Web Development

Quite often we are asking this simple question. Where we can answer for that ? On this website:  gs.statcounter.com

Codeception

Modern PHP testing for everyone  codeception.com

FileAPI

FileAPI — a set of javascript tools for working with files. Multiupload, drag’n’drop and chunked file upload. Images: crop, resize and auto orientation by EXIF  github.com/mailru/FileAPI

RainLoop

FREE, MODERN & FAST WEB-BASED EMAIL CLIENT  rainloop.net

ANIMATED CHECKBOXES

ANIMATED CHECKBOXES AND RADIO BUTTONS WITH SVG tympanus.net

Odometer

TRANSITION NUMBERS WITH EASE   github.hubspot.com/odometer/docs/welcome/

Image Maps is quite ancient technology (1993!) to create “clickable” areas on images. Sometimes there is just no other way to handle some some images. Recently I found quite useful tool to create them.

It’s coming with experience. On the beginning you always trying to do everything by your self. No frameworks, no libraries – bare bone solutions written from the scratch. Later – you realising than your time is to expensive, and start using some libraries. After another period of time you are getting to the point, that you are willing to use as many existing solutions as it’s possible.

Really typical problem – sending and receiving emails from the apps. Of course – you can send emails using simple mail () command or using more sophisticated libraries like Swiftmailer but… if there is an option to use API, you can chose from couples:

CSS Sprites  it was a very popular technique for a long time. Biggest benefit from it: reduce number of the requestes to the server, and speedup whole website / loading image assets. Working with CSS slides is really painful  Usually you are starting from PSD then you have to decouple them to separate images, then merge them again to one image, and then mark position of each element in the CSS file.

Couple useful tools to work with: