Recent articles in web development (page 4 of 7)

1. Feb 22, 2021 Ally Beaton looks back on two years in the Kaizen design system

   On her second-last day as Culture Amp's tech lead for the Kaizen design system, Ally Beaton joined me to look back on two years of progress in our React component library.

2. May 16, 2016 CSS Selectors Redux

   Last month in Sydney and Melbourne I was honoured to speak at Respond 2016, the third Web Directions conference at which I’ve had the privilege of speaking after Web Essentials 2006 and Web Directions South 2009. John Allsopp assigned me a great topic that would never have occurred to me otherwise: CSS selectors.

3. Aug 13, 2014 Melbourne Web Developers Fireside Chat

   This Thursday, August 14th, I’ll be speaking at the Melbourne Web Developers meetup in a “fireside chat” with event organiser James Gallichio from General Assembly. The theme of the night is “show me something amazing” (no pressure), so I’m bringing along a few examples of web development that has inspired me lately.

4. Apr 22, 2013 My Sublime Text Setup

   A couple of months ago I produced a video course for lynda.com about the Sublime Text programmer’s editor, “Up and Running with Sublime Text 2”. One of the best things about producing a course or writing a book is that you get to know your subject *really* well, so after a couple of friends asked me today what I recommend when setting up Sublime Text for the first time, I thought I’d write it up here.

5. May 24, 2012 Diet Coda for Modern Web Development

   Following the announcement (and imminent release) of Diet Coda from Panic Software this week, I’ve heard some complaints that it has been designed for a workflow that no longer exists (or shouldn’t). “Edit files directly on my server? Who *does* that anymore!?” Setting aside the fact that there are probably plenty of web developers who still do exactly that, those who think Diet Coda unsuited to a more sophisticated workflow are, I think, simply lacking in imagination.