All the Resources-related tutorials, ideas and various posts in Stampede Constructs
Jacob Gube of Six Revisions discussed about five new breed of free source code editors that give paid applications a run for their money. The distinguishing characteristics of modern source code editors are minimalism, extensibility, integration with web browser, cross-platform compatibility and open source. Here is the list of the source code editors:
I think the built-in JS debugger in Brackets is rather cool. Check out his post to read more about the five free source code editors.
Web designer and developer, Barış Ünver understands the importance of good user experience in mobile websites. He has made a list of seven essential WordPress plugins to help developers make their websites more mobile friendly and accessible. Here is the list of the plugins:
Hit the button below to read the summaries for each plugin written by Barış Ünver.
Inspired by the iPhone 5S landing page, Pete Rojwongsuriya created a one page scroll jQuery plugin that makes a page behaves a bit like a Powerpoint presentation with slide up and down animation. By performing just a single page scrolling action like wheel scroll, tapping the up, down or space bar keys, the browser automatically guides user to next sections of the page. This method is a great way to present a product, minimizing the risk of visitors accidentally scrolling past key information. To see how this plugin was developed, click the button below.
At scotch.io, Chris Sevilleja loves to talk about Foundation 5 framework by ZURB. Foundation 5 is a great front-end framework that is a solid alternative to Bootstrap. It does have a few features that Bootstrap doesn’t, hence it deserves a look at the features before being dismissed. In this post, Chris outlined a cheatsheet about the difference of Bootstrap vs Foundation in terms of CSS elements, class names and also grid names. Enjoy!
Last September 4th, WordPress 4.0 was released under the code name Benny, after the American jazz and swing musician Benny Goodman. Here are the highlights of WordPress 4.0 Features:
Hit the button to see the full explanation by Chris Burgess for each feature or view the highlights on WordPress Codex.
When writing code, you will often see single and double quotes marks. How much do you know about quotes? This week, Guy Routledge shared his short video covering information about quotes – dividing them into three categories: the difference between smart and dumb quotes, the different styles of quotes used internationally and the somewhat under-used CSS quotes property. I especially like the way he elaborates how to change quotes mark based on the language of the document by using CSS lang pseudo codes. To watch the video, click the button below.
Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is important to make sure that a website has a good page rank in search engines. There are several ways to optimize website rank. In this article Nicole Kohler shared 4 SEO mistakes that should be avoided to ensure your website has better SEO. In her opinion, ignoring SEO altogether is the possible worst mistake a web developer could make, which is, of course true. Hit the button below to read further.
In this post, Jean from Cats Who Code has compiled 8 must-have WordPress plugins for every WordPress site which could reduce server loading time and make the site more user-friendly. The list of plugins cover areas such as caching, lazy loading, combatting spams and image optimisations.
Update: Also do check out this similar post we have written about our eight favorite free WordPress plugins. These are generic plugins that can be used on pretty much any kinds of WP websites. Enjoy!
CSS is sometimes described as a simple and easy language. It can quickly become very complex and working with it can be a pain if there is no structure. As projects evolve, so does CSS. This can be easily avoided if there are some structures and guidelines around the code.
Try to keep the file structure clean and simple to prevent you from having problems with finding files and reassessing your structure. Besides, writing comment is extremely important to describe components, how they work, their limitations and the way they are constructed. Don’t let other team wasting time guessing what the purpose of the code is.
In his blog, Jake Bresnehan has shared 14 tips to deal with a large CSS codebase. Besides commenting and keeping things simple, find out about the other tips by clicking on the button below.
After a couple of months Sass 3.3 had been released, the new update is now available with version 3.4 under the code name “Selective Steve”. Most new features in this version are about selectors. There are 8 new functions you can play with Sass 3.4 selectors. Beside selectors, Sass 3.4 also comes with @error directive and this feature now could make Sass handles errors in a cleaner way. Isn’t that exciting? To discover more in this release of Sass 3.4, read the article by a Sass big fan, Hugo Giraudel by clicking on the button below.
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