Elevenses #6

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Opinion

• Are you a real developer?
• What it feels like to be an open source maintainer

Development

• Jumping from SQL to Firebase NoSQL Database
• Typography for Developers
• Android Wear 2.0 is an evolutionary update to Google’s smartwatch OS
• Accessibility in HTML5
• Microsoft will launch Visual Studio 2017 on March 7
• Manifoldjs is becoming PWA Builder, to simplify building Progressive Web Apps
• 10 Myths About Docker That Stop Developers Cold

Cloud

• Amazon outage caused by single command line error #oops

JavaScript / Angular2 / PWA

• Twitter move all their web traffic to a PWA
• We built a PWA from scratch - This is what we learned
• Angular Testing In Depth: HTTP Services
• Embracing Promises in JavaScript
• Angular — Advanced Styling Guide (v4+) - courtesy of CM
• Async / await in Chrome 55
• Bootstrap for Vue.js
• Hyperapp - this week’s new JS framework
• Simple infinite scroller in Angular 2
• A map to modern JavaScript in 2017
• Better Ionic theming

Data / APIs

• 6 Common API Errors
• Using Google Analytics more effectively

Design

• Nice gradient patterns
• Nice design tool, you have to pay for some downloads
• Brand inspiration

Tools

• Send paypal payments in slack

Performance

• View your server’s metrics in Chrome Dev Tools!
• Duoload - simple website load comparison tool
• The future of loading CSS

Security

• Cross-Site Request Forgery is dead!
• Bang! SHA-1 collides at 38762cf7­f55934b3­4d179ae6­a4c80cad­ccbb7f0a
• Overview of the Cloudflare bug
• Bought a CloudPet teddy bear? You might want to read this
• All about noopener and why you should use it

Testing

• Browser Monkey - reliable browser testing

Lifestyle

• Hacking toepoke for breakfast
• Got a Hotpoint tumble dryer? Read this …
• New car seat laws come into effect in March 2017
• Leeds - New Event Pits the City’s Best Chef’s Against Each Other
• A toaster … for bacon … mmmmm
• Speaking of toasters … which would win, toaster or freezer?
• 17 things in Leeds you’ve probably never heard of

Misc

• Out-scamming the scammers
• How many <insert car model here> are left?
• 16 years ago this month …
• Software Licenses Explained in Plain English
• Antarctic fire department?
• Uber #naughty

Social / Fun / Cool / Deals

• Increase your state pension - one for your parents, grandparents perhaps
• Free eye test
• Drone selfie taker brilliant idea
• The 50 unofficial rules of 5-a-side football
• Build your own 2D games
• Tabs Vs Spaces :)
• Fascinating video of Leeds in the 1960s
• People’s gardens you can go visit #somethingdifferent, here’s one in Leeds

Codepens

• Swimming pool
• Login form transition

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