development tools
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
July 10, 2020
Our Current WordPress Development Process: Mixing Gutenberg and Beaver Builder
Having built WordPress powered websites for as long as I have, there's one thing that I can bet on: WordPress will change. Most of…
October 31, 2017
Goodnight Firebug
So many web technologies have come and gone over the years, and when their time is up, most go quietly. Last week Mozilla announced…
February 13, 2016
WordPress Development with Gulp
Here's how we develop WordPress websites using Sass and Gulp. At least for this week. We use it to compile Sass, concatenate and minify…
April 16, 2015
Hide xScope floating toolbar
I've had this floating xScope toolbar on my desktop for a few weeks, getting in the way. I use the xScope from the OS…
November 4, 2014
Update MAMP Pro
The updating process with most Mac software is painless, especially App Store apps. Not so with MAMP. Since I have such a hard time…
August 29, 2014
From Codekit to Grunt and back
I've used Codekit since the day I started with Sass. It helped me understand Sass and make my CSS authoring fun again. A few…
March 25, 2014
Codekit 2.0, WordPress, and MAMP
I upgraded to Codekit 2.0 a few days ago and so far it's great. I thought the browser refresh feature was broken but it…
November 5, 2013
What CSS Measurements to Use When
Here's a great list of general CSS measurement unit guidelines from Dudley Storey. http://demosthenes.info/blog/775/Which-CSS-Measurements-To-Use-When
September 26, 2013
Text only Pinterest link
As I've said a few times before, I prefer to keep control over the look of the social links that appear on this site.…
September 11, 2013
Text only Google+ share link
I don't really care for the standard social media share links. It's not that they're ugly per-se, it's that they rarely fit a design…