Thema: Web Development & Design
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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…
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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:
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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.
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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
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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.
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HTML Farben/Colors – HTML Color Name & Code Table
The complete Table of named HTML & CSS Colors. Always useful.
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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.
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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
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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
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36C3 – Das nützlich-unbedenklich Spektrum
Ein guter Vortrag zum Thema „saubere Softwareentwicklung“: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31xA9p3pYE4
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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.
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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:
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WordPress Generators & Tools
Here’s a list of WordPress Boilerplate Code Generation Tools and other useful tools for WordPress that available on the web:
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Git GUI Clients
a current list of feasible Git GUI Clients: GitAhead GitKraken Tower SourceTree SmartGit TortoiseGit GitHub Desktop Sublime Merge
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Aktuelles zum Thema Datenschutz
Ein aktuelles EU-Urteil zum Thema Browsercookies sorgt in Deutschland für Aufregung. Und auch unabhängig davon wird das Thema DSGVO an vielen Stellen noch zu nachlässig behandelt. Zeit für ein paar aktuelle Meldungen und Erinnerungen zum Thema:
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SEO – Eine Begriffsklärung
Seit etwa zwei Jahrzehnten macht ein seltsamer Begriff im Dunstkreis des Themas Webentwicklung die Runde. Ein Begriff der bei professionellen Webentwicklern mitunter einen schalen Nachgeschmack und das Gefühl von schmierigen Gebrauchtwagenhändlern und Graumarkt Deals mit gefälschten Modelabels und Parfümmarken hinterlässt.
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Custom Plugin Tables in WordPress
Here’s how to do them by the book.
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25 Years of PHP
A very enlightening talk on PHP and its history. Rasmus Lerdorf thouroughly explains apparent inconsistencies and also explains why they make perfect sense. Get to know the in and outs of PHP and why it’s brilliant in its own way and why it’s so successful to this very day. This is a must-watch for every…
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Symfony
Symfony is one of the most mature PHP Frameworks and many large Webapplications are built on it. Many newer Frameworks utilise and integrate Symfony components. A solid foundation and widespread industry adoption often make it the go-to toolkit for non-trivial projects. Symfony ist eines der ausgereiftesten PHP Frameworks und wird bei in vielen großen Webapplikationen…
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The Essence of Agility
„Agile, Agile, Certified Scrum, … BULLSHIT!“ – that was the initial title of this post. Good for a splash and effect, but a tad negative, I admit. 😏 So I’ve taken the liberty to update the title to a more positive and meaningful one. Same with the permalink. The rest remains the same. – PR,…
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Obtain SSL certificate Information before redirect
If you need to know information on a web ssl certificate, but the accompaning URL redirects inmediately, it can be difficult to optain that information. Here’s how you do it in the CLI: openssl s_client -connect foo.example.com:443 < /dev/null | openssl x509 -text