00.000Z 8th May 2014

Bower

I have recently discovered the power of Bower - a front end package manager. Rather than having to go and find the hosted jquery link, or download the files for fancybox and copy them into my application (website), I can download them off bower.

Web Front-end Development Command Line
An Introduction to CSS Preprocessors
2014-03-24T00:00:00.000Z 24th March 2014

An Introduction to CSS Preprocessors

Writing and updating CSS can be a repetitive, tedious and arduous task - especially for big projects. CSS preprocessors can help with that - amalgamating related styles and helping you make your style sheets more DRY

Web CSS
A basic SCSS compilation gulpfile.js
2014-03-17T00:00:00.000Z 17th March 2014

A basic SCSS compilation gulpfile.js

This post introduces how to compile SCSS with Gulp along with some core concepts

Web CSS Gulp
Sass Rule Layout
2014-02-23T00:00:00.000Z 23rd February 2014

Sass Rule Layout

We've been going through a bit of a reshuffle at work with regards to our front-end conventions and layout.

Web CSS SCSS
Be a Better Road User
2014-02-18T00:00:00.000Z 18th February 2014

Be a Better Road User

I've been cycling since I can remember, and driving since 2009. Over the last few years, I've believed something more and more and I would like to make a bold statement - Cyclists make better drivers, drivers make better cyclists

General Ramblings Cycling
From Less to Sass
2014-02-04T00:00:00.000Z 4th February 2014

From Less to Sass

Recently we've decided a change in preprocessor to help optimise our workflow. Within this blog post, I am going to type Sass, but really I mean Scss.

Web CSS SCSS Less
A placeholder mixin - for Less and Scss
2013-10-23T00:00:00.000Z 23rd October 2013

A placeholder mixin - for Less and Scss

Creating a Less mixin to style input placeholders without using an autoprefixer

Web CSS Less SCSS
Compiling Less on the Command Line
2013-10-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th October 2013

Compiling Less on the Command Line

We have been using LESS for a while now, but our process involved including the less.js in the header during development, compiling the LESS using an app before launch and then maintaining the site using the css.

Web Command Line CSS Less
Git tab autocomplete
2013-10-19T00:00:00.000Z 19th October 2013

Git tab autocomplete

A quick tip on how to enable git autocompletion on the command line

Web Command Line Git