Technological monitoring for web developers

I find that the need to create responsive table layouts pops up far more often than most developers would expect. The gut reaction might to be implement some sort of custom grid-system or pull in a pre-built library. Don't do this - just use tables and some simple CSS. Post written by Bradley Taunt.

Laravel Mix is a clean layer on top of webpack to make the 80% use case laughably simple to execute. Most would agree that, though incredibly powerful, webpack ships with a steep learning curve. But what if you didn't have to worry about that?

Ultrafast, offline-ready and platform-agnostic Progressive Web App e-commerce. Always free and open source under the MIT license.

CSS variables, now enjoying fairly good browser support, are opening up exciting possibilities for more dynamic styling. Having true CSS variables means that we can get and set their values in JavaScript, allowing us to build cool features like live theming. Post written by Jonathan Harrell.

Poet is a blog generator in node.js to generate routing, render templates, and get a blog up and running fast.

Tina is an open-source site editing toolkit for React-based frameworks, Gatsby and Next.js

With the wonderful world of JAMstack getting big, all the categories of services and tools that help it along are as important as ever. There are static site generators, headless CMSs, and static file hosts. I think those classifications are handy, and help conversations along. But there is a point where nuance is necessary and these classification buckets get a little leaky. Post written by Chris Coyier.

Learn basic Bash programming syntax and tools, as well as how to use variables and control operators, in the first article in this three-part series. Post written by David Both.

Devoxx Belgium is a 5-days conference where developers and architects come together and explore the latest technology advancements and fascinating ideas, with some of the most inspiring speakers in our sector.

Don't miss the GraphQL event of the year, featuring over 60 technical talks across 3 tracks! Not only will you learn, discuss, and advance in GraphQL best practices, you'll also make connections, recharge, and have fun with the community.

The Lunarstorm team is seeking a Junior Full Stack Web Developer to become an integral part of our team! You will be responsible for creating and modifying client websites. Full benefits are included in the position; health, dental, vision.

It is a tool to make shades and tints for a given color and generate the proper code for the TailwindCSS config file.The idea is to make the custom color generation a bit easier when creating custom color variants to use in your app's CSS.

Develop, test, and deploy your secure static or dynamic personal web site with zero configuration.

Simple yet flexible JavaScript charting for designers & developers. Charts.js is one of the most beautiful open source charts library.

If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app. Electron is a framework for creating native applications with web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It takes care of the hard parts so you can focus on the core of your application.

Pure CSS syntax highlighter, no Javascript required. Includes built-in tooltips with UI themes and syntax highlighting themes.

Do you have scheduled jobs run via Cron that you want to prevent being run via browsers and other user agents? This post, written by Andy W, presents two methods to do so.

Modern file management platform built according to your business needs and regulations, Pydio is open-source software deployed on your servers or wherever you decide.

Discover how to implement target="_blank" the right way to not be hacked. Written by Alex Yumashev.

How much of the CSS style that you import from external libraries you really use? Sometimes even less than 20%, so why do you need to have all this unused style? No reason! Purgecss come to help, it is a tool which helps to remove unused CSS and it can be used as part of your development workflow. Post written by Luca Spezzano.

3-day functional programming conference based in the Central Europe with top-notch speakers & 1300+ attendees.

Experience two thrilling days of learning, community and contribution. A barcamp is not just another passive listening conference. Instead, you and everyone else is asked to share their ideas, lead a workshop or give a talk. The vuecamp is structured like a barcamp.

You will be working on different types of web applications including but not limited to enterprise Drupal 8 websites, single page applications, living styleguides, design systems, prototypes and headless / decoupled CMS setups. You will work within an experienced development team with standards and processes that work but also get the ability to get involved into the future approach of both the company and development team.

A tiny library for recreating Instagram filters with CSS filters and blend modes.

ScriptSlide is the perfect tool for speakers. Use your laptop as a script screen and take a look at while presenting. Your smartphone becomes a remote controller that controls your screen remotely.

Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube to watch your videos without ads and all the extra bloat. The official instance is here https://invidio.us. but several other instances are available.

Kirby in a nutshell or what you wish you had known when you started your first Kirby project.

Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.

A guide to getting you on the IndieWeb. We should all own the content we're creating, rather than just posting to third-party content silos. Publish on your own domain, and syndicate out to silos. This is the basis of the "Indie Web" movement.

Netlify helps developers quickly roll out static websites. In this in-depth Netlify course for beginners, you will learn how to use the service for everything needed in modern web development, from local setup to global deployment. This video is the perfect place to start for anyone that wants to learn how to use Netlify.

A curated list of awesome things related to Tailwind CSS. Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.

Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MSSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, Oracle, and Amazon Redshift designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use.

Objection.js is an ORM for Node.js that aims to stay out of your way and make it as easy as possible to use the full power of SQL and the underlying database engine while still making the common stuff easy and enjoyable.

Koa is a new web framework designed by the team behind Express, which aims to be a smaller, more expressive, and more robust foundation for web applications and APIs.

OpenLibra is a technology platform and currency for financial inclusion. An alternative to Facebook's Libra, that places emphasis on open governance and economic decentralization.

n8n.io is an Open Source alternative for Zapier/tray.io Automate daily tasks, sync data, or react to events.

ForwardEmail is a free, encrypted, and open-source email forwarding service for custom domains.

This role requires you to be proficient in JavaScript (Node.js, React.js, Next.js), and MongoDB. You’ll be an exceptional problem solver and take responsible actions in ensuring the application is optimized both in technology and in delivering the best user experience.

We believe that learning is a lifelong process; that's why we create conferences for developers by developers. It's what drives us to produce the best meeting place for innovators and thought leaders.

The Conference for Web APIs, API Design & Management. Find out in exciting, informative workshops and sessions on how to plan, implement, and manage your API projects with the right strategy, structured management and development.

Learn how to style a dropdown menu with Tailwind's utility classes.

I’ve started using an excellent piece of software called Restic for backing up my various hosts. Restic has multiple backend types that you can send your backups to. One of the backends it supports is a REST API for which there is an implementation named Rest Server written in Go. Post written by Mike Cardwell.

A list of Themes and Starters for JAMstack sites.

In this modern era of web development, we don’t really need a heavy-handed reset, or even a reset at all, because CSS browser compatibility issues are much less likely than they were in the old IE 6 days. Post written by Andy Bell.

Progressive Web Apps have been part of the conversation for a number of years, but have yet to be meaningfully adopted by most brands, which strikes us as a missed opportunity given the many benefits they possess. In fact, PWA’s can bring native app-like experiences and functionality to the mobile web, and they can be an extremely efficient way to deliver your digital experiences. Written by Jason Rzutkiewicz and Jeremy Lockhorn

GreenSock is a JavaScript plateform which makes it easy to animate HTML elements. As long as you have an understanding of HTML and CSS, along with a basic knowledge of JavaScript, you’ll be equipped with everything you need to build your animation with Greensock.

In yet another recent project, I’m building a book proposal submission platform with a Vuejs frontend and a Kirby CMS backend. Kirby supports the use of HTTP Basic Autentication to make interacting with it via a custom web client (e.g. Vuejs) nice and easy. In my case, I need to interact with Kirby securely to tell it to create a new page (a new “Book”) without requiring a user to create an account or login. Post written by Morgan Brown .

Splitting creates elements and adds CSS variables to unlock amazing possibilities for animating text, grids, and more!

Jamdocs - the ultimate static generated documentation theme for the JAM-stack.

Jigsaw is a framework for rapidly building static sites using the same modern tooling that powers your web applications.