This collection of Articles are recommended for anyone to read. They all have no assumptions about the reader and give any help that may be needed. However, each article may not be enjoyed by everyone and may need some interest in the subject.Thursday, 13 February 2025 | Dave SlackCI/CD or Continuous Integration / Continuous Development Workflow of a Web AppCI/CD or Continuous Integration & Continuous Development - How do we allow the people working towards a better a system, to do just that, without unnecessary blocks? I'll try to answer this question in this CI/CD article.Read more →Monday, 9 December 2024 | Dave SlackReferences Section in JavaScript with Next.jsFor this article you'll probably need some HTML, JavaScript and/or CSS knowledge, but if you don't have any you should still be able to follow along.Read more →Tuesday, 26 November 2024 | Dave SlackUsing Git Version Control in a Team & Branching StrategiesGit is a Decentralised Version Control System (VCS) that teams can and should use to manage the versions of a system, but there is so much more to it than just the version control. Let's look at how we might use Git as part of a team.Read more →Thursday, 14 November 2024 | Dave SlackWordPress - Remove category from Title & URLWordPress has a few quirks that don't make any sense. An interesting one is it's use of Category as a prefix to a URL and title. This might make sense for a large ecommerce website but not for most websites. For this tip we'll remove them.Read more →Friday, 4 October 2024 | Dave SlackFrontend UI libraries - Finding A Bootstrap ReplacementOver the years I’ve used many frontend UI libraries, toolkits, etc. Some great, some not so great. For a while now I’ve used Bootstrap and it’s perfect for most cases. I build a layout, create a design and Bootstrap allows me to do exactly what I need, then gets out of the way when I don’t need itRead more →Thursday, 15 August 2024 | Dave SlackAbove the foldA phrase we hear often is “will it be above the fold?” and the answer is usually the same “it depends”. In this article I’ll explain where ‘the fold’ comes from, why it is such a difficult question to answer, and it’s use in the web today.See more Above the fold →Thursday, 25 July 2024 | Dave SlackColours of the WebThe basics of colour on the web and why we use the colours we do. I'll take you through the basics of RGB vs CYMK and then add a bit about alpha transparencySee more Colours of the Web →Thursday, 18 July 2024 | Dave SlackImages of the webWith images on the web there is always a trade off between size and quality, there are may different types and formats to help us get the best quality for the size. Image formats are many and varied, but on the web, we choose to use only 6. In this Article, I'll explain the differencesSee more Images of the web →Loading...
Thursday, 13 February 2025 | Dave SlackCI/CD or Continuous Integration / Continuous Development Workflow of a Web AppCI/CD or Continuous Integration & Continuous Development - How do we allow the people working towards a better a system, to do just that, without unnecessary blocks? I'll try to answer this question in this CI/CD article.Read more →
Monday, 9 December 2024 | Dave SlackReferences Section in JavaScript with Next.jsFor this article you'll probably need some HTML, JavaScript and/or CSS knowledge, but if you don't have any you should still be able to follow along.Read more →
Tuesday, 26 November 2024 | Dave SlackUsing Git Version Control in a Team & Branching StrategiesGit is a Decentralised Version Control System (VCS) that teams can and should use to manage the versions of a system, but there is so much more to it than just the version control. Let's look at how we might use Git as part of a team.Read more →
Thursday, 14 November 2024 | Dave SlackWordPress - Remove category from Title & URLWordPress has a few quirks that don't make any sense. An interesting one is it's use of Category as a prefix to a URL and title. This might make sense for a large ecommerce website but not for most websites. For this tip we'll remove them.Read more →
Friday, 4 October 2024 | Dave SlackFrontend UI libraries - Finding A Bootstrap ReplacementOver the years I’ve used many frontend UI libraries, toolkits, etc. Some great, some not so great. For a while now I’ve used Bootstrap and it’s perfect for most cases. I build a layout, create a design and Bootstrap allows me to do exactly what I need, then gets out of the way when I don’t need itRead more →
Thursday, 15 August 2024 | Dave SlackAbove the foldA phrase we hear often is “will it be above the fold?” and the answer is usually the same “it depends”. In this article I’ll explain where ‘the fold’ comes from, why it is such a difficult question to answer, and it’s use in the web today.See more Above the fold →
Thursday, 25 July 2024 | Dave SlackColours of the WebThe basics of colour on the web and why we use the colours we do. I'll take you through the basics of RGB vs CYMK and then add a bit about alpha transparencySee more Colours of the Web →
Thursday, 18 July 2024 | Dave SlackImages of the webWith images on the web there is always a trade off between size and quality, there are may different types and formats to help us get the best quality for the size. Image formats are many and varied, but on the web, we choose to use only 6. In this Article, I'll explain the differencesSee more Images of the web →