Another week, another article roundup! I’ve been very intrigued with this debate over front-end MVC’s such as Angular, Ember.js and Backbone. You may see an uptick in articles about this subject over the next few weeks.
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- AOL is shutting down its Apple blog TUAW
As The Verge says “There goes another one.” - Simple CSS-Only Row and Column Highlighting
clever trick! - Extensibility
Jeremy on Web Components. I find myself aligning with his opinions. - Your favourite app isn’t native
- Adobe is suing Forever 21 for pirating Photoshop
duh. If you are a big company, spend $50/month. - 1 out of 6 internet users in the US don’t have broadband access
- iPhone Screenshot Maker
I’ve been looking for an iPhone screenshot tool for some time. This one adds a nice iPhone frame around your screenshot. - WordPress Theme Creation With Underscores – Tuts+ Course
This is the defacto “blank theme” for developing WordPress themes from scratch. It’s in Tuts+, but they offer a 30 day free trial. - Introducing CockpitCMS – a CMS for Developers
- @extend Wrapper a.k.a Mixtend
interesting technique - Hobo for Mac – The best way to manage Vagrant and vagrantfiles on your Mac
This is really dead simple. Easy enough where you could pass this VM onto a PM or Designer with no issues. One thing I’m not sure about is how you keep your WordPress code updated for those users. - How you can help to improve WordPress
- YouTube drops Flash for HTML5 video as default
Yah, standards! - Updates for the F12 developer tools in the Windows 10 January Technical Preview
Some updates to the ever-improving F12 Tools in IE. - Microsoft reveals its Internet Explorer successor will support extensions
Kinda have to these days. - My thoughts on Squarespace (and other site builders)
ICYMI - Fun with line-height!
Vertical rhythm is something I have really taken to, and line-height is fundimental to it. - CSS Level 4 Selectors to Watch Out For
- The ultimate guide to SVG
SVG is IE9 plus and polyfills are pretty easy. If you aren’t, you really need to be using SVG. No need for responsive images. - 5 Beautiful and Responsive Footer Templates
- illustrator-svg-exporter · GitHub
Exporting SVG’s in Illustrator kinda sucks. - Facebook’s new app for developing countries is just 252KB
#optimization - Visiting an Angular site with Opera Mini.
