Category: Web Development
A couple of great SVG tools
https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg/ and http://editor.method.ac/ have both proved very useful regarding SVG work.
Social Media design sizing cheat sheet
https://www.omnicoreagency.com/essential-social-media-design-sizing-cheat-sheet/
tabindex content attribute
Printing a clean backtrace in PHP
Useful to know (and bookmark… and use): https://gist.github.com/eddieajau/2651181
Comprehensive font loading guide
Really great font loading tutorial over at Zach Leatherman’s website; go read “A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO FONT LOADING STRATEGIES” now!
Let’s Encrypt offering free encryption
Encryption is increasingly an important and relevant topic when it comes to web development (security, ServiceWorker-powered offline pages, etc), but the costs involved make it prohibitive to devs wanting to dip their toes in the subject. Let’s Encrypt looks to offer a free service which should be a big help to everyone in making the web more secure but also more available when stuck in a tunnel somewhere without wifi.
Tim Kadlec discusses it in his “Taking Let’s Encrypt for a Spin” article.
iOS 9 Safari for Web Developers
A list of all the new toys to play with as a web developer in iOS 9 Safari. 3D Touch, new Responsive Web Design breakpoints, native integration and HTML5 APIs; there’s a lot to get your hands on.
Server-side mustard-cutting
Chris Coyier outlines a server-side approach to cutting the mustard (the technique employed in the BBC News website to serve users relevant content based on their device capability).