Perhaps the most common question after "How are you?" in any context is “So, what do you do for a living?" If you’re a UX designer, answering that will get complicated quickly. Because, even though the field has been around for a while now, many people - even those working in IT - still aren’t sure what exactly UX is.
Anyone working in this field for any significant amount of time would have the “off-the shelf” answer that doesn’t turn into a 5-minute soapbox moment where we explain what UX is and why it matters (so much!!). My answer is “it’s kind of like engaging an architect for a house, I create a blueprint for web apps that tells everyone where everything needs to go. And then I talk to people about it”. That answer is usually plenty complicated to yield some confused looks.
Yes you can use CSS Grid in IE 10 and 11, it’s just a different version so the syntax is a bit different. On the plus side though, it doesn’t interfere with your current CSS Grid setup. :-)
Did you know that a Grid system was originally developed for Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) back in 2011? It was submitted to the W3C and, while a great start, it was not complete. They worked on it some more to develop the CSS Grid system we use today. So there are some similarities between the two, but the IE one is set up in a different way in parallel. Read more about the whole story here.
AJAX is a great solution that allows you to send and retrieve data from the server and update the page without having to reload the entire page.
In this article I will show you two strategies in Rails to use the data from server by executing JavaScript code: AJAX Callback Function and Server-generated JavaScript Responses. Then I'll explain how they work, and describe their benefits.
To Microservice or Monolith, that is the question...
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The pains and troubles of hosting and maintaining,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing the split of services, end them.
A technique commonly used in JavaScript is to use closures in your objects instead of classes. This is done to ensure that variables do not leak out and inadvertently become overridden by some other function or operation.
This technique can also be used in Ruby. The scoping rules of Ruby are such that when a lambda is defined, that lambda also has access to all the variables that are in scope.
There are many databases out there but most web applications developed using an open-source web framework use either PostgreSQL or MySQL. I've been asked by many clients over the years why they should use PostgreSQL over MySQL for their Ruby on Rails application.
Here at reinteractive we prefer PostgreSQL. While they both have merits, we use PostgreSQL for the following reasons:
A popular and effective way of developing a complex application in a team setting is to make use of git feature branches and submitting a pull request to be merged into the develop branch. Sometimes, though, the pull request can become quite large. This may result in a lengthy wait to get your pull request reviewed, bugs being overlooked, and merge conflicts.
These difficulties can be helped by shrinking your pull requests using the following two strategies:
Grids are an effective way of getting all the components in your website into the right spot. It allows you to put things into columns and get them to line up nicely.
If you don't have grids, your website is going to look something like this:
Our ability to communicate over many different channels and distances has changed the landscape of how we work and socialise. When I was a kid we were unreachable until we got home near a landline. Now we have a myriad of ways of staying in touch. While this has annoying, distracting downsides, it opens up a new world for companies to engage in remote work solutions.
I started reinteractive as a 100% remote software development company. While not all businesses are suited to this model, I find that many software developers enjoy remote work.
'Don’t judge a book by its cover' is a well-known cliché. And, while I agree completely with the principle, I’m the first to admit I’m guilty of it just the same. Today, more than ever, users are inclined to purchase based on packaging or advertising where contents may be identical or similar.
