Welcome to the first Article Roundup on the Hoverboard Blog! Each Friday we publish out a roundup of the best articles of the last week.
Enjoy!
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Google I/O 2015 Aftermath
A great round up on this year’s Google I/O.
Source: code.tutsplus.com
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The Web is not Poor Man’s Native
Source: cwilso.com
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Please Update Picturefill | CSS-Tricks
PSA
Source: css-tricks.com
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Why Good Web Design Doesn’t Cost $50
Some good thoughts on “low-cost” web design.
Source: www.sitepoint.com
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Optimizing a Complex Site for Pagespeed
I just recently when through this for a client. There are some pitfalls along the way, but it is worth doing.
Source: www.websiteoptimization.com
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Expressive BEM with Sass: a different approach by Anders Schmidt Hansen on CodePen
Interesting technique with sass (not scss).
Source: codepen.io
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Introduction to Jenkins: An Open Source Continuous Integration Server
Jenkins is on my list of things to learn (amongst others).
Source: code.tutsplus.com
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Video: The Edge Rendering Engine Makes the Web Just Work
I’m getting more and more excited about Edge. Now if they could just make testing on a Mac easier.
Source: www.sitepoint.com
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2Mb Web Pages: Who’s to Blame?
Yes, clients can be to “blame” but at the end of the day, it’s our duty as the professional to steer clients clear of bad decisions. Still, some great points in here.
Source: www.sitepoint.com
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The Best Markdown Plugins for WordPress
Someday I will move my sites over to Markdown. I’m a little scared because it seems that once you go Markdown, you can’t go back. Maybe Automattic will build it into core someday.
Source: www.sitepoint.com
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The JavaScript-Dependency Backlash: Myth-Busting Progressive Enhancement
Many good points on Progressive Enhancement.
Source: www.sitepoint.com
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Web Performance is part of User Experience
You damn right!
Source: zoompf.com
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Web vs. native redux
More thoughts on web vs native; this time from PPK.
Source: www.quirksmode.org
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Keeping things simple with Node.js
I’m getting into a project in Node right now and this was great info.
Source: apmblog.dynatrace.com
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Video: Chakra, The JS Engine that Powers Microsoft Edge
I guess this is sooper fast. You go, Microsoft!
Source: www.sitepoint.com
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Working with Pattern Lab
Some thoughts on Pattern Lab from Allison Wagner at Happy Cog.
Source: cognition.happycog.com
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Revisiting :Visited
Visited more seems to be a pain in the butt more than anything. How many times have you had a client tell you that some of the links are the “wrong color”?
Source: joelcalifa.com
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Remote WordPress DB & Media Backup w/ WP Migrate DB Pro
If you don’t want to rely on a backup plugin and you are already using WP MigrateDB Pro, this is a great solution.
Source: deliciousbrains.com
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Why not Google?
I’ve similarly moved from Google to DuckDuckGo and have been perfectly happy. I haven’t had the energy to switch my email off of Gmail mostly because of single sign ons that will probably break.
Source: www.marco.org
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WordPress with Git and Composer Part 1 – Storing WordPress in Git
As I learned at Wordcamp ATL, Composer is very powerful tool and works really well with WordPress. Did you know the whole theme/plugin repos are mirrored in Composer?
Source: deliciousbrains.com
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Web! What is it good for?
#hotdrama of the week. This is generating a lot of good discussions over native/web.
Source: adactio.com