Using Live Templates in PHPStorm
PHPStorm and the JetBrains suite of products are without a doubt, the best IDEs on the market for their respective applications. I have tried damn near every IDE out there, going as far back as...
More scraping magic with Ruby: UTF-8 and XPath
What? Thought we were done? There are still things left to learn here. There are always things to learn.
In Nokogiri, the css method is simple, straightforward, and familiar if you have a background in jQuery. But, if you have multiple elements on the page to select,...
Web scraping magic with Ruby and Nokogiri
Every now and then you’re going to have one of those projects that will need to be migrated from one platform to another. If you’re lucky, it’s a system like Drupal that has an excellent Migration framework. I’ve migrated lots of sites from...
Internet Explorer console.log Woes
There really aren’t many platforms or technologies out there that a developer dreads more than Internet Explorer. Nothing out there has caused more wasted hours on a project than possibly reddit or an aging Windows installation.
We all know the deal....
Basic behavior testing with Behat in Drupal
How many times have you faced this?
Scenario 1: The “okay, try now” loop
Developer: Hey manager, I just completed tickets 2, 3, 4, and 5. I am moving on to 6, 7 and 8 now.
Manager: Cool, thanks...
Up and Running with Behat, Drupal, & Vagrant
Whoa there!
This post will be applicable to you if you develop within a Vagrant virtual environment in OSX/Linux. If not, or you are a Windows user, it may not be much help! But if you're curious anyway, read on.The Initiation
Why you came.
Alright...
Spiff up your Drupal AJAX interactions.
Every time I see the throbber.gif appear it pains me, because with some simple changes, we can make the feel of it so much better.
Y U NO LIKE POOR LITTLE GIF?
It’s not the image used, don’t get me wrong. The default UX of displaying AJAX...