Development & Dev Tools

Depending on how you've installed WP-CLI, you may need to delete a file or an entire directory.

WP-CLI is an awesome tool if you want to manage your WordPress site in the most efficient way possible. Here's how to get started with WP-CLI.

I think most developers would agree that WP-CLI (the self-described “command-line interface for WordPress”) is the best thing to happen to WordPress since my-hacks.php. It is my favorite way to… Read more

The last time I told someone I was a WordPress developer, they replied: “So you’re in charge of managing the content”?

Suppose your company decides to change its code-hosting provider or you wish to move your own Git repository to a different host. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. When I had to move a number of Git projects to a new host, it took me quite some time to find an accurate method.

Need a solid, super fast local solution to develop websites? Try Laragon, it's changed the way I build eCommerce and business websites.

The web is the best place for your projects but there may be reasons for keeping some of them offline. The most common practice for deploying offline is via a local server. There are numerous options available yet we chose Laragon as the most convenient. That’s for if you’re using a computer with Microsoft Windows. […]

Illustrated web development & javascript tutorials

Modern design tools, of both the vector and code kind, are amazing pieces of software that in recent years have transformed the design profession, but none of them seem to really understand the con…

Code depends on English—for reasons that are entirely unnecessary at a technical level.

Learn how to create a new branch from master and make your first Git commit

Compress and compare images with different codecs, right in your browser

Website planning tool, create your website structure.

Generating pdfs from websites has never been easier.

Heydon Pickering published a fantastic post called Reluctant Gatekeeping: The Problem With Full Stack. I have about 3 blog post drafts covering similar ground and apparently we see very much eye-to-eye on this, so I thought it might be worthwhile to walk through Heydon’s post and layer on my comment

Do you want to set your project up for success? This guide will help you to write a technical website specification for your next web project. Includes an outline of all relevant sections.

GitExplorer: Find the right git commands you need without digging through the web

I'm using Git Bash on Windows 7 and would like to set up Bash profile aliases such as alias gs='git status' to make my life easier. How can I do this?

Does front-end development as a we know it still exist; or has the role evolved into something we no longer recognise? As with evolution in nature, the evolution of "front-end" has resulted in several distinct flavours --- and in my opinion --- an identity crisis.

As a WordPress developer, the topic of testing isn’t something that we hear about that often. And, if we do hear about it, it’s more often than not just one specific type of testing: unit testing.

A small tool to make debugging css a little bit easier.

Rollbar provides real-time error alerting & debugging tools for developers. Ruby, Python, PHP, Node.js, JavaScript, Android, iOS & more languages supported.

Easily build, package, release, update, and deploy your project in any language—on GitHub or any external system—without having to run code yourself.