Web Tricks

Using Google’s Flutter For Truly Cross-Platform Mobile DevelopmentUsing Google’s Flutter For Truly Cross-Platform Mobile Development Mike Bluestein 2018-06-21T12:45:08+02:00 2018-07-10T16:18:00+00:00 Flutter is an open-source, cross-platform mobile development framework from Google. It allows high-performance, beautiful applications to be built for iOS and Android from a single code base. It is also the development platform for Google’s upcoming Fuchsia operating system. Additionally, it is architected in a way that it can be brought to other platforms, via custom Flutter engine embedders. Why Flutter was Created And Why You Should Use It Cross-platform toolk...

Nowadays there are many Javascript libraries to make it easy the task of adding sliders to a website. Most have a host of features, to adapt the slider to the particular needs of each case. However, despite having so many functionalities, sometimes the sliders lack features that would result in a much better user experience. In the case of sliders that implemented the drag and drop functionality, it is hard to see how almost none (not to be absolute) implements the ability to continue the movement that the user has started, adding momentum and deceleration as necessary. In this tutorial we will introduce a new library, specifically to develop sliders with momentum in a simple way. Also we will create a fancy countdown timer, using this excellent design by Oleg Frolov as inspiration: The f...

Don’t Use The Placeholder AttributeDon’t Use The Placeholder Attribute Eric Bailey 2018-06-20T13:45:26+02:00 2018-06-20T16:37:38+00:00 Introduced as part of the HTML5 specification, the placeholder attribute “represents a short hint (a word or short phrase) intended to aid the user with data entry when the control has no value. A hint could be a sample value or a brief description of the expected format.” This seemingly straightforward attribute contains a surprising amount of issues that prevent it from delivering on what it promises. Hopefully, I can convince you to stop using it. Technically Correct Inputs are the gates through which nearly all e-commerce...

Accelerate DevOps Momentum by Incorporating Database Changes Surveys indicate you're probably under serious pressure to deploy new releases and application changes at a rapid pace. Many organizations like yours have adopted or are planning to implement DevOps within the next year. But when application updates require Oracle database changes, the DevOps pipeline screeches to a halt. The traditional Oracle database change management process creates a major bottleneck in the agile DevOps workflow. It's time for a better approach. Database, get ready to join the DevOps party! How can you make your database development more agile and responsive to changes? What if you could bring database development into the DevOps process via Continuous Database Integration? Imagine if you could: Ensure all t...

Learning to debug is an essential skill for taking the next step as a developer. It's important to understand and leverage the vast array of tools that exist for a given languge. Unfortunately, debugging might not seem as obvious when working with JavaScript outside of a full-fledged IDE. At least not initially. Let's take a look at getting started debugging JavaScript in the Google Chrome Dev Tools as well as my favorite text editor for Web Development, Visual Studio Code. Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/AX7uybwukkk TLDR - Debugging JavaScript in Chrome? Open the 'Sources' tab Inspect code Set breakpoints, inspect variables, etc. TLDR - Debugging JavaScript in Visual Studio Code? Download the Debugger for Chrome extension Create Debug configuration Launch Debug configuration Set breakpo...