So many of our business goals are driven by data. In the digital world, we have a seemingly unending supply of people, tools and services dedicated to “business intelligence”. So,…
Trends in 2016: What keeps developers happy in their job? Survey & Results.
So I decided to run a survey to see what people think are the most important aspects of their job and what keeps them happy. I sent the survey out…
Using HTML5 Local Storage vs Cookies For User Tracking
Establishing communication for applications can be done a number of ways. Historically, it is done via sessions and cookies. While this is adequate for most of todays needs, there is…
The Evolution of Agency Software in the Enterprise Space
Building applications takes focus, planning and the understanding of the environment of the application in question. There is a fundamental basis today by which all successful applications are run. If…
The Commoditization of the Digital Services Industry
The general thought for a digital services company is to attempt to set themselves apart from their competitors using some niche or other differentiator. As technology evolves, the standard services…
Web Techniques: Setting up your working environment
Before you develop a website, you have to setup an environment. These are instructions for setting up a local environment to build websites. If you set this up, you will…
Web Techniques: Targeting Elements in CSS (Beginner)
One of the most fundamental and confusing things about CSS is targeting elements. Targeting an element means selecting it to apply some styling rule to it. You can also target…
Web Techniques: Launch a WordPress Site (Start to Finish)
In the many years I have been a website developer, I have learned many things. Some to make my job easier, but also process. In this article, I will give…
Web Techniques: Blocking
A common duty of a front end developer is to take designs and translate them to code. When you are learning web application development, it can be intimidating to even…
The Anatomy of Good Visualization
What makes for a good visualization? There are a number of components that are necessary for a visualization to be valuable. Just having a line (series item) represent some segment…