Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
A list of common computer I/O actions and how long they take.
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What every coder should know about gamma
Good article about what "gamma correction" means for color processing, and what "sRGB" actually means.
You probably do not need to know this for web development, but it's an interesting read.
5 Design Tips Every Developer Should Know
If you wear a lot of hats in a small team, or if you feel like your projects could be more successful if they looked better, this is for you. Here are five traditional elements and principles of art and design that will cure the ugly (or at least ...
JavaScript basics tutorial: 33 Concepts Every JavaScript Developer Should Know
This repository was created with the intention of helping developers master their concepts in JavaScript. It is not a requirement, but a guide for future studies. It is based on an article written by Stephen Curtis.
Table of Contents
- C...
Implementing social media "like" buttons: Everything you never wanted to know
So you client has asked you to implement a row of buttons to like the URL on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Here are some things you should know about this.
0. Security considerations
Each "like" button is implemented by including a Javascript...
The TCF 2.0 (Tranparency and Consent Framework) standard, and what you should know about it
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is a European marketing association which has introduced a standard how advertising can be served to users in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This standard ...
A jQuery plugin pattern every jQuery plugin should use
Many jQuery plugins suffer from a good plugin architecture. When you write jQuery plugins you should use the plugin pattern described in this article which makes your...
jquery-timing - a jQuery plugin you should know about
jquery-timing is a very useful jquery plugin that helps to remove lots of nested anonymous functions. It's API provides you some methods that help you to write readable and understandable method c...
Everything you ever wanted to know about constant lookup in Ruby
If you ever wondered why a constant wasn't defined or wasn't available where you expected it to be, this article will help.
Also see Ruby constant lookup: The good, the bad and the ugly.
What we know about PDFKit
What PDFKit is
- PDFKit converts a web page to a PDF document. It uses a Webkit engine under the hood.
- For you as a web developer this means you can keep using the technology you are familar wit...
Testing validates_format_of with Shoulda matchers
Don't use should validate_format_of(...)
because that matcher works in weird ways. Use the allow_value
matcher instead:
describe Email, '#sender' do
# > Rspec 3 should syntax
it { should allow_value("email@addresse.foo").for(:send...