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![Create WebPage Screenshots with Node.js and SlimerJS]()
Create WebPage Screenshots with Node.js and SlimerJS
Last week I featured PhantomJS, a headless WebKit tool, which allows for taking screenshots, automating events on the page, and so on. PhantomJS is an excellent tool that does so much but being locked into the WebKit engine doesn't help if you want to test other rendering engines like...
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Create and Compare Webpage Screenshots with Wraith
Last week I wrote about using PhantomJS to create screenshots of webpages. I still find it amazing that we can so quickly and easily create screenshots of a web page using a bit of server side JavaScript. A reader brought to my attention a tool that takes...
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Get Ethereum Value from Command Line
Last year I got big into Bitcoin; today I own a few dozen bitcoin and am loving my return. Recently I've been hearing big things about Ethereum, another cryptocurrency. Ethereum is in its infancy and has hit some troublesome times recently due to a hack but...
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Remove Photo Backgrounds with Cloudinary
A while back I wrote about using Cloudinary to Optimize Images, a technique you can use to crunch image size, serve images from the cloud, and modify images on the fly. As someone who isn't great with Photoshop, and never really has...
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Set Chrome as Default Browser from Command Line
Whenever I see a desktop GUI to accomplish a given web-related task, I'm dying to know the underlying operating system interaction to accomplish the same feat. Many of the GUIs I use are just a front for a command line utility for that more experienced developers would use. I set...
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JavaScript Error Monitoring
One of the reasons I love front-end development is the reason many server-side developers hate it: the difference in browser implementations, the different implementation dates, and the ability to hang yourself with bad JavaScript. I enjoy the hell out of this battle despite having no control over the...
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Create WebPage Screenshots with Node.js and PhantomJS
Automation on the web has gotten incredibly accessible and advanced, much in part to utilities like PhantomJS. PhatomJS allows you to do headless WebKit render testing, network monitoring, page automation, and much more. One of the simple tasks I like using PhatomJS for is screenshot...
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Being a Dev Dad
I get asked loads of questions every day but I'm always surprised that they're rarely questions about code or even tech -- many of the questions I get are more about non-dev stuff like what my office is like, what software I use, and oftentimes...
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Hired – The Easiest Way to Get a New Job
Developers are in demand, so shouldn't companies apply to hire you instead of the other way around? That's exactly how it works on Hired. Hired is a platform that gives you an easy...
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Reset OS X Dock Icons to Defaults
There's something amazing about receiving a new MacBook Pro for me. The new machine, unaffected by sins of installs past, gives me a fresh start to mess it up all over again. Of course with a laptop from your employer you probably can't just wipe things...
