Category: Internet and Tech
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Take a full page screenshot in Chrome
Here’s a quick tip that I thought would be helpful for others (and myself in case I forget in the future). I needed to take a screenshot of a website in the Chrome web browser and I remembered there was an option in the Dev Tools to do this but I couldn’t find it. So…
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Where does “localStorage” save data?
I have been taking a Javascript online course and we have been using “localStorage” to create a task list app. So I was wondering where does this actual data get stored because the data can be retrieved, edited and deleted so it must get saved somewhere. Since cookies aren’t being used I assumed the data…
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Sharing resources with you: HTML5 input types, Picular and cheatsheets
This will be a quick/short blog post with a few links to an article and helpful resources for developers. HTML5 Input Types: Where Are They Now? – Blog post from SmashingMagazine.com, that talks about HTML5 form input types and shows their support in various web browsers Picular – A free service to see many color…
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Sharing resources with you: Firefox extensions, shady Google and data breaches
Here are some resources from around the web I thought would be helpful for everyone. Make your Firefox browser a privacy superpower with these extensions – Blog post from blog.mozilla.org, where they put together a list of Firefox browser extensions for your privacy Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales…
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Git and GitHub basics video tutorial
I have used GitHub for my job but I never used Git before, so I found the below YouTube video to be helpful to get a sense of it.
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Sharing resources with you: get a web dev job, web dev portfolio tips, a lightweight lightbox, and more
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared resources from around the web, so here we go: How to get a web development job in four steps – Blog post from simplestepscode.com Web development portfolio tips from an interviewer’s perspective – Another good blog post from simplestepscode.com Featherlight.js – A very lightweight jQuery lightbox How to Stop…
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Media query max-width and min-width
I wanted to write a quick blog post explaining in plain English what max-width and min-width mean when setting up media queries in your CSS, so here we go first with an example of media query code in your CSS. Code examples of min-width and max-width Using the code example above, “min-width: 480px”, means that…
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Standard responsive media query breakpoints
Below are responsive media query breakpoints that are used most often on websites. Source: w3schools.com
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Taking notes from John Morris podcast episode about object-oriented programming
I recently found John Morris’s podcast show on YouTube and have enjoyed the few episodes that I listened to. This blog post though will be focused on notes I took from his episode named: JMS239: Object-Oriented Programming – Class, Object, Property, Method. Check out the full episode if you’re interested in learning about object-oriented programming.…
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Sharing resources with you: Building emails, learn Javascript, HTTP vs HTTPS, and move WordPress to HTTPS
Here’s another “Around the web” blog post where I share some resources I found online that I thought would be helpful to myself and others. TopoLio – Online email builder, they have a few free templates to use You Don’t Know JS (book series) by Kyle Simpson – Learn Javascript from one of the most…