• Angular Material Sidenav

    I've recently started working with a couple new tools: JSPM, and Angular Material. I won't go into much detail on using JSPM here, will save that for future posts, but I do mention it because it is what I'm using in order to use ES6 features. It us … »

  • Nodevember 2015 - Day 2

    There was such a good response from my Nodevember 2015 - Day 1 Recap - thank you to all who read and provided feedback! I hope this Day 2 recap is also of benefit :) Let's jump right in :) Blocking Across The Wire - Kyle Simpson This talk was mind … »

  • Nodevember 2015 - Day 1

    Today was the first day of the Nodevember conference - and it was fantastic. I thought I'd take some time to go through the sessions I attended and what I got out of and/or experienced at each one. Opening Keynote: Yehuda Katz Yehuda started off ta … »

  • Smarter Git Hooks with --porcelain

    In a previous post I introduced Git Hooks and how to make them a seamless part of the frontend dev's workflow. I'd like to build on that and talk about how to make our git hooks smarter - by using the --porcelain flag. General Workflow If you recal … »

  • ✭Cordova Sqlite Migrations✭

    A while back, I wrote a post on Getting started with Cordova Sqlite. As I've been working on a hybrid mobile app (more about that coming very soon!), I've found that it is not exactly straightforward how to gracefully handle database migrations... a … »