Tagged “tools and processes”
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Tools for Production Ready Code
This post is about tools and processes devops
Websites are great tools for communication, but it's remarkably easy to take them offline. For those organisations in which there's a huge financial investment and thousands — perhaps millions - of customers, reliability is a huge concern. The strategies and tools we are looking at here cover both prevention and resolution of problems that could occur to any website.
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Accessing Localhost in Parallels
This post is about tools and processes
When you start a Node web server using it's HTTP interface you will by default run on a specific host that resolves to `127.0.0.1`, your localhost. Here's how to access your NodeJS server on Mac in Windows using Parallels.
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I'm Not Proud
This post is about professional development tools and processes
I'm not proud of the code I wrote today. In fact, I hated it. But that's okay, it did what it needed to. And I'm going to redo it tomorrow.
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Using WSL (BASH for Windows)
This post is about tools and processes
At a new job I've been tasked with moving to Windows as my main production environment. At first approaching this idea with some trepidation, I have since discovered and been able to install the new Windows Subsystem for Linux on my PC, and it's proven to be a really useful tool.
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Why Atomic Design Makes Sense
This post is about design thinking tools and processes
Although I've really gotten into the SASS revolution, I haven't yet adopted a method for structuring elements of CSS. I guess it's because none of them strike me as particularly visual, and being a former print designer, I tend to think in those terms. But something about Brad Frost's Atomic Design principles makes sense to me. Here's why.
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My Workflow Today
This post is about tools and processes
Workflows and tools are constantly changing. The tools we use and the workflow we have means we've simplified our build process and cut out some of the repetitive tasks, so that we can concentrate on simply doing the stuff we love as well as we can. This is my current set up:
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Project Documentation Templates
This post is about tools and processes
Writing documentation for new team members - or just to provide a referenceable standard - is hard. I've provided these documents with the aim of helping this process.
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Why Agile is So Hard
This post is about tools and processes
For many organisations, Agile methods are replacing the traditional waterfall or cascading approach to web development. But it's not always easy to implement, and sometimes Agile implementations fail. This isn't usually down to the process being adopted, but another reason that can affect every team...
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Tools That Fit Our Process
This post is about tools and processes
It's all too easy to get caught up in the delightful features this CRM or that project management tool ... but does it really solve the problem at hand? Look for tools that fit the process and you'll be happier.
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Words Fail Me.
This post is about prose tools and processes
I'm a great fan of Virginia Woolf's Stream of Consciousness writing, but that isn't why this post is here.
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