Phillip Richdale

Autor: Phillip Richdale

  • Stop using Java for Java development. Switch to Kotlin.

    Stop using Java for Java development. Switch to Kotlin.

    Are you doing enterprise development in Java? Then stop. Don’t get me wrong, Java is neat, Java blazed the way for non-trivial cross-platform bytecode-based software development. Many systems that are not specifically web-centric continue to rely on Java these days and it’s been way more than a decade that countless programming languages have come to…

  • Gitea – A very good Web Git GUI

    Gitea – A very good Web Git GUI

  • Web UI Libraries

    Web UI Libraries

    Here are some classic Web UI Libraries for regular HTML/CSS/JS setups without fancy virtual DOM stuff attached. Enjoy! Bulma Materialize Foundation Skeleton PureCSS Groundwork Bootstrap

  • React UI Libraries

    React UI Libraries

    Here’s a comprehensive list of React UI Libraries for your next complex non-trivial ReactJS project: Grommet (GitHub) PrimeReact (GitHub) ReactSuite (GitHub) OnsenUI (GitHub) React Bootstrap (GitHub) Ant Design (GitHub) Material UI (GitHub) Blueprint JS (GitHub) Semantic UI for React (GitHub) Evergreen (GitHub) Chakra UI (GitHub) Rebass (GitHub)

  • Interesting Reads

    Interesting Reads

    Here is a selection of blogs and magazines on the web, IT and digital media industry in general. Some are not directly tech related but are very educational and enjoyable none-the-less. This is my personal selection that I consider worthwhile reading. Enjoy! … Disclaimer: May be filled up with things I forgot further down the…

  • A List of Free Open Source web-based Scrum & Kanban Boards

    A List of Free Open Source web-based Scrum & Kanban Boards

    Don’t want to pay for your collaboration and project management? Want to have controll over your tooling and processes? Once again, quality open source tools come to the rescue.

  • Bootstrap is still going strong. And have you checked ReactStrap?

    Bootstrap is still going strong. And have you checked ReactStrap?

    The VDOM craze may have you think that Bootstrap is dead. It isn’t. It’s as powerful as ever that the first-class citizenship of Popper.js and an ever evolving jQuery still make it the grandmaster of go-to toolkits for getting good Web-UIs done quickly. It also works very neatly together with virtual DOM libraries such as…

  • Overview of jQuery Ajax Call Parameters

    Overview of jQuery Ajax Call Parameters

    It doesn’t always have to be ReactJS or virtual DOM. For most tasks and functions, jQuery still is perfectly fine, especially if it’s a current version of the 3.x branch and allready integrated and loaded into your environment. Here’s a cheat-sheet Overview of jQuery Ajax Call Parameters:

  • WordPress REST API

    WordPress REST API

    A key component for professional non-trivial enterprise web-application development with WordPress is the WordPress REST API. A solid application interface for decoupled frontends and adjacent services in a non-monolithic and/or headless environment with WordPress as the key component at the center.

  • PHP The Right Way

    PHP The Right Way

    Eine Website die ganz der systematischen Erlernung von PHP gewidmet ist / A website wholefully dedicated to systematically learn PHP: PhpTheRightWay.com

  • Anti­patterns und Miss­verständnisse in der Software­entwicklung

    Anti­patterns und Miss­verständnisse in der Software­entwicklung

    Ein sehr guter Vortrag in dem Felix von Leitner – besser bekannt als „Fefe“ – einen guten Überblick über klassische Anitpatterns in und um Softwareentwicklung erläutert. Sehr zu empfehlen.

  • HTML Farben/Colors – HTML Color Name & Code Table

    HTML Farben/Colors – HTML Color Name & Code Table

    The complete Table of named HTML & CSS Colors. Always useful.

  • Enterprise WordPress Development

    Enterprise WordPress Development

    Non-trivial development in WordPress requires a measure of internal knowlege about how WordPress works and how one can best work arounds it shortfalls in a professional large-scale and mission-critical/enterprise setting. Contrary to some rumours this isn’t more difficult than with other systems.

  • Min-maxing Software Costs

    Min-maxing Software Costs

    This talk is a good one and the points made are universal. Highly recommended! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQUxJObxTUs

  • Gutenberg & WordPress Block Extensions & Resources

    Gutenberg & WordPress Block Extensions & Resources

    Here’s yet another list of extensions and resources to current WordPress and Gutenberg Versions: EditorsKit Stackable Ultimate Blocks Gutenberg Fibel Yoast SEO

  • 36C3 – Das nützlich-unbedenklich Spektrum

    36C3 – Das nützlich-unbedenklich Spektrum

    Ein guter Vortrag zum Thema „saubere Softwareentwicklung“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31xA9p3pYE4

  • Convenience based Projects

    Convenience based Projects

    „Convenience based Projects either die a hero or live long enough to see themselves become the villain.“

  • Impressions from WordCamp Düsseldorf 2019

    Impressions from WordCamp Düsseldorf 2019

    It was a very nice and educative meeting. Learned a lot, met many amazing people, made some good contacts. WordPress Community at its best. Some impressions below, see a larger gallery here.

  • Elm

    Elm

    Elm is one of the lesser know languages in the JavaScript ecosystem. Like others, it transpiles to JavaScript, but it has two prominent traits that emphasise what the language is meant for:

  • WordPress Generators & Tools

    WordPress Generators & Tools

    Here’s a list of WordPress Boilerplate Code Generation Tools and other useful tools for WordPress that available on the web:

  • Git GUI Clients

    Git GUI Clients

    a current list of feasible Git GUI Clients: GitAhead GitKraken Tower SourceTree SmartGit TortoiseGit GitHub Desktop Sublime Merge