Managing Front-End Assets in Vapor, Part 1
Back-End Front-End Full-Stack WebLet's look at some of the basics of handling CSS and JavaScript in Vapor. We'll set up custom CSS and JS files for your...
PostCSS: Life after Sass
Back-End Full-Stack WebWe've begun to use PostCSS plugins in almost all of our web projects to lint our CSS, support variables and mixins, transpile future CSS...
Don’t Get Tangled in Your Database Constraints
Back-End Full-Stack WebDatabase constraints are a great tool for preventing bad data. Here's how to use them without causing frustration for yourself or your users.
Cross Stitching: Elegant Concurrency Patterns for JavaScript
Back-End Front-End Full-Stack WebYou've probably heard statements like "JavaScript is a toy language because it doesn't support multithreading." But in fact, JavaScript is well-suited for a plethora...
Request Testing in Vapor, Part 2
Back-End Full-Stack WebWhen your Vapor tests hit the database, test data can get in the way of your development data, and your development data can cause...
Request Testing in Vapor, Part 1
Back-End Full-Stack WebVapor includes many features out of the box for writing great web apps. You may not realize it, but it also includes great support...
Hi, I’m Node.js and I’ll be your server today.
Back-End Full-Stack WebThe magical moment has arrived: your startup just got its first round of funding, and you're ready to crunch out an MVP that will...
Computers Like Firm (SSL) Handshakes Too
Back-End Full-Stack WebRecently, we encountered a interesting bug on one of our multi-platform app development projects: an older Android (4.1) client was quietly failing to connect...
Is Your Ember App Too Big? Split it up with Ember Engines, Part 3
Front-End Full-Stack Web Leveling UpIn the previous two posts on Ember Engines, we started building an Ember "umbrella" application for mounting a couple Ember Engines. In this post,...
Perfecting Custom Typography in Android
Android Design Front-End Full-Stack WebWhen a custom designed UI is first implemented in an Android build, I often find the styling and nuances of the typography gets lost...
Is Your Ember App Too Big? Split it up with Ember Engines, Part 2
Front-End Full-Stack Web Leveling UpIn this post, you will learn to create an Ember Engine in a separate repository and link the engine to the umbrella application.
Encore, JavaScript! Create an MP3 reader with DataViews + TextDecoder
Back-End Front-End Full-Stack WebLike all good blog posts, this one started with a conversation on Twitter. It ended with a simple JavaScript MP3 metadata reader to demonstrate...
