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• By David WalshJuly 28, 2015

  CanIUse Command Line

  Every front-end developer should be well acquainted with CanIUse, the website that lets you view browser support for browser features.  When people criticize my blog posts for not detailing browser support for features within the post, I tell them to check CanIUse:  always up to date, unlike...

• By Eduardo BouçasJuly 27, 2015

  Generating Alternative Stylesheets for Browsers Without @media

  If your CSS code is built with a mobile-first approach, it probably contains all the rules that make up the "desktop" view inside @media statements. That's great, but browsers that don't support media queries (IE 8 and below) will simply ignore them, ending up getting the...

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• By David WalshJuly 22, 2015

  Serve a Directory with PHP

  Many developers have a giggle at PHP, even looking down at the language, but let's be honest:  most of our blogs are powered by it (WordPress) and it's a great language to dabble around with.  I cut my teeth on PHP, though I prefer to avoid PHP these days. But...

• By David WalshJuly 22, 2015

  Tips you can Use to Build an Excellent eCommerce Experience

  There are many reasons to build a good eCommerce experience if you are planning to build an eCommerce website. Visitors can place items in their cart and leave your site without making a purchase. In fact, three out of every four of them will do so.

• By David WalshJuly 21, 2015

  OSCON: Live Stream

  O'Reilly's OSCON is upon us and I'm super excited to share with you a live stream of OSCON keynotes, courtesy of O'Reilly! Check back here every morning this week to get a sneak peek at the best conference in the open source community! Thank you...

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• By Landon SchroppJuly 20, 2015

  Say Goodbye to Vendor Prefixes

  Imagine you're lying on a beach. Waves slide up and down a sandy shore while the warm sun beats down on your skin. You sip a cool, refreshing drink, and sigh as gulls faintly caw in the distance. A gentle breeze lightly brushes your fingers as they...

• By David WalshJuly 15, 2015

  Detect Error Type with JavaScript

  JavaScript error reporting and catching is important and will only get more important as our web applications become more feature rich and powerful. I have never used try/catch blocks in depth -- I usually just catch exceptions for stuff that's usually known to cause problems. Remember this one from the IE6...

• By Nir BarlevJuly 15, 2015

  6 Painful Things Clients Say to Designers (and How to Respond)

  If you're a web designer who has spent any amount of time talking to clients, you have undoubtedly had some uncomfortable, difficult, or even offensive comments made to you by those customers. Typically, these customers are not trying to offend you. There are legitimate reasons for...

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• By Sarah DrasnerJuly 14, 2015

  GSAP + SVG for Power Users 2: Complex Responsive Animation

  This is the second article in a series about the GreenSock Animation API and SVG. This series isn't intended for beginners, but rather a deep dive into some of the more exciting and lesser-known features that one can work with after they've gotten past the initial...

• By David WalshJuly 13, 2015

  Serve a Directory with Node.js

  As I mentioned in Serve a Directory with Python, sometimes you need a directory to be "served" instead of loading the file:// location within your browser.  In the past I would mess around with MAMPStack and swapping out httpdocs directories, but there are better tools these...