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Free FTP Clients
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The 5 Best Free FTP Clients

An FTP client is an important piece of software that allows developers to transfer files from their local to the web host or server. It can be used to upload and update files on the web server while at the same time being able to back these files to a local server for rollback or archive purposes.

Here are 5 of the best free FTP clients available.

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VR Fox
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Mozilla, Web Virtual Reality, and A-Frame

With virtual reality (VR) on the rise, many companies are seeking out to get onto the hype train in anyway possible. Even Mozilla has meddled in VR to an extent. Enter WebVR, an experimental Javascript API that provides access to Virtual Reality devices in your browser.

Along with trying to create an open standard for virtual reality, Mozilla has created a Web Component-based solution for creating 3D visualizations: A-Frame. The community for A-Frame have done a great job making the 3D experience easy for yet visually powerful.

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11 Minimal JavaScript Frameworks You Need To Know
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11 Minimal JavaScript Frameworks You Need To Know

For web developers, JavaScript frameworks are useful tools for making development streamlined and quick to implement. These frameworks remove the need to code something that another developer has already accomplished. Frameworks also set a standardized format of code that serves as a base. Multiple developers working on the same project can refer to this base to make sure their code is compatible with one another.

On the other hand, Minimal JavaScript Frameworks are a lightweight variant that offers a smaller file size, scripts with less processing required and a greater compatibility with mobile devices. This article covers a bite-size review of 11 minimal JavaScript frameworks that every web developer should know.

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Flexbox for Comments Section
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Flexbox: How to Create a Responsive Comment Section with HTML5 and CSS3

Flexbox (Flexible Box) is a method that aims to provide a more efficient way to build powerful dynamic layouts by efficiently laying out, aligning and distributing space among items in a container. It can be implemented on all sorts of modules but is best on smaller sized web apps.

If you ever needed it applied on a comments section of your website, here’s a detailed explanation on how it can be done.

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Ionic
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Getting Started With Ionic

As a web developer, have you ever wanted to build a mobile app quickly using what you already know? Ionic was made for this very purpose. It is a framework that allows you to build hybrid mobile apps using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Hybrid apps have benefits over pure native apps in that it has a faster speed of development and also access to 3rd party code.

Ionic is also a completely free and open-source framework which makes use of AngularJS for creating highly interactive apps. All you need to do is install the node and get started.

Let’s build some mobile apps!